Item
Moderation: The Fisherman and His Wife
- Title
- en_US Moderation: The Fisherman and His Wife
- en_US Tales of Virtue
- en_US TOV 2
- Description
- Adapted bySarah Toast
- Creator
- en_US Toast, Sarah See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Fletcher, Rusty
- Date
- 2022-10-13T19:19:36Z
- 2004-03
- en_US 2000
- Date Available
- 2022-10-13T19:19:36Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 2000
- Abstract
- en_US I include this book because it helps complete a series containing fable books. According to this story, a fisherman catches a golden fish and, asked by the fish to return it to the water since he is an enchanted prince, he does so. For that the fish grants him a wish, but the fisherman says that there is nothing that he needs. What a surprising response! The wife sends the fisherman back to ask for a nicer house, and he does so, and the fish grants his wish. A few days later, she sends him back to the fish to ask for a castle. Done. She sends him back yet again to ask that they be king and queen. Done. The next morning the wife wants power over the rising of the sun! The fish again tells him to go home to his wife. He finds her in their humble cottage. She understands now: "Each new and better thing only made me think I wanted more. But the more I got, the more unhappy I became. I forgot to be happy with what I already had." The fish's growing annoyance is well expressed visually, as well as in the text. Typically for this series, characters are depicted visually as animals. Here the fisherman and his wife seem to be badgers. "Less can be better."
- Identifier
- en_US 12321 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Publications International, Ltd.
- en_US Lincolnwood, IL
- Subject
- en_US PZ8.2.T344Md 2000 See all items with this value
- tangential See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books