Once upon a time there lived a small koi fish. She weaved her slender body through a small pond situated near a great willow tree. Days went by and our fish was always dreaming of outerpond things. She mused of the color of the sky, she craved to meet other, interesting fish. Not like her peers in the pond who were always busy with such dull everyday affairs as the shiny scales of the neighbour, the weather or the food that appeared miraculously from above. No, she dreamt awake. Watched the circles above her when a willow leaf falls. Tried to uderstand the neverending murmur of the small fall in the upper lake.  
     From time to time on a bench at the pond"s shore there came a man. He sat silently for awhile watching the fish movements and then, taking a paper bag out of his pocket, started to throw some food in the water. All the fish gathered and enjoyed the meal. Our koi stood a little back for she was a bit shy. When the others took their full and start to meander off lazily, then and only then she dashed forward and with her heart pounding looked to the shore. She knew not who that man was, but after feeding the fish he usualy started to talk. And our koi listened. The man talked about other worlds, about distant towns, about the sun, the moon and how people laugh and cry. As if enchanted our fish listened and listened, her eyes full with visions of lands far away. Little did she knew that the man had many names and was very famous in the world. Some called him Kao Hon, others Intā Netto or Sekai Hiroi Uebu.      
     So the fish listened to the man"s stories and dreamed. When the man was not there she listened to different bird songs or curled in her small home at the bottom of the pond where she could study all things that pleased her heart that she had gathered there. One day the man spoke with soft voice to the koi fish and reached out with his hand. The fish was a bit scared but didn"t back up. The man dipped his hand and very gently ran a finger over her back. It was a strange touch. Then while the fish wondered what that meaned the figure above her brought out some vessel and with a tender splash poured it near. Our koi was surprised to see that a new fish showed in the pond. She flipped her fins and came closer to the new fish. The other eyed her calmly and with a smile said : "Hey there, my name is Mishiranu Hito, pleased to meet you." Our koi curtseyed shyly and with all fins bright swam near. " Hey, I"m Koi. You"re welcome"...
     On the shore the man watched and quietly whispered " Take care of him, my little koi, he dreams awake..like you...like so many other souls who rarely find a common pond..take care"...