The Fisherman and his Wife (12)

The Fisherman and his Wife (12)

  He stood looking at her magnificence, and when he had watched her for some time, said, " Ah, Wife, let that be enough, now that you are emperor. "

  " Ah, Husband, " she said, " why are you standing there ? I am enperor now, and I want to be pope too, so go down to the Flounder.
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  " Alas ! Wife, " said the Fisherman, " You cannot be pope, there is only one pope in Christendom, and Flounder cannot make you that. "

  " Husband, " she said, " I will be pope. Go down quickly ; I must be pope today. "

  So he was frightened and went out ; but he felt quite faint, and trembled and shook, and his knees and legs began to give way under him.

  The wind was blowing fiercely across the land, and the clouds flying across the sky looked as gloomly as if it were night. 

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