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The Fisherman and His Soul
About the Book
The Fisherman and His Soul is a short story from Oscar Wilde's collection The Happy
Prince and Other Tales. Wilde writes these stories for his children in 1888.
The Fisherman and His Soul is the story of a young fisherman. One day he catches a
mermaid in his fishing net and he falls in love with her. The fisherman learns he cannot be with
the mermaid because he has a human soul. The fisherman then tries to send away his human
soul. The fisherman learns from a witch how to send his soul away. He is then free to be with his
mermaid. His soul is alone in the world. He travels the world. Each year he comes back to the
fisherman and tells him about his travels.
One of the themes of the story is temptation. In the story the mermaid tempts the
fisherman
with stories of the sea. The fisherman tempts the witch to help him send away his soul. And his
soul tries to tempt the fisherman to leave the mermaid.
But the main theme of the story is love. Love is more important than anything. The soul cannot
tempt the fisherman because the fisherman

s love is too strong. And in the end, we discover that
you cannot live without love.
The Fisherman and His Soul is an exotic story with Oriental and Eastern influences. There are also
mermaids, witches and devils. The language is poetic and is full of allegory.

1

THE MERMAID
Every evening the young Fisherman goes out on the sea.

He throws his nets into the water.
When the wind blows from the land, he doesn't catch many fish. But when the wind blows from
the sea, he catches lots of fish and he can sell them at the market.

One evening the Fisherman's net is very heavy. He thinks, 'Are all the fish in the sea in my net?
Or is there a monster in my net?' He pulls and he pulls his net.
There are no fish or monsters in his net. But there is a little Mermaid and she is sleeping.
The Mermaid's hair is golden. Her body is white. Her tail is silver and pearl. Her ears are like
sea-shells and her lips are like sea-coral.
Her beauty makes the Fisherman very happy. He leans out of the boat. He takes the Mermaid in
his arms. She wakes up when he touches her. She cries like a seagull and she wants to escape. But
the Fisherman holds the Mermaid in his arms.

Please free me,' the Mermaid cries.
alone.

Make me a promise,' says the Fisherman.
You can sing to me and to the fish. Then my nets can always be full of fish.

I promise,' cries the Mermaid.
The
fisherman
opens
his
arms
and
fees
the
frightened

swims
down
under
the
water.

What is not a promise?

A statement in which you say that something will definitely happen.

You will definitely do something.

You will definitely not do something.

You guess something will happen.


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Every evening the Fisherman goes out on the sea. He calls the Mermaid. She comes out of the
water and sings to him. The dolphins swim round and round the Mermaid. The seagulls fly round
and round the Mermaid.
The Mermaid sings a beautiful song. She sings of the Sea-folk and of the palace of the King. She
sings of the gardens of the sea full of coral and fish. She sings of whales, sea lions and seahorses.
She sings of sunken ships and of Mermaids holding out their arms to the sailors, calling them into
the sea.
The Mermaid sings and sings. All the fish come from the bottom of the sea to listen to her. The
Fisherman throws his nets into the sea. His nets and boat are full of fish. Then the Mermaid stops
singing. She smiles at the Fisherman and she swims back under the sea.
Every evening the Fisherman calls the Mermaid. And every evening she sings for him. But she
does not come near him. The Fisherman tries to touch her. But she swims back under the Sea.
Every evening the Fisherman listens to the Mermaid. Her Song and her voice are sweet to his ears.
And the Fisherman forgets his nets and the fish. His eyes are full of love.
One evening the Fisherman calls to the Mermaid.
'Li ttle Mermaid, little Mermaid, | love you. Can I be your husband?' he says.
But the Mermaid shakes her head.
'No,' she says. 'You have a human soul. I cannot love you with your human soul. Send away your
human soul and I can love you.'
The Fisherman thinks, 'I have a soul. But I cannot see it. I cannot touch it. I do not need it. I can
send it away. Then I can be happy with my little Mermaid.'
The Fisherman is full of joy. He stands in his boat. He opens his arms to the Mermaid.

