"Now then, what does she want?"said the flounder.
"Oh," said the man, half frightened, "she wants to live in a large stone castle."
"Go home with you, she is already standing before the door," said the flounder.
Then the man went home, as he supposed, but when he got there, there stood in the place of the cottage a great castle of stone, and his wife was standing on the steps, about to go in; so she took him by the hand, and said,
"Let us enter."
With that he went in with her, and in the castle was a great hall with a marble- pavement, and there were a great many servants, who led them through large doors, and the passages were decked with tapestry, and the rooms with golden chairs and tables, and crystal chandeliers hanging from the ceiling; and all the rooms had carpets. And the tables were covered with eatables and the best wine for any one who wanted them. And at the back of the house was a great stable-yard for horses and cattle, and carriages of the finest; besides, there was a splendid large garden, with the most beautiful flowers and fine fruit trees, and a pleasance full half a mile long, with deer and oxen and sheep, and everything that heart could wish for.
"There! "said the wife, "is not this beautiful?"
"Oh yes," said the man, "if it will only last we can live in this fine castle and be very well contented."
"We will see about that," said the wife, "in the meanwhile we will sleep upon it." With that they went to bed.

"唉，"渔夫说，心里有几分害怕，"她想住在一座石头建造的宫殿里。"
"回去吧，"比目鱼说，"她现在正站在宫殿门前呢。"
渔夫于是往回走，心里想着快点儿到家吧。 走到了原来的地方一看，那儿真的矗立着一座石头建造的宫殿，非常宏伟壮观。 他老婆站在台阶上，正准备进去，一见丈夫回来了，就拉着他的手说："快，快跟我进去。"
他和他老婆走了进去，只见宫殿里的大厅铺着大理石；众多的仆人伺候在那里，为他们打开一扇又一扇的大门；宫中的墙壁色彩艳丽，精美耀眼；房间里摆放着许多镀金桌椅；大厅所有的房间都铺了地毯；桌子上摆满了美味佳肴和各种名贵的东西。屋后还有一个大院子，院子里设有马厩牛棚，有不少马匹和母牛，一辆富丽堂皇的大马车就停在那儿；除了院子，还有一座美丽的大花园，花园里开满了万紫千红的花朵儿，生长着不少名贵的水果树；还有一座占地有两英里多长的公园，里面有鹿啊，野兔啊等等，凡能想象出来的里面都有。
"喏，"妻子说，"不漂亮吗？"
"漂亮，当然漂亮啦，"丈夫回答说，"这足够好啦。咱们就好好地住在这座美丽的宫殿里吧，总该心满意足啦。"
"这个嘛，咱们还要想一想，"妻子说，"不过，现在可该上床休息了。"说完，他们就上床休息了。