Script
Narrator: Once upon a time, a poor fisherman lived with his wife in a tiny, broken hut near the sea. Every day, he fished for food.
Narrator: One day, he caught a sparkling golden fish .
Magic Fish: “Please let me go! I am a magical fish. I can grant wishes!”
Narrator: The kind fisherman let it go.
Fisherman: “Go swim free, little fish.”
Narrator: When he told his wife, she was angry.
Wife: “You let it go without asking for anything? Go back and wish for a better house!”
Narrator: So he returned to the sea, which was now a little gray.
Fisherman: “Dear fish in the sea, my wife has a wish for me…”
Narrator: The fish appeared.
Magic Fish: “Go home. You have a nice cottage now.”
Narrator: But the wife wasn’t happy.
Wife: “I want a castle! Go back!”
Narrator: The sea turned darker, and the wind howled.
Narrator: The fisherman returned and made the wish.
Magic Fish: “Go home. You live in a castle now.”
Narrator: Still, the wife wasn’t satisfied. She wanted to be queen… then empress… and finally, she wanted to rule the sun and moon!
Wife: “Tell the fish I want to control the whole universe!”
Narrator: The fisherman sadly walked to the stormy sea.
Fisherman: “Dear fish in the sea, my wife has a wish for me…”
Narrator: The fish rose once more, its eyes dim.
Magic Fish: “Go home.”
Narrator: When the fisherman returned, he found the castle gone, the gold vanished, and his wife sitting in their old broken hut again.
Narrator: And they lived there for the rest of their lives, as they had in the beginning – learning that greed leaves you with nothing.
Vocabulary
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Grant – To give or allow, especially a wish
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Cottage – A small, cozy house
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Greedy – Wanting more than what is needed or fair
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Stormy – Rough, wild weather
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Universe – Everything in space; stars, planets, sky
Useful Expressions
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“Dear fish in the sea, my wife has a wish for me…” – A polite request repeated each time
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“Go home. You live in a castle now.” – Granting a bigger wish
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“Greed leaves you with nothing.” – The main moral of the story
Comprehension Questions
1. What did the fisherman catch in the sea?
2. What did the wife ask for after the cottage?
3. How did the sea change as her wishes grew?
4. What was her final and biggest wish?
5. What happened when the fisherman returned after the last wish?