The man sadly went back to his fishing.
Wonders of wonders, he caught the golden fish a second time too.
The fish looked at the man who had caught him and sighed. The fish gave the same offer to the man with the same caveat. The fish was willing to make the fisherman very rich, but the fisherman should not tell anyone about the secret of his wealth.
The fisherman agreed to this condition and he was determined not to tell anything to his wife.
However, the fisherman was unable to hold his tongue after a few days in his luxurious castle, and he finally told his nagging wife the secret of his wealth the second time too.
He and his wife then found themselves back in the old hut.
The third time the man went fishing again and the fisherman caught the golden fish again. “I guess I am fated to be caught by you. So this time take me home and cut me into six pieces. Give two pieces to your wife to eat. Give two pieces to your horse. And put two pieces into the ground and then things will go right for you.”
The man took the fish home and did as he had been told.
From the two pieces which he had sowed to the ground golden lilies grew up. From the two pieces eaten by the horse two golden colts were born. From the wife's share she and the fisherman had two golden children.
Both the sons of the fisherman grew up to be handsome and fair, and with them grew the two lilies and the two colts.
Adapted from the Grimm Brothers Fairy Tales
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