THE TALKING FISH
Little Betty sat on a chair feeling very lonely. She was wishing someone would tell her a story.
“I will tell you one,” said a voice. On looking down at her hand she saw a fairy, and this is the story she told her:
“Little Elsie was fishing in a brook. She caught a pretty fish. Please don't kill me,' said the fish. ‘Put me back in the water.’
“Elsie felt frightened and she pnt the fish back.
"Suddenly a beautiful lady rose up from the water and held out a fish of gold and precious stones. ‘I give you this in return for my pet fish,’ she said. ‘Now come with me.'
“Down, down they sank through forests of seaweed until they reached the palace of the Sea King, who gave Elsie a necklace and bracelets of coral. “Elsie was glad she had had pitv on the fish and thrown it back, and she promised she would never go fishing again for fear of harming the Sea King’s family.” Just then Betty heard her mother calling, and the fairy disappeared out the window'. Betty told her mother all about it.
—Beryl Arthur (aged 10). Dominion Road.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 44, 14 May 1927, Page 24 (Supplement)
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200THE TALKING FISH Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 44, 14 May 1927, Page 24 (Supplement)
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