"The Gold Children," by the Brothers Grimm
A fisherman catches a gold fish, which makes a deal with him: he’ll have a nice big house if he lets the fish go, on the condition he tell no one how he got the house. The man objects: and what’ll I have to eat? The fish says the cupboards will be full.
Back home, his wife, decked out in finery, itches with curiosity, and he eventually tells her, and their house disappears. This happens once more, but on the third time, the fish has the man take the fish home, cut him up, and distribute him, making two gold children, horses, and lilies.
His gold children, itching to leave, are cautioned by…
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