Excerpt from The Golden Fish: A Retelling of a Russian tale
Lee Washington



“What did you catch today?” his wife inquired as she handed him some morsels of bread. The fisherman related the story of the remarkable talking fish.

“No fish and no wish? You threw away a lucky gift!” the wife scolded, her usual affectionate manner absent as she sent her husband back to ask for more food.
Why does the wife become angry with the fisherman?

A) He won’t go back to the ocean.
B) He did not ask the fish for help.
C) He has wished for the wrong food.
D) He can’t find the golden fish again.