O man of the sea! Hearken to me! My wife Ilsabill Will have her own will, And hath sent me to beg a boon of thee!
Well, what would she have now? said the fish. Alas! said the poor man, my wife wants to be king.Go home, said the fish; she is king already.
Then the fisherman went home; and as he came close to the palace he saw a troop of soldiers, and heard the sound of drums and trumpets. And when he went in he saw his wife sitting on a throne of gold and diamonds, with a golden crown upon her head; and on each side of her stood six fair maidens, each a head taller than the other. Well, wife, said the fisherman, are you king?Yes, said she, I am king. And when he had looked at her for a long time, he said, Ah, wife! what a fine thing it is to be king! Now we shall never have anything more to wish for as long as we live.I dont know how that may be, said she; never is a long time. I am king, it is true; but I begin to be tired of that, and I think I should like to be emperor.Alas, wife! why should you wish to be emperor? said the fisherman. Husband, said she, go to the fish! I say I will be emperor.Ah, wife! replied the fisherman, the fish cannot make an emperor, I am sure, and I should not like to ask him for such a thing.I am king, said Ilsabill, and you are my slave; so go at once!
So the fisherman was forced to go; and he muttered as he went along, This will come to no good, it is too much to ask; the fish will be tired at last, and then we shall be sorry for what we have done. He soon came to the seashore; and the water was quite black and muddy, and a mighty whirlwind blew over the waves and rolled them about, but he went as near as he could to the waters brink, and said:
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