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The Fisherman and His Soul
About the Book
The Fisherman
and His Soul is a short story from Oscar Wilde's
collection The
Happy
Prince
and Other Tales. Wilde writes these stories for
his children in 1888.
The Fisherman and
His Soul is the story of a young fisherman. One
day he
catches a
mermaid in
his fishing net and he falls in love with her. The
fisherman learns he
cannot be with the
mermaid because he has a human soul. The fisherman
then
tries to send away his human soul.
The fisherman learns from a witch how to
send his soul away. He is then free to
be with his mermaid. His soul is alone in
the world. He travels the world. Each
year he comes back to the fisherman and
tells him about his travels.
One of the themes of the story is
temptation. In the story the mermaid tempts
the fisherman with stories of the sea.
The fisherman tempts the witch to help
him send away his soul. And his soul
tries to tempt the fisherman to leave the
mermaid.
But the main theme
of the story is love. Love is more important than
anything.
The soul cannot tempt the
fisherman because the
fisherman
’
s love is too
strong.
And in the end, we discover
that you cannot live without love.
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The
Fisherman and His Soul is an exotic story with
Oriental and Eastern
influences. There
are also mermaids, witches and devils. The
language is poetic
and is full of
allegory.
1
THE MERMAID
Every evening
the young Fisherman goes out on the sea. He
throws his nets
into the water. When
the wind blows from the land, he doesn't catch
many fish.
But when the wind blows from
the sea, he catches lots of fish and he can sell
them at the market.
One
evening the Fisherman's net is very heavy. He
thinks, 'Are all the fish in the
sea in
my net? Or is there a monster in my net?' He pulls
and he pulls his net.
There are no fish
or monsters in his net. But there is a little
Mermaid and she is
sleeping.
The Mermaid's hair is golden. Her body
is white. Her tail is silver and pearl. Her
ears are like sea-shells and her lips
are like sea-coral.
Her beauty makes
the Fisherman very happy. He leans out of the
boat. He
takes the Mermaid in his arms.
She wakes up when he touches her. She cries like
a seagull and she wants to escape. But
the Fisherman holds the Mermaid in his
arms.
‘
Please
free me,' the Mermaid cries.
father is
old and alone.
‘
Make me a
promise,' says the Fisherman.
B please
come when I call you. You can sing to me and to
the fish. Then my nets
can always be
full of
fish.
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‘
I promise,' cries the
Mermaid.
The fisherman opens his arms
and fees the frightened swims down
under the water.
What is not a promise?
口
A statement in which you
say that something will definitely happen.
口
You will definitely do
something.
口
You will
definitely not do something.
口
You guess something will
happen.
Every evening the
Fisherman goes out on the sea. He calls the
Mermaid. She
comes out of the water and
sings to him. The dolphins swim round and round
the Mermaid. The seagulls fly round and
round the Mermaid.
The Mermaid sings a
beautiful song. She sings of the Sea-folk and of
the
palace of the King. She sings of
the gardens of the sea full of coral and fish. She
sings of whales, sea lions and
seahorses. She sings of sunken ships and of
Mermaids holding out their arms to the
sailors, calling them into the sea.
The
Mermaid sings and sings. All the fish come from
the bottom of the sea to
listen to her.
The Fisherman throws his nets into the sea. His
nets and boat are
full of fish. Then
the Mermaid stops singing. She smiles at the
Fisherman and she
swims back under the
sea.
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Every
evening the Fisherman calls the Mermaid. And every
evening she sings
for him. But she does
not come near him. The Fisherman tries to touch
her. But
she swims back under the Sea.
Every evening the Fisherman listens to
the Mermaid. Her Song and her voice are
sweet to his ears. And the Fisherman
forgets his nets and the fish. His eyes are
full of love.
One evening
the Fisherman calls to the Mermaid.
'Li
ttle Mermaid, little Mermaid, | love you. Can I be
your husband?' he says.
But the Mermaid
shakes her head.
'No,' she says. 'You
have a human soul. I cannot love you with your
human soul.
Send away your human soul
and I can love you.'
The Fisherman
thinks, 'I have a soul. But I cannot see it. I
cannot touch it. I do
not need it. I
can send it away. Then I can be happy with my
little Mermaid.'
