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2007 Texas Reading Club Manual
FISHERMAN: Oh, a bite! I’ve caught something. I’ll reel it in and see if I have caught a fish for
our supper.
(Pulls back and forth on the line several times.)
FISHERMAN: (pulling back) Oh, how strong it is!
(being pulled forward) Oops! Almost pulled me in!
(pulling back) Now I’ve got it!
(being pulled forward) No I don’t!
(pulling back) Ah! I’ve got you at last!
FISHERMAN: (pulls up fish) What a beauty! We’ll have several suppers from this one.
FISH: Fisherman, fisherman! Spare me! I am a prince of the sea. If you will spare my life, I will
grant you anything you wish.
FISHERMAN: Spare you! If I did that, what would we eat for supper?
FISH: Anything you like. I have magic powers. I can grant you anything you wish for.
FISHERMAN: Well, then, let me think. (suddenly realizes he’s talking to a fish.) Wait a minute!
You’re a fish. You can’t talk. Someone around here must be playing a trick on me.
FISH: No one is playing a trick on you. I can talk. I told you, I am a prince of the sea. If you set
me free, I can make any wish come true.
FISHERMAN: Really?
FISH: Really.
FISHERMAN: Really???
FISH: Really!!!
FISHERMAN: Hmm. It doesn’t seem right to eat a prince. Very well, then, your highness, back
into the sea you go.
FISH: Thank you, fisherman. You won’t regret your kindness. Remember, I will grant you
anything you wish.
(Fish disappears into the sea. As the fish dives into the water, use a squirt gun to squirt a little
water into the audience.)
(Fisherman goes home, stage left.)
FISHERMAN: Wife, wife! You won’t believe what happened today. I caught a marvelous
talking fish. He told me that he was a prince of the sea and if I let him go, he would grant me
anything I wished for.
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