It is told that a large fish and her children were playing in a quiet blue sea when they saw ships sailing in the distance. The large fish said: Those are humans. The small one said: I wish I knew where they’re going. The mother said: On a journey for exploration. How I wish to undertake such a journey. I want to know other bays and seas.
The mother said: Perhaps one day, but not now, my dear. You’re still small for exploration dangers. I’m not small as you think, Mother. The mother said: I mean when you grow bigger, the whole world will be under your command, and then you’ll discover whatever you desire. How will that be when I haven’t found anyone yet to help me get my chance of play and amusement? A crab heard part of the small fish’s conversation and asked her: What is the thing I hear you complaining about?
Because you don’t take enough enjoyment from play and amusement. The crab said: In my opinion, what are these ships? She said: I don’t know. I want to undertake an exploration journey, and my mother says I’m still small and must wait until I grow. The seagull bird joined the conversation and said: Your mother is right. She said to him: I see you also standing before my desire and not helping me, fearing for me. You might lose your way and get lost, and we don’t want that for you. She said: I won’t lose my way or get lost. So why don’t you want to say I’m big enough to undertake the adventure I want?
Without anyone feeling her, she slipped out of the gulf in an unknown direction. She saw one of those sailing ships that she and her mother had seen before. She swam as fast as she could to reach it, but her ability to do so was much less than she thought. The small fish felt fatigue and disappointment, so she decided to return to her habitat. But she was lost and didn’t know how to reach the gulf that embraced her family and friends. Everything around her was strange and unfamiliar.
While she was swimming, anxious and worried, she met an octopus. She asked him: Do you know the way to my home? The octopus extended his body and spread his tentacles in all directions and ignored the question. She hurried toward some sleeping shellfish and asked them: I’ve lost the way to my home. Can you help me find it? She also received no answer. She pleaded to a sea lantern: I wish you would guide me to a way that takes me to my home. The small fish also received no answer.
She said: What will I do now, and what is my fate? My mother and friends were right when they said I was small to undertake an adventure alone. Suddenly, she noticed the fish around her swimming at tremendous speed. Before she could ask what was happening here, a large shadow fell on her. She felt the water and its coolness and knew what was coming was a shark. The fish fled in fear of him. The shark tried to catch the small fish and swallow her, but she managed to squeeze herself among fine rocks, difficult for someone of large size to enter. When she felt the danger had passed, she came out of her hiding place and without looking behind her, swam with all her strength far away.
She found herself in her habitat. In truth, she didn’t know how she arrived, but she knew she wouldn’t return to adventure again while at this young age.