Thereupon the Prince said, "When I was falling into the sea that day,
this fish, taking me on its back, asked at my hand, 'What will you
give [me] to put you on shore?' Then I said, 'From the things that I
obtain first I will give a [half] share.' That share it now asks for."
At that time the Princess having given into the Prince's hand the sword
that was on the shore, said, "It is I whom you obtained first. Because
of it, having split a [half] share off me give it to the fish."
Then the fish said, "No need of it for me. This Prince one day
has expended one thousand (sic) four hundred masuran over a dead
body. Please say you do not want that debt. [I was that dead body]."