The Enchanted Fish (Drama)

The Enchanted Fish

There once was a fisherman who lived with his wife a small hut close by seaside. The fisherman go fishing every day.One day, when he fishing sudden his float was dragged away deep into the water.

Fisherman           : “ Wow! This will feed us for days .”

Fish                        : “ Pray , let me live! I am not a real fish, I am an enchanted prince. Put me in the water again, and  let me me go ! Have mrcy o’ kind fisherman.”

Fisherman           : “I don’t  want to hurt a talking fish! Go on! Go where you came from.”

                When  the fisherman went home to his wife , he told her everthing that had happened and how, on hearin speak, he had let it go again.

Wife                      : “ Didn’t you ask in for anything?”

Fisherman           : “ No, I don’t what should i have asked for ?”

Wife                      : “ I am surprised you don’t realize what you should have asked for. We live very wretchedly here , in this nasty dirty hut.We are poor and I am so miserable. You should have asked for a nice cozy cottage. Now go back and ask the fish that we want a snug little cottage.”

                The fisherman wasn’t sure about this but he still went to the seashore , sat in his boat and went to the middle of the sea.

Fisherman           : “o enchanted beautiful fish!

     Hear my plea!

     My wife wants not what I want

     And she won’t give up till she has her own hill

     So come forth and help me !”

Fish                        : “ Well, what is her will? How can i help you wife ?”

Fisherman           : “Ah, she says that when I had caught you,I ought to have asked you for something before I let you go. She does not like living in  our little hut , and wants a snug little cottage.”

Fish                        : “ Go home then , She is already in the cottage !”

               

When fisherman  went home and  saw his wife standing at the door of a nice trim little cottage.

Wife                      : “ Come in ,come on in ! Look at the beautiful cottage we have.

                Everthing went fine for a while , and the one day fisherman’s  wife said :

Wife                      : “ Husband,there is not enought room for us in this cottage, go back to the fish and tell him to make me an emperor.

Fisherman           : “Wife, I don’t want to go to him again. Perhaps he will be angry.We ought to be happy with what the fish has given us and not be greedy.

Wife                      : “ Nonsense, The fish will do it very wilingly,I know. Go along and try!”

                With a heavy heart the fisherman went to the middle of the sea and said

Fisherman           : “o enchanted beautiful fish!

     Hear my plea!

     My wife wants not what I want

     And she won’t give up till she has her own hill

     So come forth and help me !”

Fish                        : “What would she have now?”

Fisherman           : “Ah ..she wants to be an emperor”

Fish                        : “Go home ,She is an emperor already”

                So he went home and he saw his wife sitting on a very lofty throne made of solid gold,with a great crown on her head full two yards high.And  stood her guards and attendants in a row.

Fisherman           : “Wife..are you an emperor?”

Wife                      : “yes, I am emperor”

Fisherman           : “Ah..what a fine thing it is to be an emperor

Wife                      : “Husband.. it is good to be an emperor”

                Then a time came when she was not able to sleep all night for she was thinking what she should ask next. At last,as she was about to fall asleep, morning broke, and the sun rose.

Wife                      : “Ha!..After all I cannot to fall a sleep prevent the sun from rising.

                                    Husband ..go to the fish and tell him I must be Lord of the sun and moon”

Fisherman           : “Alas wife.. cannot you be happy with being such a powerfull emperor?”

Wife                      : “No, I very uneasy as long as the sun and moon rise without my permission.

    Go to the fish at once”

Fisherman           : “I don’t think this is a good idea”

Wife                      : “Why don’t you just go and ask the fish to make me Lord of everything”

                Then the man went shivering with fear.As he was going down to the shore a dreadful storm arose. Unfortunately the fisherman did not have any choice, so he got onto his boat and rowed to the middle of the sea.

Fisherman           : “o enchanted beautiful fish!

     Hear my plea!

     My wife wants not what I want

     And she won’t give up till she has her own hill

     So come forth and help me !”

Fish                        : “What does she want now?”

Fisherman           : “I am truly ashamed of my wife’s greed but I cant do anything.

  She want to be Lord of the sun and moon”

Fish                        : “Go home , to your small hut”

                And it is said they live there to this everyday.