The Fisherman is full
of joy. He stands in his boat. He opens his arms
to the
Mermaid.
‘
I can send my soul away,'
he cries.
husband. We can live together
at the bottom of the sea. You can show me your
kingdom. We can be
together.
The little Mermaid is very
happy. She laughs and hides her face in her hands.
‘
How can I send my soul
away?' cries the Fisherman.
'I do not
know,' says the little Mermaid sadly.
‘
The Sea-folk have no
souls.
’
Then she
swims back down under the sea. She is sad now.
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2 THE PRIEST
Early the next
morning the Fisherman goes to the Priest's house.
He knocks three times on the door.
The fisherman enters the house and
kneels on the floor. The Priest is reading.
'Father,' he says to the Priest,
‘
I am in love with a
Mermaid. I can send my soul
away.
My soul is not important to me. It has
no value to me.| cannot see it. I cannot
touch it. I do not need
it.
’
‘
Are you
mad?
’
replies the Priest.
‘
Of course you need your
soul. God gives us
our souls to do good
things. Human souls are precious. Very precious.
Forget
the Mermaid. The Sea-folk are
lost. Good and evil are the same for
them. They have no place in heaven.'
The Fisherman is sad. He has tears in
his eyes. He stands and says, 'Father, I
want to be one of the Sea-folk. I don't
want my soul. I want to be with my love.
My Mermaid is beautiful, like the stars
and the moon. I love her, I don't need my
soul. I don't need a place in heaven.
Help me. Help me send away my soul.'
The Priest sends the
Fisherman away and he shuts his door.
Fill in the blank.
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Human souls
are important for humans because human souls are
precious/
God gives us our souls to do
good things.
3 THE
MERCHANTS
The Fisherman walks to the
marketplace. He is sad.
The merchants
in the marketplace see him. One of the merchants
see the
fisherman,
’
‘
My
soul.
’
answers the
Fisherman. 'Please buy it. I cannot use it. I
cannot see it.
I cannot touch it. I do
not need it.
’
But
the merchants laugh.
‘
We
cannot buy your soul,' they say.
slave
and we can sell your body. We can dress you in
purple and give you a ring.
You can
become the great Queen's slave.'
'How
strange,' thinks the Fisherman. 'For the priest my
soul has great value, but
for the
merchants it has no value.' And he walks away. He
goes to the sea to
think.
Why does the Fisherman's soul have no
value for the merchants?
Because the
merchants can not sell it.
Because his
soul is very cheap.
Because the
merchants sell other goods.
Because his
soul doesn
’
t have a price in
the market.
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4 THE WITCH
Later the
Fisherman remembers a young Witch. His friend
knows her. She is
good at spells.
The Fisherman runs to her cave.
‘
I want a small thing,' says
the Fisherman. 'The Priest says
“
no
merchants
laugh. Now I come to you. You can help me and I
can pay your price.'
'What do you
want?' asks the Witch. She comes near to the
Fisherman.
'I want to send my soul
away,' says the Fisherman.
The Witch
grows pale. She hides her face in her blue cloak.
Fisherman,' she says, 'It is terrible
to send your soul away.'
The Fisherman
laughs, 'My soul is not important for me,' he
answers.
see it. I cannot touch it. I
do not need it.'
‘
What can
you give me?
Fisherman.
‘
Five pieces of
gold
’
, he say,
send my soul away. Then I can give you
everything.'
The Witch laughs,
‘
With my spells I can have
gold and silver. Money is not
important
to me.
’
'If you
don
’
t want gold or silver,
what can I give you?
’
Cries
the Fisherman.
The Witch touches the
Fisherman's hair. Her hand is thin and white.
'Dance with
me, Fisherman,' She says.
She is smiling.
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‘
Is that
all?
’
! asks the Fisherman.
'That is all,' she answers. She smiles
again.
‘
We can dance at
sunset,' he says. 'Then you can tell me how to
send my soul
away.'
The
witch shakes her head.
speaks close to his ear.
'Tonight at the top of the mountain,' she
whispers.
The Fisherman looks at the
Witch.
'Wait for me at the top of the
mountain, under the tree. When the moon is full,
we can dance together.'
He runs back to the town. He
is happy.
The Witch watches him leave.
