The Fish and Fisherman

*Scene 1: The Fisherman’s Simple Life

(The stage shows a small, poor house near the sea. The fisherman is fishing while his wife waits at home.)

(Мoldir) *Narrator:* Once upon a time, an old fisherman and his wife lived in a small house by the sea. They were very poor, but the fisherman was kind and humble.

(Askhat) *Fisherman:* (throwing the net) I hope I catch something today…

(Moldir) (He pulls up the net and sees a golden fish struggling.)

(Aisha) *Golden Fish:* Please, kind fisherman, let me go! I am no ordinary fish—I can grant you any wish!

(Askhat) *Fisherman:* (surprised) A talking fish?! But I don’t need anything. Go, little fish.

(He releases the fish and walks home.)

*Scene 2: The Wife’s First Wish*

(Albina)(The fisherman arrives home. His wife is angry and scolding him.)

(Adiya) *Wife:* You fool! You had a magical fish, and you asked for NOTHING?! Look at our old bucket—it leaks! Go back and ask for a new bucket!

(Albina)(The fisherman sighs and walks back to the sea.)

( Miras)*Fisherman:* (calling) Golden fish, golden fish, hear my please!

(Albina) (The golden fish swims up.)

(Ayaulym)*Golden Fish:* What do you wish for, good man?

(Miras) *Fisherman:* My wife wants a new bucket…

(Ayaulym)*Golden Fish:* Your wish is granted. Go home.

*Scene 3: Bigger and Bigger Wishes* )(Days pass, and the wife keeps demanding more: a new house, riches, a palace… The sea grows darker each time the fisherman returns to the fish.)

(Sezim) *Narrator:* Each time, the fisherman returned to the golden fish, and each time, the sea became rougher.

(Inkar) *Wife:* A bucket is not enough! I want a house! No, a huge palace! I want to be rich!

(Altay)*Fisherman:* (worried) But dear wife, is this not enough?

(Inkar) *Wife:* No! Go back!

(The fisherman reluctantly returns to the fish. The waves are high now.)

(Altay)* *Fisherman:* (calling) Golden fish, golden fish, hear my please!

(Ibrakhim)Golden Fish:* (sighing) What does she want now?

(Altay) *Fisherman:* She wants to be rich and live in a grand palace…

*(Ibrakhim)Golden Fish:* (nodding) It is done. Go home.

(The fisherman returns to see his wife in royal clothes, but she is still not satisfied.)

Scene 4: The Final Demand*

(N. Alikhan) (The wife is now a queen but wants even more.)

(Aibyke)*Wife:* I am the Queen! But it is not enough—I want to rule the Land and Sea! The golden fish must be my servant!

(Elnur) *Fisherman:* (shocked) Wife, this is too much!

(Aybike) *Wife:* Go! Tell the fish!

(The fisherman, trembling, walks back. The sea is stormy, lightning flashes.)

(Elnur) *Fisherman:* (calling, afraid) Golden fish, golden fish, hear my please!

(Amina) *Golden Fish:* (silent for a moment) And now… what does she want?

(Elnur)*Fisherman:* She wants to be Queen of the Land and Sea… and she wants you as her servant.

(The golden fish stares, then silently turns and swims away.)

*Scene 5: Back to the Old Life*

(Alikan A))(The fisherman returns home. The palace is gone. The grand clothes are gone. His wife sits in front of the old, broken bucket.)

(Symbat) *Narrator:* The fisherman walked home and saw no palace, no servants, no riches—just their small, old house and his wife sitting beside the same old bucket.

(Alina) *Wife:* (crying) Everything is gone!

(Omirzhan)*Fisherman:* (gently) We should have been grateful, dear wife…

(Alikhan A) *Narrator:* And so, the fisherman and his wife lived as they did before. The golden fish was never seen again.