The Golden Fish

1
Long time ago a little boy
Was crying by the sea,
By his friend was broken his favorite toy.
That's why very upset at that time was he.

The Golden Fish saw him crying:
"May be I can help him", she thought,
And she appeared on the wave smiling:
"What can I do for you, my Lord?"

"Oh, Golden Fish, I'm so unhappy,
I don't want to lose my friend,
But he behaved himself as a baby,
I think our friendship comes to the end".

"If you want to have a lot of bodies,
You must know how to associate,
You must have a lot of hobbies,
You have to learn to appreciate".

2
A lot of years passed away,
We see the same place by the sea,
The boy, I'm sorry, I forgot his name,
He is crying again, as it seems to me.

"What happened to you?",-The Golden Fish asks.
"I fell in love with a beautiful Katie,
But in my life I have never seen
Such a self-satisfied lady."

"I can give you a good advice:
Life is not a bed of roses,
If you want to be happy, you must be wise,
And you should follow the prophet Moses".

3
Next time we'll see an old man,
He will think looking at the sea,
And I'm afraid that nobody can
Imagine such a situation, except you and me.

"Oh, Golden Fish, thanks a lot,
The happiness has pasted with me as a glue,
I have everything what I want,
May be I can do something for you?"

The Golden Fish will answer him smiling:
"I've done nothing, you did it by your hands,
I just dislike people crying,
You're clever man, you gained your ends."

4
I tell you the story about the life,
The life is different, I think it'll be right,
If I compare the life with the knife,
One side is polished and another's unkind.
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