One day a poor fisherman found in his net a little golden fish, which waved its fins about and moved its mouth, as if to beg him to let it go. The fisherman was so moved that he threw the fish back into the sea, even though, if he had sold it to a goldsmith, he would have earned a considerable sum of money.
'You will see how grateful I am,' called the fish from beside the boat, before dis-appearing back under the waves, 'but you must never tell anybody what has happened.'
When the fisherman arrived home, he found that his miserable hut had been transformed into a fabulous castle and his wife was wearing a dress fit for a queen.
'Where did all these riches come from?' was the first thing the wife asked, when she saw her husband again. ' Do not ask me, my wife, or everything will disappear again.'
But the woman would not give her husband a moment's peace, and in the end he told her about the little goldfish. At that very moment, the castle turned back into a hut, and everything was the way it had been before, and the woman remained what she had always been, nosey and dissatisfied.
Moral : Don't ask questions about things that do not concern you.
Words Meanings
fin a thin part that sticks out from the body of a fish, used for swimming and keeping balance
goldsmith a person ho makes, repairs or sells articles made of gold
considerable great in amount, size, importance,etc.
miserable very unhappy or uncomfortable
transform to change the form of some thing
fabulous extremely good
nosey too interested in things that do not concern you, especially other people's affairs
disappear to become impossible to see
goldfish a small orange or red fish
hut a small, simply build house or shelter
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