The Fisherman's Wife 2
Straight away the merchant's wife mended the fish basket and the next day for the first time in his life, the had a big surplus of fish to shell at the market
Every day from then on the couple had plenty of fish to sell and soon they were able to leave the hut by river and river in a good house
the woman looked to the future too she didn't want husband to remain a fishman all his life she hoped he would find an easier job that brought in more
money. because his previous wife hadn't fed him well, he was't very fit, so she prepare good food for him and encouraged him to do excercises every morning and go
for a run before brakfast to build up his body .At same time she showed him how to be thrifty When you run don't wast your time she told him if you see
any small piece of wood lying around pick them up and bring them back to me so that we don't have to buy wood to cook with
soon the fisherman became strong and could run far into the forest each morning one day he brought back a piece of sandalwood among the oher sticks.
because she sent her had lived so long with the merchant the woman knew this perfumed wood was very valuable and much in demand for making ornament fan and boxes she
sent her husband back into the forest to look for sandalwood tress and very soon they stopped earning their living frome fishing Instead, the husband cut down sandalwood that
his wife sold to merchants she was so careful in the house and managed the selling so pleasantly and they could hire people to work for them they became very rich And because they worked
well toghter they were also very happy.
in the meantime, the pretty , lazy woman who had to live with the merchant cared for nothing but herself. she don't clean the boat or help with the business. She didn't cook or make clothers.
she just bouhgt whatever she wanted and ate and slept her life away when she had a baby she didn't even bother to wash its nappies but simply threw
the dirty ones away and cut new ones frome the supply of cloth her husband had on the boat she was so careless and helped so litter that the business
went banly and the husband had to sell his boat. because he was the only one who worked and his new wife didn't look after the money he earned they became
poorer and ended up as beggars.
