Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple or Past Continuous to complete the story.

Once upon a time there lived an old man. He was very kind but poor. One day when he was fishing, he caught a magic fish. The fish asked the old man to let her go. In return she would make his wish come true. While the old man was thinking everything over, the magic fish said that he could choose whatever he wanted. So the old man made a wish.