I can send my soul away,' he cries.
together at the bottom of the sea. You can show me your kingdom. We can be together.
The little Mermaid is very happy. She laughs and hides her face in her hands.

How can I send my soul away?' cries the Fisherman.
'I do not know,' says the little Mermaid sadly.


The Sea-folk have no souls.


Then she swims back down under the sea. She is sad now.

2

THE PRIEST
Early the next morning the Fisherman goes to the Priest's house.
He knocks three times on the door.
The fisherman enters the house and kneels on the floor. The Priest is reading.
'Father,' he says to the Priest,

I am in love with a Mermaid. I can send my soul away.
My soul is not important to me. It has no value to me.| cannot see it. I cannot touch it. I do not
need it.



Are you mad?

replies the Priest.

Of course you need your soul. God gives us our souls to do
good things. Human souls are precious. Very precious. Forget the Mermaid. The Sea-folk are
lost. Good and evil are the same for them. They have no place in heaven.'
The Fisherman is sad. He has tears in his eyes. He stands and says, 'Father, I want to be one of
the Sea-folk. I don't want my soul. I want to be with my love. My Mermaid is beautiful, like the
stars and the moon. I love her, I don't need my soul. I don't need a place in heaven. Help me.
Help me send away my soul.'


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The Priest sends the Fisherman away and he shuts his door.

Fill in the blank.
Human souls are important for humans because human souls are precious/ God gives us our
souls to do good things.


3 THE MERCHANTS
The Fisherman walks to the marketplace. He is sad.
The merchants in the marketplace see him. One of the merchants see the fisherman,
you have to sell?



‘M
y soul.

answers the Fisherman. 'Please buy it. I cannot use it. I cannot see it. I cannot touch it.
I do not need it.


But the merchants laugh.

We cannot buy your soul,' they say.
sell your body. We can dress you in purple and give you a ring. You can become the great Queen's
slave.'
'How
strange,'
thinks
the
Fisherman.
'For
the
priest
my
soul
has
great
value,
but
for
the
merchants it has no value.' And he walks away. He goes to the sea to think.

Why does the Fisherman's soul have no value for the merchants?
Because the merchants can not sell it.
Because his soul is very cheap.
Because the merchants sell other goods.
Because his soul doesn

t have a price in the market.

4 THE WITCH

Later the Fisherman remembers a young Witch. His friend knows her. She is good at spells.
The Fisherman runs to her cave.

I want a small thing,' says the Fisherman. 'The Priest says

no
come to you. You can help me and I can pay your price.'
'What do you want?' asks the Witch. She comes near to the Fisherman.
'I want to send my soul away,' says the Fisherman.
The Witch grows pale. She hides her face in her blue cloak.
is terrible to send your soul away.'
The Fisherman laughs, 'My soul is not important for me,' he answers.
touch it. I do not need it.'

What can you give me?

Five pieces of gold

, he say,
Then I can give you everything.'
The Witch laughs,

With my spells I can have gold and silver. Money is not import
ant to me. ’

'If you don

t want gold or silver, what can I give you?

Cries the Fisherman.
The
Witch
touches
the
Fisherman's
hair.
Her
hand
is
thin
and
white.
'Dance
with
me,
Fisherman,' She says. She is smiling.

Is that all?

! asks the Fisherman.

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'That is all,' she answers. She smiles again.

We can dance at sunset,' he says. 'Then you can tell me how to send my soul away.'
The witch shakes her head.

ear. 'Tonight at the top of the mountain,' she whispers.
The Fisherman looks at the Witch.
'Wait for me at the top of the mountain, under the tree. When the moon is full, we can dance
together.'

He runs back to the town. He is happy.
The Witch watches him leave. She goes into the cave. She looks in a mirror. She is angry.


Why is the Witch very angry?
Because she cannot dance with the Fisherman.
Because the Fisherman loves the Mermaid, not her.
Because the Fisherman thinks she is ugly.
Because the Witch can do nothing for the Fisherman.


