Week 14 Reading Notes Part A: English Tales

The Three Wishes

One day a woodsman went out to chop wood and his wife gave him supplies.  He comes upon a great tree to chop but before he hits it a fairy begs him not to.  To show it is grateful, the fairy tells him he will be granted three wishes, but quickly disappears.  The man mostly thinks it isn't real, comes home, and when his wife says supper won't be ready for a while, he says he wishes for pudding and BAM pudding comes down the chimney.  Then later the wife gets mad at him and screams that she wishes pudding were in his nose.  It happens and they can't get it out so they have to use their final wish to get it out and they run out of wishes.

Fairy sourced via Pixabay

This is a classic example of being careful what you wish for!  This story kinda made me mad, which is why I would like to change it!  I want to write a story where someone that gets three wishes actually does it in a responsible manner!  I don't think I have ever personally read a story where being granted three wishes turns out okay.

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More English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs