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the fish and tell him I want to be lord of the sun and 

 moon." The fisherman was half asleep, but the thought 

 frightened him so much, that he started and fell out of 

 bed. "Alas, wife !" said he, " cannot you content to be 

 pope ?" " No/' said she, " I am very uneasy, and cannot 

 bear to see the sun and moon rise without my leave. Go 

 to the fish directly. 55 



Then the man went trembling for fear ; and said, 

 " O man of the sea ! 

 Come listen to me, 

 For Alice my wife, 

 The plague of my life, 

 Hath sent me to beg a boon of thee !" 



"What does she want now, 55 said the fish. "Ah!" 

 said he, " she wants to be lord of the sun and moon." 

 " Go home, 55 said the fish, "to your ditch again!" And 

 there they live to this very day. 



There have been many versions of this story, from first 

 to last, in English literature. There is a poem, embellished 

 with twenty coloured engravings, published at Exeter, by 

 Cole and Gendall, about the latter end of the last century. 

 It is called " The Fisherman and his Wife." We have 

 likewise the same kind of story, in March's Standard 

 Tales for Youth, called "The Wish and the Fish," published 

 in London, in 1854. 



The interpretation of dreams has been extensively con- 

 nected with angling and fishing generally. 



To dream you are fishing is a sign of sorrow and trouble ; 



