A tale of greed and dissatisfaction

This tale tells a story about dissatisfaction and greed. Hans Dudeldee who is an honest and hardworking fisherman, was granted wishes by a fish. Instead of being thankful of what they they have received, his wife became greedier and kept wanting more. In the end their life was back to what it was before.

*after reading this tale, this text was used for my student's story telling competition.
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Hanns Dudeldee

Germany, Albert Ludewig Grimm

A long time ago, many hundreds of years ago, there lived a fisherman with his wife. His name was Dudeldee. They were so poor that they did not have a real house, but lived in a hut made of boards without any windows. They looked out through the knot holes. In spite all this, Dudeldee was satisfied, but not his wife. She wished for this or that and constantly tormented her husband because he could not give it to her.

Dudeldee usually said nothing, thinking only to himself, "If only I were rich," or "If only I could have everything I wished for."