Prince Fire-flash was a lucky fisherman, and his younger brother Prince Fire-fade was a lucky huntsman. One day, Fire-fade asked if they could trade to test their luck, and asked to borrow his line and hook. Fire-flash did not want to, but after some teasing he gave in. Fire-fade was no good at fishing, and lost his brother's hook in the process. His brother asked for the hook back, telling him they should go back to what they were good at. Fire-fade admitted he caught nothing and lost the hook, and his brother insisted that he get the hook back. Fire-fade broke down his own sword to make into a thousand hooks, begging his brother to accept. He would not, and Fire-fade cried at the shore. A Wise Old Man found him, and asked what was wrong. He told his story, and the man made him a boat and instructed him on how to get to the Sea King's palace. There, he was to find the Sea King's daughter by a cassia-tree. Fire-fade did this, and upon arrival spotted some maidens. When they saw him, he asked for some water. Handing him a golden cup, he put a jewel into it when he drank and it stuck to the bottom, so they took him to Princess Pearl. She asked who he was, and found him very beautiful. She told the King about him, and he came out and recognized Fire-fade. He brought him into the palace, they feasted, and at the end Princess Pearl and Prince Fire-fade were married. Three years passed, and one night the Prince sighed so deeply it caused the Princess to grieve. She asked her father what it meant, and the King then asked the Prince, who told him about his brother's hook. The King called all the fish of the sea to ask if they had the hook, and one tai reported it stuck in his throat. They removed it, washed it, and gave it to the Prince along with two jewels that controlled the ebb and flow of the tides. The King told the Prince of a plan to test Prince Fire-flash's temper, instructing him to either take pity or kill his brother. Prince Fire-fade set off on a long crocodile, and when they reached land he found his brother. He followed the King's plot, antagonizing his brother with the ebb and flow of the tides until he submitted to being Prince Fire-fade's guard for the rest of time.

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