Brothers Grimm (Crane) from Lucy and Walter Crane's Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm
The Fisherman and His Wife
The great flounder spoke to the fisherman. The flounder told the fisherman to let him go because he was actually an enchanted prince. The fisherman was so surprised that the fish spoke to him, so the fisherman let the fish go.
When the fisherman went back to his wife empty-handed, and told her about the enchanted prince. The wife told her husband to go back and call for the flounder and wish for a small cottage.
When the fisherman told the flounder--in the now yellow and green sea--what his wife had wished for, the flounder told him to go home, for the cottage was already there.
After a week of living in the cottage, the wife wanted to live in a larger, stone castle. The husband did not want to go ask the flounder for something else because he thought that it wasn't the right thing to do. When he went back, he found the water to be purple, grey, and thick. The flounder seemed angry, but granted the fisherman's wife's wish.
The next day after sleeping in the castle, the wife told her husband that they should rule over all the land and made him go back to the water. When the fisherman went to the water, it was dark grey, rushed far inland, and had an ill smell.
The wife got her wish and she became king of the country.
Next, she wanted to become emperor. The fisherman was confused and did not want this. He told his wife that there is only one emperor at a time, so the flounder could not do such a thing.
The fisherman went back and saw that the water was black and thick. Foam blew around with the wind. The wife wanted to become pope after the fisherman got back to his adorned castle.
Next, she wanted the power to rule over the sun and the moon. When the flounder responded, he said "Go home with you! You will find [your wife] in the old hovel."
The Fisherman and His Wife
The Fisherman painting by Alexander Zick
The fisherman and his wife lived by the sea shore. Everyday, the fisherman would bring his hook and line and try to catch some fish. One day, he found a great flounder on the hook.
The great flounder spoke to the fisherman. The flounder told the fisherman to let him go because he was actually an enchanted prince. The fisherman was so surprised that the fish spoke to him, so the fisherman let the fish go.
When the fisherman went back to his wife empty-handed, and told her about the enchanted prince. The wife told her husband to go back and call for the flounder and wish for a small cottage.
When the fisherman told the flounder--in the now yellow and green sea--what his wife had wished for, the flounder told him to go home, for the cottage was already there.
After a week of living in the cottage, the wife wanted to live in a larger, stone castle. The husband did not want to go ask the flounder for something else because he thought that it wasn't the right thing to do. When he went back, he found the water to be purple, grey, and thick. The flounder seemed angry, but granted the fisherman's wife's wish.
The next day after sleeping in the castle, the wife told her husband that they should rule over all the land and made him go back to the water. When the fisherman went to the water, it was dark grey, rushed far inland, and had an ill smell.
The wife got her wish and she became king of the country.
Next, she wanted to become emperor. The fisherman was confused and did not want this. He told his wife that there is only one emperor at a time, so the flounder could not do such a thing.
The fisherman went back and saw that the water was black and thick. Foam blew around with the wind. The wife wanted to become pope after the fisherman got back to his adorned castle.
Next, she wanted the power to rule over the sun and the moon. When the flounder responded, he said "Go home with you! You will find [your wife] in the old hovel."
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