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  9. Walking Catfish

Walking Catfish

MHENKDV010122_1
Story of the Walking Catfish Version II, Cərita ka limba̤t, Source: MHENKDV010122_1, The Southern Aslian languages 1999-2001, funded by Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig., The Southern Aslian languages 1999-2001, funded by Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig.
Walking catfish I
Story of the Walking Catfish Version I, Cəritə ka limat, The Southern Aslian languages 1999-2001, funded by Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig., NK1-MD002-002, The Southern Aslian languages 1999-2001, funded by Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig., NK1-MD002-002

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Description

Story of the Walking Catfish
The story of a man who lives alone, and goes fishing everyday, setting his fish trap in the forest. He brings the fish home and keeps them in a large water jar. Mysteriously, when he returns home each day, he finds a meal prepared for him. One day, he lies in wait and sees a woman appear. He cathches her, and she becomes his wife, on the condition that he never asks her where she comes from. Unfortunately, his curiosity gets the better of him, and she turns back into a fish. H etries to follow her, and perishes in the process.