In the evening the moon rises in the sky. The Fisherman climbs to the top of the mountain. He
waits under the tree. He sees the sea below. There are fishing boats on the sea.
At midnight the witches come. They fly in the air like bats. They land on the top of the mountain.
Then the young Witch arrives. Her red hair blows in the wind. She is wearing a gold dress and a
green hat.
The Witch walks to the tree. She pulls the Fisherman into the light of the moon. They begin to
dance. They dance and dance. Round and round.

Now everything is going round and round. The Fisherman feels frightened. He feels evil in the air.
The Witch and the Fisherman are dancing round and round. He hears the Witch laugh.
Then a dog barks and the dancers stop.

At that moment the witches scream and fly away. The Witch with the red hair also tries to go
away. But the Fisherman Catches her and holds her in his arms.

Why do the witches scream and fly away?
What is happening?
Because in calling the holy name the Fisherman is sending their

evil

spirits and powers away.

'Free me,' says the Witch.
'No,' he answers. 'Tell me the secret.'
'What secret?' says the Witch. She fights like a wild cat. She wants to be free.
'You know,' he replies.
He holds her in his arms. She cannot escape.
'Am I not beautiful like the daughter of the sea?' she whispers close to the Fisherman's face.

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The Witch grows pale.
'As you wish,' she says.

It is your soul, not mine.'
The Witch gives him a little knife.

What is this for?' the Fisherman asks.
The
Witch
is
silent
for
a few
moments.
She
is
afraid. Then
she
says,
'Man
has
a shadow'.
This
shadow is not the shadow of your body. It is the body of your soul. Stand on the seashore with
the moon behind you. Then cut away your shadow from your body. Cut away your soul's body.
Send your soul away. Then your soul can leave you.'
The Fisherman is afraid, too. 'Is this true?' he says.
'It is true,' she cries. 'But you can only do it once.' She holds his knees, and she is crying.
The Fisherman pushes the Witch away. He puts the knife into his belt and he climbs down the
mountain.

5 THE SOUL
The Fisherman climbs down the mountain. The Fisherman's soul calls to him, 'Don't send me
away. Please, don't send me away.'
'You
are
not
important
to
me,'
says
the
Fisherman.
'Go
away.
Go
where
you
want.
My
love
is
calling me.'
The Fisherman arrives at the seashore. He stands with his back to the moon. He looks at the sea.
White arms are calling him. His shadow lies before him. His shadow is the body of his Soul.
The Soul speaks again, 'Send me away with your heart.'
'How can I love my Mermaid with no heart?' replies the Fisherman.
'Be kind,' says the Soul. 'Give me your heart.'
'My heart is for my Mermaid. Go!'
'Can I not also love?' the Soul tries again.

Go! You are not important to me,' cries the Fisherman. He takes the little knife and he cuts his
shadow away from his feet.
The shadow rises and stands before him. The shadow is the same size as the Fisherman.

Go!' says the Fisherman.

No,' replies the Soul.

I want to meet you again.'
'How?' asks the Fisherman.


'Every year I can come back to this place,' says the Soul.

I can call you and you can come.'
'OK,' replies the Fisherman. 'I can come.'
The Fisherman jumps into the water. The Tritons blow their horns and the little Mermaid comes
to meet him. She kisses him. They go down under the water.
The Soul watches on the beach. He is all alone.

6 THE FIRST YEAR
The
first
year
passes
and
the
Soul
comes
back
to
the
seashore.
He
calls
the
Fisherman.
The
Fisherman rises from the deep water and says,

Why do you call me?



The Fisherman comes near. He lies in the water. He leans his head on his hand and listens.
The Soul begins his story:

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I decide to go to the East. Everything in the East is wise. I travel for six days. On the seventh day I
come to the land of the Tartars. There are lots of hills and the land is dry and hot. I sit under a
tree and watch. People come and go. Then the Tartars go and fight.
The moon is high. I see a fire. There are merchants sitting on carpets. There are tents and camels.
I go over and the chief merchant stands up and takes out his sword.
'Who are you?' he asks me.
'I am a Prince. I am running away from the Tartars. I do not want to be their slave,' | answer.
The merchant takes my hand and I sit beside him. Then a servant brings me milk and food.

Use the Internet to find out about the Tartars.
Who are they?
Where do they live?

