Three Wishes

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Three Wishes

• Deák Diák Primary School
• Budapest
• 13. 04. 2007

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Once upon a time, and never mind when, there
lived a poor man and his wife. They were a young
couple and loved each other like two turtle
dowes. But because of their poverty, they would
squabble from time to time and at these times
they seemed like two chickens and one grain of
corn.
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One day the wife came home from the fields
earlier than her husband and wondered what to
make for supper, for there was hardly a bean in
the house.
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Poor thing she really wished to make a good
supper for her husband, just once! As she was
thinking over this she heard a little rusting
noise beside her, and guess what? A lovley fairy
was shaking her wings on the table top.
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I wont let you poor woman, and because I have
given you a fright, Ill grant you three wishes.
Just let me see how much sense you have.
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Well, the first wish had popped into her head.
She wished for a nice plump sausage. In a jiffy a
pan dropped out of the chimney and sure enough,
inside was a beautiful plump sausage.
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When the poor man came home, the kithcen was full
of pleasant aromas.
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So his wife told the whole story, and they sat
down, to decide what to choose for the other two
wishes. The man wanted a horse, an ox, and a pig,
but the woman wanted a chicken, a mirror, and a
new apron. And as if they both had full bellies,
they began to squabble.
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The man filled his pipe and watched for a live
coal from the grate, but in this dumsiness he
tipped the frying pan over. Oh! The woman scould.
How could you be such a fool?! I wish the
sausage were on your nose instead of the fire!!
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And that was that! A soon as she said it, there
was the sausage danging from the mans nose,
almost down her knees.
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The woman tried to pull the sausage off her
husbands nose. She tugged and tugged and pulled,
and pulled, but it wouldnt let.
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And she started to cry like a baby
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What about this sausage? I cant go about the
village like this. And you cant kiss me either,
with a sausage danging from my nose.
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On and on they squabbled until the man said they
should ask for wealth with their last wish.
But what about this sausage?
Well cut it off!
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But the husband was afraid of that. I wont let
you!! shouted Now that is has happened, well
have to wish it back into the pan, and thats all
there to it.
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But what about the ox, the horse and the pig,
what about my apron, my mirror, and my chicken?
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So at last they had their final wish, and the
sausage was back into the pan.
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Now they could sit down to eat, but they didnt
enjoy it much, as they were still squabbling
about whose fault it was, and now they would now
stay as they poor as they had always been.