The Fisherman and His Wife By Brothers Grimm Listen to the story The Fisherman and his Wife There was once a fisherman who lived with his wife in a pigsty close to the seaside. The fisherman used to go out all day long a-fishing, and one day, as he sat on the shore with his rod, looking at the sparkling waves and watching his line; all of a sudden, his float was dragged away deep into the water: and in drawing it up, he pulled out a great fish. But the fish said, ‘Pray let me live! I am not a real fish; I am an enchanted prince: Put me in the water again, and let me go!’ ‘Oh, ho!’ said the man, ‘you need…