Ïî ìîòèâàì ñêàçêè Ïóøêèíà.
Ïåðåâîä íà àíãëèéñêèé ÿçûê Ýìàëè Ñòðèãàíîâà. 13 ëåò.
Story about the fisherman and the golden fish.
Once upon a time, there was an old man and an old lady who lived near the black sea in their little old house for over 3 plus 3 years. Every day the man goes outside to go fishing, while the old lady sits inside her little house remembering about her old life where she had everything she could every want. A maid, a big house and whatever she wanted.
Her dad was a thief and was the one who brought home money. Every day the girl went out and one day, she got married to a young man who was just like her. But one day, her dad got sent to jail. She and her husband spent every last penny dad ever earned. The bank even took their house because they owned a lot of money.
One day the old man went out to catch fish by the sea but he couldn’t get a bite, not one. The sun already had gone down, and suddenly the fishing rod started to pull and soon after the man saw a golden colored fish.
“Please let me go, please let me go back into the sea. I’m begging you” said the fish.
“If you let me go, I’ll grant you three wishes, but please let me go”.
“What can you do anyway, little fish? But I’ll let you go back into the sea” said the man.
“Thank you, and now I’ll grant your first wish, choose wisely” the magical fish replied as the old man let it go.
“Now make a wish old man and I will grant your wish” the fish said.
“Well, I suppose I would want my bucket to be full of fish” Said the man.
As soon as the man finished his sentence, the bucket was full to the top. Happy and satisfied the old man went home and hoped that his wife will be happy. As he walked in, his wife saw the bucket full of fish and truly smiled.
“Oh, what luck I had today!” the man said as he continued to tell her all about the strange encounter with the magical fish.
As he finished telling the story, evil flashed over the eyes of his wife.
“You fool, you should’ve asked for something bigger or better rather than a bucket of fish! Like a house. Now go back to the fish and ask it for a big house with water and gas” said the woman.
The old man went back to the Black Sea and started to ask for the fish to come by. The fish swam and stopped.
“What are you ought?” Said the fish.
“My wife, she’s not happy, she wants a white stone bricks house and that there should be water and gas.” Replied the man.
“Don’t worry, go home. You will have your white stone house waiting for you” said the fish.
The man came home and sees the house he asked for from the fish. But his wife was still not happy.
“You fool, you got a house, but who’s going to clean it? Go back to your stupid magical fish. Ask him who’s going to work in it? I expect maids, who do everything I say” said the wife.
The man set off back to the Black Sea and is asking for the fish again. The fish swam by again and asked him.
“What do you need, old man?” asked the fish.
“My wife isn’t happy yet, the wants maids so that they do everything she tells them too” the man said.
“Don’t be sad, go back home and you will find yourself maids” replied the fish.
And the man came home. When the man comes home, he heard his wife screaming, beating and ordering the maids. His wife comes running towards him and says.
“Go back to your stupid fish, I need more. I want to sit in the presidential chair, I want to rule the country, and even more I want the whole world afraid of me. I want them to bow down to me, I want to be feared. And you, I’ll put you as a deputy, you’re not fit for anything else” ordered the wife.
"The fish only promi sed to fulfill three wishes!” argued the man.
“Go back to the Black Sea, and you do whatever it takes to fulfill my desires!” the woman screamed towards him.
The man walked back to the Sea and he sits down. He doesn’t say a word, he can’t call the fish. But the fish came by itself.
“What’s the matter now? What do you need” asked the fish.
“Oh, my wife is mad again. She wants to sit in the presidential seat and she wants the whole world to fear her. I don’t know what to do.” said the man.
Suddenly, the sky dimmed down. A big black cloud covered the ground. Then came loud lightning that hit the ground. Big high waves came roaring and they roared down onto the shore.
And when the clouds cleared up, bright sunshine lighted everything up.
And their white stone house disappeared and so did the old man and his wife.
.
Serves the mean old lady right. And that serves the plain foolish man right.
.