In the morning the caravan starts on its journey. | ride on a red-haired camel next to the chief.
The men of war walk with their weapons. Eighty mules follow us with all the things we have to
sell. There are forty camels in the caravan.
We leave the land of the Tartars and we travel to many strange lands.
We come to a land where the people curse the moon, We see gryphons guarding their gold on
white rocks, dragons sleeping in their caves. We pass mountains with snow. We pass valleys with
pygmies shooting arrows. At night we hear wild men beat their drums.
We come to the Tower of the apes. We put fruit before the apes. They do not hurt us.
We come to the Tower of the serpents. We give them warm milk in bowls. They allow us to pass.
Three times on our journey we cross the river Oxus. We Cross on rafts of wood. The river-horses
try to fight us. But they see camels and they are afraid.
We pay money to the guards of the cities. But they do not open the doors of their cities. They
throw bread and cakes over the walls.
We arrive at villages and the people run away in fear.
On
our
journey
we
fight
many
battles.
Many
people
on
the
caravan
die
in
battle.
And
many
people on the caravan die of hunger. The survivors start to talk about me. Do I bring bad fortune?
I pick up a snake. It bites me but I don't feel anything. Now the people are afraid of me.

After four months we arrive at the city of lllel and we knock at the big metal gates. The guards
open the gates and we go to the marketplace. The merchants and the servants start to sell their
goods. The people come and look. On the first day the priests come and buy. On the second day
the nobles come and buy. On the third day the craftsmen and slaves come and buy.
One day I am walking in the streets of the city. I come to the temple of the city's god. There are
priests in yellow clothes. The temple is rose-red with bells on the roof. I sit in front of the temple
by a pool of cool water. A priest comes to me.
'What do you want?' he asks.
'I want to see the god,' I reply.

'Tell me where, and I can watch him sleep,' I answer.
'The god is at a feast,

he cries.
'Give me wine and I can drink with him,' I answer.

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The priest looks at me, then he takes me by the hand and we go into the temple.
In the first room I see a statue. It is made of ebony and it is the size of a man. There is a ruby on
its forehead.
'Is this the god?' I say to the priest.

'This is not the god! Show me the god,' I shout. And I touch his hand and it becomes small.
'Cure me and I can show you the god,' he says.
So I breathe on his hand and it becomes normal again. The priest is afraid.
In the second room I see another statue. It is made of ivory.
It is twice' the size of a man and it is sitting on a jade flower.
'Is this the god?' I say to the priest.
'This is the god,' he answers.
'This is not the god! Show me the god!' I shout. And I touch his eyes and he becomes blind.
'Cure me and I can show you the god,' says the priest.
So I breathe on his eyes and he can see again. Now the pries is afraid.
In the third room there are no statues. But there is a round mirror. The mirror is made of metal
and it is on a stone step.


There is no god,

he answers.

This is the Mirror of Wisdom. When you look into it, you can see

everything in heaven and on earth. But you cannot see your own face. When you look into this
mirror, you can see everything and you become wise. Nothing is hidden from you. There are lots
of other mirrors in the world but there is only one Mirror of Wisdom. The Mirrors of Wisdom is
the god, and we worship it.'
I look into the mirror, and I see everything on heaven and on earth. The priest is telling the truth.

Then I do a strange thing. I take the mirror and I hide the Mirror of Wisdom. The mirror is in a
valley a day's journey from here.
This is the end of the Soul's story.

Then the Soul turns to the Fisherman and says,
I can become
your servant. You can have the Mirror of Wisdom and become wise. You can have Wisdom.'
But the Fisherman laughs,

he cries. 'The little Mermaid loves
me.'
'No,' says the Soul.
I want Love,' answers the Fisherman. He jumps back into the sea.
The Soul goes away. He is crying.

Do you think the Fisherman chooses well?
Which one do you choose? Wisdom or Love?

7 THE SECOND YEAR
The second year passes and the Soul comes back to the seashore.
He Calls the Fisherman. The Fisherman rises from the deep water and says,

Why do you call me?



Come and listen to my story,' says the Soul.

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