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		skobes 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Fisherman and His Wife (1857) Interesting, you read it as if the fish said "You want to be like God? No, that's too far. Game over!" But another reading is: God would have chosen the shack (grace to the humble, etc.) So she got her wish.

balamatom 5 months ago | [–]

I was hoping for a "go home, she is as God", then he goes home and sees that she doesn't exist

neogodless 5 months ago | [–]

Yes, I think...

> And they are sitting there even today.

... hints strongly that once that wish was granted, she stopped wanting something different.

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