At last, a fisherman who was fishing from the shore with a hook and line caught a big fish and hurried to the king's castle with it. But the king's prime minister met him on his arrival and would not give him permission to go in until he promised to give him half of whatever the king gave him for the fish.

　　The king was very happy when he daw the fish, after his cooks had cooked it and he had eaten it, he said to the fisherman, "Now, what do you want for your fish?"

　　"I want you to beat me two dozen times with a rod," said the fisherman.

　　The king was very surprised, and argued with the fisherman, but in the end he said,"I promised faithfull to give you whatever you wanted, and I suppose that I keep my promise," so he began to hit the fisherman softly with the rod.

　　"No", said the fisherman, "hit me as hard as you can !"

　　After the king had hit him a doxen times, the fisherman jumped away and said, "That's enough for me. I promised the other dozen to your prime minister."

　　Again the king was very surprised, but the prime minister had to admit that the fisherman was right. The king not only gave him the dozen hits with the rod, but also said, "You will not be my prime minister any more. The fisherman will take your place."

　　终于一个渔夫鱼钩、鱼线在海边钓到了一条大鱼。他急忙带着鱼赶到国王的宫殿。但是，他一到就碰上了宰相档道，说不答应把国王的赏赐分一半给他就不让渔夫进宫。

　　国王看到鱼时非常高兴。厨子把鱼做好了，他吃完以后就对渔夫说，：“好吧，你要为你的鱼而要求到什么呢？”

　　“我想你用棍棒打我二十四下。”渔夫说。

　　国王非常好奇，劝说了渔夫。但最后还是说：“我是真心答应你想要的东西，但 想我要信守诺言，”于是他便用棍棒轻轻的打了渔夫。

　　“不”，渔夫说，“你要用劲狠狠的打我！”

　　在国王打完了十二下以后，渔夫爬起来说：“我已经够了，我答应过把另外的十二下留给您的宰相。”

　　国王感到十分惊奇，但宰相不得不承认渔夫是对的。国王不仅用棍棒打了宰相十二下，而且还说：“你再也不是我的宰相了，渔夫将替你的位置。”