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THE GOLDEN FISH by Brothers Grimm Once upon a time...a poor fisherman lived in a humble cottage near the sea. One day, he set off as usual with his load of nets to go fishing. "Don't you dare come home empty handed!" shouted his wife from the door. Down on the shore, he had just thrown the nets into the sea, when something glittering in the meshes caught his eye. "What a strange fish!" he said to himself, picking up a golden yellow fish. And his amazement grew when he heard the fish say these words: "Kind fisherman, let me go free!

This story is called Ripple the Water Spirit by Louisa May Alcott. This is a LibraryCall adaptation and recording In the deep blue sea lived Ripple, a Water-Spirit. All day long she danced beneath the coral arches, made garlands of bright ocean flowers, or floated on the great waves that sparkled in the sunlight.