She goes into the cave. She looks in a mirror. She
is angry.
and not
me?'
Why is the Witch very
angry?
Because she cannot dance with
the Fisherman.
Because the Fisherman
loves the Mermaid, not her.
Because the
Fisherman thinks she is ugly.
Because
the Witch can do nothing for the Fisherman.
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In the evening the moon rises in the sky. The
Fisherman climbs to the top of the
mountain. He waits under the tree. He
sees the sea below. There are fishing
boats on the sea.
At
midnight the witches come. They fly in the air
like bats. They land on the top
of the
mountain. Then the young Witch arrives. Her red
hair blows in the wind.
She is wearing
a gold dress and a green hat.
The Witch
walks to the tree. She pulls the Fisherman into
the light of the moon.
They begin to
dance. They dance and dance. Round and round.
Now everything is going
round and round. The Fisherman feels frightened.
He
feels evil in the air. The Witch and
the Fisherman are dancing round and round.
He hears the Witch laugh.
Then a dog barks and the dancers stop.
the holy name.
At
that moment the witches scream and fly away. The
Witch with the red hair
also tries to
go away. But the Fisherman Catches her and holds
her in his arms.
Why do the
witches scream and fly away?
What is
happening?
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Because in
calling the holy name the Fisherman is sending
their
‘
evil
’
spirits and powers away.
'Free me,' says the Witch.
'No,' he answers. 'Tell me the secret.'
'What secret?' says the Witch. She
fights like a wild cat. She wants to be free.
'You know,' he replies.
He
holds her in his arms. She cannot escape.
'Am I not beautiful like the daughter
of the sea?' she whispers close to the
Fisherman's face.
The Witch grows pale.
'As you wish,' she says.
‘
It is your soul, not mine.'
The Witch gives him a little knife.
‘
What is this for?' the
Fisherman asks.
The Witch is silent for
a few moments. She is afraid. Then she says, 'Man
has a
shadow'. This shadow is not the
shadow of your body. It is the body of your soul.
Stand on the seashore with the moon
behind you. Then cut away your shadow
from your body. Cut away your soul's
body. Send your soul away. Then your
soul can leave you.'
The
Fisherman is afraid, too. 'Is this true?' he says.
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'It is
true,' she cries. 'But you can only do it once.'
She holds his knees, and she
is crying.
The Fisherman pushes the Witch away. He
puts the knife into his belt and he
climbs down the mountain.
5 THE SOUL
The Fisherman
climbs down the mountain. The Fisherman's soul
calls to him,
'Don't send me away.
Please, don't send me away.'
'You are
not important to me,' says the Fisherman. 'Go
away. Go where you
want. My love is
calling me.'
The Fisherman arrives at
the seashore. He stands with his back to the moon.
He
looks at the sea. White arms are
calling him. His shadow lies before him. His
shadow is the body of his Soul.
The Soul speaks again, 'Send me away
with your heart.'
'How can I love my
Mermaid with no heart?' replies the Fisherman.
'Be kind,' says the Soul. 'Give me your
heart.'
'My heart is for my Mermaid.
Go!'
'Can I not also love?' the Soul
tries again.
‘
Go! You are
not important to me,' cries the Fisherman. He
takes the little knife
and he cuts his
shadow away from his feet.
The shadow
rises and stands before him. The shadow is the
same size as the
Fisherman.
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‘
Go!' says the Fisherman.
‘
No,' replies the Soul.
‘
I want to meet you again.'
'How?' asks the Fisherman.
’
'Every year I
can come back to this place,' says the Soul.
‘
I can call you and you
can come.'
'OK,' replies the
Fisherman. 'I can come.'
The Fisherman
jumps into the water. The Tritons blow their horns
and the little
Mermaid comes to meet
him. She kisses him. They go down under the water.
The Soul watches on the beach. He is
all alone.
6 THE FIRST YEAR
The first year passes and the Soul
comes back to the seashore. He calls the
Fisherman. The Fisherman rises from the
deep water and says,
‘
Why do
you call
me?
’
The Fisherman comes near. He
lies in the water. He leans his head on his hand
and listens.
The Soul begins
his story:
I decide to go to the East.
