Jan 8, 2013

Vintage Postcard. "Fisherman and goldfish" tale story.

From childhood  i  remember this  rows:
There once lived an old man and his good-wife
On the shore of the deep blue ocean;
They lived in a tumble-down hovel
For thirty-three summers and winters.
The old man used to fish for his living,
And his wife spun yarn on her distaff.
He once cast his net in the ocean,
And pulled it up with mud from the bottom;
He again cast his net in the ocean,
And this time caught nothing but seaweed;
When he cast his net for the third time,
One fish was all that he landed,
No common fish, though, but a goldfish.
..............

This story about fisherman and goldfish. It was written by Alexander Pushkin. The source of inspiration was Grimm's Fairy Tales. Fisherman and goldfish is very, very popular tale in my country.
Every child knows the story from childhood. I'm not a big fan of Pushkin, but his tales are great.
Fisherman and goldfish
 This postcard printed in 1965 from USSR. For nearly 50 years she was waiting in the wings. And that time has come. Postcard departed to Holland.

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