Once, there was a fisherman. He had an ugly wife. They were poor. 從前，有一位漁夫，他又一個很丑的妻子。他們家里很窮。 One day, the fisherman caught a goldfish. But the goldfish could talk, “Please let me go! I.ll reward you.” 一天，漁夫捕到一條金魚。但這條金魚會說話：“請放我走吧！我會報答你的?！?“Oh, my God?” cried the fisherman, “Don.t worry. I have no wish to eat a talking fish.” So he put it into the water. “啊，我的天??！” 漁夫吃驚地叫道，“別擔(dān)心，我不會吃一條會說話的魚的?！庇谑撬呀痿~放進了水里。 The fisherman went home and told his wife about it. She became very angry. 漁夫回家并把這件事告訴了他的妻子。妻子非常憤怒。 “How foolish you are!” she said, “Look at the hut. Go back to the sea and tell the fish to give me a cottage.” “你多愚蠢??！”她說：“看看這個破草屋，到海邊去，向金魚要一間小木屋?！?So the fisherman went down to the beach. 于是漁夫來到海邊。 “What.s the matter?” asked the fish. “怎么啦？”金魚問。 “My wife wants a cottage.” said the fisherman. “我的妻子想要一件小木屋?！睗O夫說。 “Don.t worry, she will have it.” “別擔(dān)心，她會有的?！?So the fisherman.s wife had her cottage. 漁夫的妻子得到了一間小木屋。 But after a few days, she became tired of it. “Tell the fish to give me a palace.” she said. Then the fisherman went back to the beach again. And the fisherman.s wife had her palace. 但過了幾天，她對此感到厭倦了：“告訴金魚，讓它給我一座宮殿?！睗O夫又返回海邊。他的妻子得到了一座宮殿。 But she soon got tried of it, too. “Ask the fish to be my servant, and I want to be a queen.” 但她很快又對此感到厭倦：“去叫金魚做我的仆人，我想當女王?！?This time, the fish got angry. It said nothing and swam away. 這次，金魚變得憤怒了，它一句話也沒說就游走了。 The fisherman waited and waited, but the goldfish didn.t come back. When he went home, he found his wife back in their old hut. 漁夫等呀等，但金魚沒有回來。當他回家時，他看見他妻子又回到舊茅屋。