Everything in the East is wise. I travel for six
days. On
the seventh day I come to the
land of the Tartars. There are lots of hills and
the
land is dry and hot. I sit under a
tree and watch. People come and go. Then the
Tartars go and fight.
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The moon is
high. I see a fire. There are merchants sitting on
carpets. There are
tents and camels. I
go over and the chief merchant stands up and takes
out his
sword.
'Who are
you?' he asks me.
'I am a Prince. I am
running away from the Tartars. I do not want to be
their
slave,' | answer.
The
merchant takes my hand and I sit beside him. Then
a servant brings me milk
and food.
Use the Internet to find
out about the Tartars.
Who are they?
Where do they live?
In the morning the caravan starts on
its journey. | ride on a red-haired camel
next to the chief. The men of war walk
with their weapons. Eighty mules follow
us with all the things we have to sell.
There are forty camels in the caravan.
We leave the land of the Tartars and we
travel to many strange lands.
We come
to a land where the people curse the moon, We see
gryphons
guarding their gold on white
rocks, dragons sleeping in their caves. We pass
mountains with snow. We pass valleys
with pygmies shooting arrows. At night
we hear wild men beat their drums.
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We come to
the Tower of the apes. We put fruit before the
apes. They do not
hurt us.
We come to the Tower of the serpents.
We give them warm milk in bowls. They
allow us to pass.
Three
times on our journey we cross the river Oxus. We
Cross on rafts of wood.
The river-
horses try to fight us. But they see camels and
they are afraid.
We pay money to the
guards of the cities. But they do not open the
doors of
their cities. They throw bread
and cakes over the walls.
We arrive at
villages and the people run away in fear.
On our journey we fight many battles.
Many people on the caravan die in battle.
And many people on the caravan die of
hunger. The survivors start to talk about
me. Do I bring bad fortune? I pick up a
snake. It bites me but I don't feel
anything. Now the people are afraid of
me.
After four months we
arrive at the city of lllel and we knock at the
big metal
gates. The guards open the
gates and we go to the marketplace. The merchants
and the servants start to sell their
goods. The people come and look. On the
first day the priests come and buy.
On
the second day the nobles come and buy. On the
third day the craftsmen
and slaves come
and buy.
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One day I am
walking in the streets of the city. I come to the
temple of the city's
god. There are
priests in yellow clothes. The temple is rose-red
with bells on the
roof. I sit in front
of the temple by a pool of cool water. A priest
comes to me.
'What do you want?' he
asks.
'I want to see the god,' I reply.
'Tell me where, and I can
watch him sleep,' I answer.
'The god is
at a feast,
’
he cries.
'Give me wine and I can drink with
him,' I answer.
The priest looks at me,
then he takes me by the hand and we go into the
temple.
In the first room I see a
statue. It is made of ebony and it is the size of
a man.
There is a ruby on its forehead.
'Is this the god?' I say to the priest.
'This is not the god! Show
me the god,' I shout. And I touch his hand and it
becomes small.
'Cure me and
I can show you the god,' he says.
So I
breathe on his hand and it becomes normal again.
The priest is afraid.
In the second
room I see another statue. It is made of ivory.
It is twice' the size of a man and it
is sitting on a jade flower.
'Is this
the god?' I say to the priest.
'This is
the god,' he answers.
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'This is not
the god! Show me the god!' I shout. And I touch
his eyes and he
becomes blind.
'Cure me and I can show you the god,'
says the priest.
So I breathe on his
eyes and he can see again. Now the pries is
afraid.
In the third room there are no
statues. But there is a round mirror. The mirror
is
made of metal and it is on a stone
step.
‘
There is
no god,
’
he answers.
‘
This is the Mirror of
Wisdom. When you look into
it, you can
see
everything in heaven and on earth.
But you cannot see your own face. When
you look into this mirror, you can see
everything and you become wise. Nothing
is hidden from you. There are lots of
other mirrors in the world but there is only
one Mirror of Wisdom. The Mirrors of
Wisdom is the god, and we worship it.'
I look into the mirror, and I see
everything on heaven and on earth. The priest is
telling the truth.
Then I do a strange thing. I take the
mirror and I hide the Mirror of Wisdom. The
mirror is in a valley a day's journey
from here.
This is the end of the
Soul's story.
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