THE FIGHTING FISH - The Great Book of Nature - EN

In order to feed his family, a man catches a fighting fish that has leapt out of a pond, but the man’s children remind him that it’s bad luck to eat a fighting fish. The family hurries back to the pond with the fish, but when they get there, they realize the fish is sick. Grandma advises her two grandchildren to collect some special leaves that will save the creature’s life. Thanks to the courage of both children, the fish’s health is restored, and it vows to use its magic powers to help the family should the need arise. Later, a severe storm destroys the family’s fields, and the fighting fish uses its magic to revive vegetable plants of every kind and size ergo saving the humans from possible starvation. All the members of the family take part in a solemn ceremony to give thanks to the gods, and their benefactor, the fighting fish.