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The Fisherman And His Wife by Keegan: 9:43am On Mar 31, 2015
There once was a poor fisherman, GEJ who
lived with his wife, PEJ, in a hovel by
the sea. One day the fisherman catches
a golden flounder, which claims to be
an enchanted prince. The fisherman
kindly releases it. When his wife hears
the story, she says he ought to have
had the flounder grant him a wish.
PEJ tells him to go back and ask the
flounder to grant her wish for a nice
house.
The fisherman returns to the shore but
is uneasy when he finds that the sea
seems to becoming turbid, as it was so
clear before. He makes up a rhyme to
summon the flounder, and it grants the
wife's wish. The fisherman is pleased
with his new wealth (No. 1 citizen of Great Nigeria), but the wife gets
greedy, then gets on a slippery slope of
outrageous demands. When she sees
the mansion contains a considerable
amount of land, the wife says there is
enough property to become king of all
this land, and suggests the fisherman
wish himself a king. The fisherman has
no desire to rule, but she says she will
rule, first as queen, then empress and
finally pope. Each wish granted shows
her increasing ostentatiousness: the
mansion is transformed into a castle,
and the wife's throne becomes
progressively grander. The fisherman
knows this is wrong but there is no
reasoning with his wife. He says they
should not annoy the flounder and they
need to be content, but his wife yells
down his arguments. The fisherman
realizes he cannot reason with his wife.
The flounder grants the wishes, but the
sea grows increasingly stormy every
time the fisherman goes to summon
the fish. Although the fisherman has no
problem resting in his sybaritic
surroundings, the wife's rapacious
greed cannot let her rest. She wants an
office that outranks pope.
Eventually, the wife goes too far when
she wishes to command the sun, moon
and heavens and become equal to
God. The flounder revokes everything it
granted, the seas are again clear and
calm, and the fisherman and his wife
are returned to their hovel (Otuoke).


en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fisherman_and_His_Wife

Re: The Fisherman And His Wife by adanduka: 10:07am On Mar 31, 2015
Are you saying Mama Peace is making GEJ contest against his wishes?
Wait for TANoids to transform your story to a 'cattleman and his wife'

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