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The Fisherman and his Wife Retold by Sue Arengo Illustrated by Annabelle Hartmann BEGINNER 2 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESSPOOR fisherman lives in this hut. He lives here with his wife. Everll dall he goes to the sea. One dall he sees a strange fish. It is strange and beautiful. 2a magic prince. ) 'Oh, fisherman! Put me back in the sea!' saHs the fish. 'I'm not a fish. I'm a magic prince.' 'Oh! ... A magic prince!' saHs the fisherman. 'We can't eat HOu.' He puts the fish back in the sea and he goes home. 3'What? No fish!' sa1:js his wife. 'Are there no fish in the sea?' 'There's a magic fish,' sa1:js the fisherman. 'We can't eat a magic fish ... so it's back in the sea.' 'What?' sa1:js his wife. 'You sill1:j man! A magic fish can help us. I want something. I want a nice little cottage. Go and ask the fish!' 4Oh! Magic fish in the sea! The fisherman goes back to the sea. Now the water is green. The fisherman shouts, 'Oh! Magic fish in the sea! Please come up and speak to me.' What do you want? 'What do lloU want?' salls the fish. 'Mll wife wants something,' salls the fisherman. 'She wants a cottage.' 'Go home!' salls the fish. 'She has it.' 5Look at this cottage! The fisherman goes home. 'Look!' sa-ys his wife. 'Look at this cottage! This is nice!' We call be happy IlOW. 'Yes, wife!' sa-ys the fisherman. 'We can be happ-y now.' 'Yes,' sa-ys his wife. 'Perhaps we can ... ' Then she starts to think ... 6I want a nice big house. , A week later the fisherman's wife saHs, 'Husband, this cottage is verH small. I want something. I want a nice big house.' 'No, wife, please!' saHs the fisherman. 'We don't want a big house.' 'Yes, we do,' saHs his wife. 'Go and ask the fish!' 7Oh! Magic fish in the sea! The fisherman goes back to the sea. Now the water is purple. The fisherman shouts, 'Oh! Magic fish in the sea! Please come up and speak to me.' My wife wants a big house. 'What do you want?' says the fish. 'My wife wants something,' says the fisherman, 'She wants a big house.' 'Go home!' says the fish. 'She has it.' 8The fisherman goes home. 'Look!' saus his wife. 'Look at this house! This is nice!' Look at this house! 'Yes, wife,' saus the fisherman. 'It's veru nice. We can be happu now.' 'Yes,' saus his wife. 'Perhaps we can .. .' Then she starts to think ... We can be happy now. 9