TheFishｅrｍanandHisSｏuｌ
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TheFiｓhermanａndHisSoulｉsａshortstoryfromOscarWiｌdescoｌｌｅcｔioｎTｈeHａppy
PrinceaｎdOtｈeｒTalｅs、Wildewriteｓtｈｅseｓｔoｒiｅｓｆorｈiｓchildreniｎ188８、
TheＦｉshermanandHisSoulisthesｔｏrｙofayoungfisｈermaｎ、Onedayhｅcatcheｓa
mermaｉdinhisfｉｓｈingneｔａndheｆａｌlsinｌovｅｗｉthher、Ｔhefｉshermanｌeａrnshecaｎnｏｔbｅwｉtｈtheｍerｍaｉｄｂecausehehaｓahｕｍanｓoul、Thefisｈermaｎthenｔriｅsｔosendaｗayhｉshｕmaｎsoul、Thefｉsherｍａnlｅaｒｎsfｒoｍawitchhｏwｔosendhisｓoｕlaｗay、Heisｔhenfrｅetoｂewithhismeｒmaid、Hiｓsoulisａloneiｎｔheworｌd、Hetrａｖelstheｗoｒld、Eaｃｈｙｅarheｅｓbａcktotｈefisheｒmaｎaｎdtellshimaｂouthｉｓtｒavels、
Oneofｔhethｅｍesofthestoｒyisteｍptatioｎ、Intｈｅｓtorythemermａｉｄｔempｔsthefishｅrｍaｎｗitｈｓtｏriesｏftheｓea、Ｔhｅfisｈermａnteｍｐtstheｗitｃhtoheｌphimsenｄawaｙhissｏul、Aｎdｈｉssouｌtriestoteｍpttｈefiｓhermａntoｌｅaveｔheｍerｍaid、
Butｔhemainｔｈemeofｔhesｔｏryｉslove、Ｌoveisｍoreimpoｒtaｎttｈananytｈing、Tｈｅsoｕｌｃannｏｔteｍptthefｉshｅrmaｎbecａｕｓｅthｅfｉsherman’slｏｖeistoostrong、Ａｎdiｎｔheｅnd,wediscoveｒthaｔyｏuｃannotlivｅwiｔhｏutloｖe、
ＴhｅFｉsｈerｍananｄHｉsSoulｉsaｎeｘotｉｃsｔoryｗithOrientalandＥａsternｉｎｆluenｃes、Therｅａrealｓomeｒmaids,wｉtchｅsaｎddeviｌs、Ｔｈelaｎｇｕageispoeticaｎdiｓfuｌｌoｆaｌｌｅｇｏry、
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EveryeveninｇｔheyoｕngＦiｓhermanｇoesｏutontｈｅsea、Hethrｏｗshisnetsｉｎtothewater、Ｗhenthewinｄｂlｏwsfroｍtheland,hｅdｏｅsn＇tｃatcｈmａnyfiｓｈ、Butwhｅnｔhｅwindblｏwsfroｍｔhesea,hｅｃatcｈｅslotsoffisｈanｄhecａnｓellthｅmatthemarｋet、
ＯneevｅｎｉｎgtheFishｅrmansｎｅｔisveryheａvｙ、Ｈｅtｈｉnks,＇Arealｌthｅfisｈｉntheseaiｎｍyｎet?Orｉstheｒｅamｏｎｓterinmyｎeｔ?＇Hepullsａｎdｈｅpｕllｓhisnｅt、
Tｈerearｅｎofｉshormonstersinhiｓneｔ、BｕtｔhｅrｅｉｓalittleMermaｉdandsheisｓleeping、
ThｅMeｒmａidshairiｓｇolden、Herbｏdｙisｗhite、Ｈertailissｉｌverandpｅarl、Ｈｅreａrｓａrｅliｋｅsea-shｅllｓaｎdherlｉpｓaｒelikesea-ｃ