Fiction: Group 3
The Man, The Genie and the Prince of the Sea
International College Hong Kong (ICHK), Nelson, Gabriel - 11, Fiction: Group 3
Chapter 1 : The Poor Fisherman
nce there was a very poor man who lived inside a hut near the Pearl River Delta. He was so poor
that his hut was smaller than any house you have ever seen before. It was the size of a cubicle in
an office. There was only a table, a chair, a broken mattress and a fishing net with tools lying in
the corner.
He worked as a fisherman, every day he walked back and forth from his hut to the Pearl River Delta to fish.
At noon, instead of eating lunch, he would go to the Market and sold his fish to the Hawkers or
Shopkeepers, at late afternoon he would go to the market to sell his fish again.
He did not eat much at all, and merely ate little amount of food until dusk before he went to sleep.
With
the little amount of food ate,
he starved throughout the days and nights.
Sometimes he would not have any
meal at all since his catches were all sold to earn money to support his living.
Going through such a hard life, every day at dawn, he would go beside the Pearl River Delta and pray to
Buddha to help him.
Chapter 2 : Telepathy Message
Buddha looked down from Heaven and felt pity for this poor fisherman. He used telepathy to message to
the King of The Sea to help this Fisherman but stop him fishing because it was against the Buddhist
Religion. Fishing kills while all lives are equal in Buddha’s eyes. After the King of The Sea read the
message, he already knew he was too old to do this job, so he dedicated such important mission to his son,
the Prince of The Sea. The Prince of The Sea was quickly alerted and went straight away to his father’s
room. The King of The Sea told him the story of the poor fisherman, the Prince of The Sea felt the need
to help him.
So one morning when the Fisherman was at the Pearl River Delta, the Prince of The Sea went to the
surface to speak with him, but first was disguised as a beautiful shiny yellow fish. The Fisherman fished and
fished till mid morning, when he saw the bright yellow fish. He leaned in to catch it and thought about all
the money he could sell it for but then thought about the pretty fish. He decided he would keep the fish,
not to eat it but to treasure it.
Up in the sky Buddha smiled for he thought the Fisherman was learning to respect and treasure life of other
creatures. Meanwhile at the bottom of the Pearl River Delta, a demon overlooked at this scenario and
thought viciously about all the tricks he could play on the (foolish) fisherman.
Chapter 3: The Bright Yellow Fish
That night the Fisherman spent his food money on buying a bowl filled with water for the Bright Yellow
Fish, it did not appeal to him that he did not have any food since he was used to it.
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