The Three Wishes
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Long ago, there lived a couple who had a dairy farm. They were poor and spent much of their H-WJp <_
time wishing for things they did not have. dW)B1i Uo!
Often the man would say, "I wish I were handsome" or "I wish I had more cows." '>NCMB{*
Frequently the woman would say, "I wish I were wealthy" or "I wish I were a beautiful princess." x`U^OLV
One day, some fairies heard their wishes and decided to conduct an experiment. They went kh!FR u h
to the couple and granted them three wishes. Whatever they wished would be granted. dFRsm0 T
The couple talked a long time about what they should wish for. But after a while they became NYt&@Z}]
hungary, and from force of habit, the woman suddenly said,"I wish I had some sausages to eat." P !AEf#1
Immediately her market basket was full of sausages. . kQk C:~9
Then a heated argument began because the hasband said that his wife had wasted one of their 2- &k^Gl!:
valuable wishes on such a cheap thing as sausages. The argument grew hotter, and finally in Q8C_9r/:N>
anger the wife said, " I wish these sausages were hanging from your nose!" X]'{(?Ch
Of course the sausages immediately flew to the poor man's nose and stayed there. Nor could 7OC#8,
they be removed. Now there was only one thing the poor woman could do. She really loved her ;l4[%xld
husband, and so she had to spend their third wish in removing the sausages from his nose. MPCBT!o
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Thus, except for a few sausages, they had noting to show for their three wishes.
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