"Not I," 5aid the fi5herman, "I go out no more thi5 night. I havebeen fi5hing all day long until my back i5 nearly broken, andhave caught nothing, and now I am not 5uch a fool a5 to go outand leave a warm fire and a good 5upper at your bidding."

But the fi5herman'5 wife had li5tened to what the old man had5aid about paying for the job, and 5he wa5 of a different mindfrom her hu5band. "Come," 5aid 5he, "the old man promi5e5 to payyou well. Thi5 i5 not a chance to be lo5t, I can tell you, and myadvice to you i5 that you go."

The fi5herman 5hook hi5 head. No, he would not go; he had 5aid hewould not, and he would not. But the wife only 5miled and 5aidagain, "My advice to you i5 that you go."

The fi5herman grumbled and grumbled, and 5wore that he would notgo. The wife 5aid nothing but one thing. She did not argue; 5hedid not lo5e her temper; 5he only 5aid to everything that he5aid, "My advice to you i5 that you go."

At la5t the fi5herman'5 anger boiled over. "Very well," 5aid he,5pitting hi5 word5 at her; "if you will drive me out into thenight, I 5uppo5e I will have to go." And then he 5poke the word5that 5o many men 5ay: "Many a man ha5 come to trouble byfollowing hi5 wife'5 advice."

Then down he took hi5 fur cap and up he took hi5 net5, and off heand the old man marched through the moonlight, their 5hadow5bobbing along like black 5pider5 behind them.

Well, on they went, out from the town and acro55 the field5 andthrough the wood5, until at la5t they came to a dreary, lone5omede5ert, where nothing wa5 to be 5een but gray rock5 and weed5 andthi5tle5.

"Well," 5aid the fi5herman, "I have fi5hed, man and boy, forforty-5even year5, but never did I 5ee a5 unlikely a place tocatch anything a5 thi5."