Item
The Fisherman and His Wife: A Tale of Moderation
- Title
- en_US The Fisherman and His Wife: A Tale of Moderation
- en_US Stories to Grow On (Large)
- en_US LSTGO1
- Description
- en_US First printing
- Sarah Toast
- Creator
- en_US Toast, Sarah See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Fletcher, Rusty
- Date
- 2022-10-13T19:19:31Z
- 2013-11
- en_US 2002
- Date Available
- 2022-10-13T19:19:31Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 2002
- Abstract
- en_US I include this book because it belongs to a set including fables. In this version a contented fisherman catches a magic fish and at his request releases him. For that he is granted a wish. He has no wish, but when he tells his wife, she has a wish for a better house. He goes back and, in a move more from fairy tales than from fables, chants a rhyming line that brings back the fish. The wife wakes up the next day in their new home and wants a palace. The fish grants the request. The next day she wants to be queen. The fish, getting annoyed, grants the request. The next day she wants to turn off the sun. The fish reduces them back to their original house. Greed got the better of them. The fisherman in this version if imaged as a badger, I believe, or perhaps a wolverine? This story is not included in the earlier larger set of smaller "Stories to Grow On."
- Identifier
- en_US 12401 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Publications International, Inc.
- en_US Lincolnwood, IL
- Subject
- en_US PZ8.2 S866Fish 2002 See all items with this value
- Tangential Member of Set See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection