For the next few days the father watched Marie excitedly go to the brook. He saw the orange fish bring Marie gifts from the stream: brilliant coloured stones, musical reeds, and berries that had fallen into the water.
Filled with anger at this sight, Marie’s father followed her to the brook one day, with a spear in his hand. He watched as his daughter approached the stream, greeted by the brilliantly orange fish.
As Marie began to sing her song once more, her father ran towards the fish and speared it.
SPLASH!!
With fish in hand, the father took it home for dinner.