The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-03-05
CHAPTER II.

"You are kingW said the little fish.
And when he arrived at his castle he
found it splendidly altered and much
larger. Marshals and ministers with
gold keys and stars received him. His
head became quite heavy, and he was
about to take off his hat; but, behold
instead of his hat he had heavy gold
crown on his head And you could hardly
see his wife's dress so thickly it was
sprinkled with gold and jewels. Then
he asked her if she was satisfied now.
"Yes, until can find something better.
would be fool were l able to obtain
something better, and did not take it,
Thus they lived on for while satisfied,
and king Doodledee's wife wished for
nothing more; for had she not every
thing?
But at last something soas lacking. She
had heard of king who ruled over a
much larger domain and had many more
people than her husband, So there was
nothing left for Hans to do, but promise
to become the mightiest emperor on the
earth. The next morning he dipped his
net in the same place, and cried, as he
had often done before, "Fishlien, Fish
lien in the sear' What do you want,
make me the greatest monarch in the
world p said he And his wish was in
stantly fulfilled
When he had arrived at his palace he
found the ambassadors from all Kingdoms
and parts of the globe; poor poets with
poems, of his prowess, printed on satin;
schoolteachers who needed better pay,
were there in abundance, with supplica-
tions; chamberlains with hats under
their arms, went back and forth; senti-
nels paced up and down; a magnificent
carriage, with twenty beautiful horses,
twenty positions, and twenty runners,
stood ready to drive away at any moment
it should please his most gracious majes-
ty; birds and animals of every species,
and of such number that it would be i'm
possible to count them, were IN the
adjoining pleasure gardens. In short,
every thing was there which could please
so great monarch; even two court
fools. The new emperor Doodledee was,
in the beginning, very angry that these
two foolish men always followed him
wherever he went, and complained of it
to his wife, because he would much
rather be in the company of wise men
than that of fools. But she told him that
must be so for all great noblemen had
much rather have to deal with fools, he
would not want to be an exception. So
he put up with it. and was very glad that
his wife was satisfied. But the joy did
not last long. He found her one day in
her chamber very angry. Whats the
matter with you? he asked. 'I am
angry at the weather! it has been rain
ing four days, and 1 want Sunshine 1
wish L could make everything that God
can, that l could make spring, summer,
autumn and winter whenever | wished.
Go and ask the little fish to give me this
power" and the idea pleased him also.
Therefore he went to the, lake, dipped
in his net and cried:
"Fishlien, Fishlien in the seaI
what do you want, Emperor Doodle
deer
"Oh, nothing else, but my wife would
like to do everything that God can; to
make spring, summer, autumn, winter,
rain and sunshine when it pleases her,
will you not, dear Fishlein, give her this
power?'
''Sol and nothing more ?" said the lit
tie fish; no! mol Emperor Doodledee,
see that for yourself and your wife
nothing is sufficient therefore, be you
again the poor fisherman Hans Doodle
dee; for at that time you were not so
naughty and discontented as you are
now" And the little fish vanished,
storm arose, and although Hans cried
often enough, "Fishlein, Fishlein in the
sea p no little fish again asked, what
do you want, Hans Doodledee? He
stood there again, exactly as at the first
time, without anything only in pair of
his old dirty leather bresehes, and was
again the poor fisherman Doodledee. =
When he got home he found the castle
gone, and in its place his old wooden
hut. And his wife sat in it as before, in
her old dirty clothes, and looked out of
the hole as before; and as much as she
wished, and quarreled, and fretted, she
remained always the wife of the poor
fisherman Hans Doodledee.
For dissatisfaction is indeed hateful
thing, and haughtiness and overbearing
always carry their punishment with
them.