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Ar Keret's Wishes To The Fish
ar Keret, a character named Sergei owns a talking goldfish, whom he caught from the sea, who grants him three wishes. Throughout the short story it shows that Sergei is a good individual. All the wishes show that he puts others first rather than himself. His first wish was to cure his sister’s cancer. The second wish applies to Sveta’s son, because the kid was small in the mind and would not make it, when growing up, even though Sveta left him for a cop...The last wish was used to bring Yonatan back to life enough though he knew this wish would free the fish, making him lose the companionship of the fish. The actions Sergei takes shows that he is a selfless person. He cares about his sister so graciously that he had given one of his wishes

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