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## Rondalla va, rondalla ve, si no escoltau, no vos la diré. This was a fisherman from Andratx who only had one thought, fishing, even though out of ten days he returned home empty handed nine times. Luckily, he only had one son, Joanet, and his wife was a good cook because they would’ve starved...

## Rondalla va, rondalla ve, si no escoltau, no vos la diré. This was a fisherman from Andratx who only had one thought, fishing, even though out of ten days he returned home empty handed nine times. Luckily, he only had one son, Joanet, and his wife was a good cook because they would’ve starved otherwise. They didn’t remember ever finishing their first course before the bread. One day the sea was rough, the waves were high, and the fisherman went fishing. It took a while, but the fish bit his line, and the rod slipped from his hands. He watched as a small fish with a hook in its back surfaced. The fish yelled, "Who dared to throw a hook at me? I am the king of the sea!" The fisherman was afraid and replied, "I didn’t mean to. Forgive me. I didn’t know you were here!" The fish retorted, "You did this to me and you will pay! I will eat you right now and maybe then you will be more careful!" The fisherman pleaded, "Don’t eat me! I won’t do it again!" The fish replied, "I will not eat you, but you’ll bring me the first thing you encounter on your way home in exactly one year and one day, otherwise you’ll be dead in three days!" The fisherman was scared, but he knew that the first thing he encountered on his way home was his dog, so he agreed. The fish darted back into the sea. Terrified, the fisherman pulled up his anchors and headed home as quickly as he could. On that very same day, Joanet was playing outside when he saw his father coming home. “Dad! Dad! Did you catch any fish?” His father was distraught, silent and barely able to breathe. The family knew something was wrong. They asked what had happened, but he couldn’t speak. He simply sat down. From that day on he no longer went fishing, and his family had to rely on him to do all of the chores. He became quite wealthy but terribly sad. Finally, a year and a day had passed. The fisherman’s son went to his father and said, "Dad, it’s time for you to feel better, let’s go to that beach and I’ll bring you back to health. Do you remember where you were when the fish bit you?” The fisherman nodded yes and they both headed out. The fisherman wanted to refuse, but he knew he had a debt to pay. When they arrived at the beach, the fish was there waiting for them. "I thought you wouldn’t come," the fish said. "Grab hold, don’t be afraid." The fisherman grabbed the fish, and down, down, and down they went underwater, until they were completely lost. They travelled for hours, until finally a mountain full of caves came into view. The fish swam into the cave and continued deep inside. Finally, the fish stopped in front of a large rock and told Joanet to climb on. Joanet was scared in the dark, but he didn't move for fear of falling. He heard a gentle breath next to him. He moved his hand and he found an empty plate, then eggs, then sausage, then a cup of water. All of a sudden, a light came up and Joanet saw a candle. He realized that his mother had left it for him. Joanet thought, “I’ll find out what’s here.” He lit the candle and followed the light. He saw a beautiful young woman fast asleep. He wanted to look closer but suddenly a giant roared, "You scoundrel! " The beautiful woman awoke and began to cry when she saw Joanet. The giant took Joanet by the neck, and carried him up to the top of a mountain. He placed Joanet on the highest pine tree and then disappeared. Joanet was alone, without any food or water. He started to cut branches from the pine trees to make a rope. He started to descend and saw animals arguing over a dead sheep. “We need your help,” they told him. “Please divide the sheep for us.” Joanet saw a lion, a greyhound, a falcon, and an ant. He decided the lion should have the heart, the greyhound should have the bones, the falcon should have the intestines, and the ant should have the tail. “That’s exactly right!” they said. “Now how do we get back to our true forms? We’re stuck as these animals.” The lion gave him his necklace, the greyhound his nail, the falcon a feather, and the ant a little horn: “Say, ‘God and a lion’ and you’ll become a lion again.” “Say, ‘God and a greyhound’ and you’ll become a greyhound again.” “Say, ‘God and a falcon’ and you’ll become a falcon again.” “Say, ‘God and an ant’ and you’ll become an ant again.” The animals parted ways. Joanet continued down the mountain until he came across a castle. He peered through a window and saw a beautiful woman watching him. He turned into a falcon and flew toward her. Her guard, a giant, shouted in anger, “Another one! I would love to have you!” The giant grabbed the falcon and locked him in a cage. The woman was crying in despair. Joanet became an ant and crawled away with a plan. He came back to the woman and said, "Don't cry. I'm helping you." The woman asked him how he could get her out of the castle. "The giant says you are trapped. You will never get out unless he is killed. He will die if you smash an egg on his head." Joanet changed to his normal human self and the woman began to cry even louder. The giant came to her and asked why she was distressed. She answered, "Oh, I would love to have a falcon like the one in the cage downstairs!" The giant went downstairs and took the falcon out of the cage. He took the falcon back to the woman and she asked him to hold the falcon close to her. Then, she grabbed an egg and smashed it on the giant’s head, killing him! She ran to the door and it opened, and the woman called for her father. "Help me! I'm the princess and the giant took me from my homeland. He enchanted me and turned me into a bird!” Joanet’s efforts set the princess free. The queen and her husband hugged the princess and the prince, and invited them to live with them. The queen and king were astonished and blessed Joanet, gave him riches, and sent him back home. Joanet asked, "What if I want to go back to be human again?" "You just have to say, "God and a man." Joanet went back to the beach, said “God and a man,” and he was human once again.