Worse, she had ripped a new hole in the net. She hauled it back, with some difficulty, and saw that all she had caught were some stones. Then, she ran down the hill to the stream, where she flung the net into the gushing water, fully expecting to pull out a fish right away.īut she had no experience at casting a net, and it merely became caught up in some rocks. You should have asked me to help you before.”

Then she held up her work and was pleased with it. So she sat down and sewed up the gaps in the net. No wonder it takes you so long to catch a fish every evening. “For goodness sake,” she tutted, “This won’t do at all. When the daughter picked up the net, she saw that there were some holes in it. The mother flopped down in a chair and readily agreed. Let me take the net down to the stream and I’ll catch our supper in no time.” One evening, the girl saw that her mother’s face was weary from work, and the girl said: Often her mother would take a net and catch a fish for their supper. She lived with her mother and father on a hill above a stream. Once upon a time, there was a teenage girl who was far wiser than her parents - or at least, that was her opinion. Now, I know that many people think it would be a lot of fun to be a cute mermaid, but this girl is not happy about what happens to her. As you can guess from the title, she becomes a mermaid.

There are quite a few twists and turns and transformations. Hello, this is Jana, and I’m here with a nice long story, so get comfortable and ready to listen! It’s about a girl and her adventures. Dedicated to Ethan and Declan and Finlay who support Storynory on PatreonĪdapted freely for Storynory by Bertie from The Girl-Fish by Andrew Lang in his Orange Fairy Tale Book (1906).

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