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'Well, what does she want now?' said the fish. 'Ah!' said the

man, dolefully, 'my wife wants to live in a stone castle.' 'Go

home, then,' said the fish; 'she is standing at the gate of it

already.' So away went the fisherman, and found his wife standing

before the gate of a great castle. 'See,' said she, 'is not this

grand?' With that they went into the castle together, and found a

great many servants there, and the rooms all richly furnished,

and full of golden chairs and tables; and behind the castle was a

garden, and around it was a park half a mile long, full of sheep,

and goats, and hares, and deer; and in the courtyard were stables

and cow-houses. 'Well,' said the man, 'now we will live cheerful

and happy in this beautiful castle for the rest of our lives.'

'Perhaps we may,' said the wife; 'but let us sleep upon it,

before we make up our minds to that.' So they went to bed.