4.7 "Three Wishes" Fairytale
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"Three Wishes" Fairytale
Once upon a time, there was a woodcutter who lived with his wife in a
log cabin in the middle of a deep forest. For the most part, they were
happy, but sometimes they were quick to anger and spoke harsh words to one
another.
Every morning, the woodcutter set off to work, chopping down trees. He was always hungry when he came home, and his wife always had a good, hot supper waiting for him.
However, one day, something strange happened to the woodcutter in the forest. He was about to cut down a gnarled, old, oak tree, when out popped an elf from somewhere inside the tree.
Every morning, the woodcutter set off to work, chopping down trees. He was always hungry when he came home, and his wife always had a good, hot supper waiting for him.
However, one day, something strange happened to the woodcutter in the forest. He was about to cut down a gnarled, old, oak tree, when out popped an elf from somewhere inside the tree.
"What's all the racket?"
grumbled the elf. "Can't a fellow get any sleep around here?
Hey. You're not going to cut down my tree are you? This tree has
been my home for over one hundred years!"
The woodcutter was so surprised, he dropped his axe and stared. Then, he shook his head, picked up his axe, and told the elf, who was much smaller than he was, "Cutting down trees is what I do, and this tree is a fine specimen."
He raised his axe.
"Stop!" cried the elf. "I'll make you a bargain: you leave me and my home in peace, and I'll grant you three wishes."
The woodcutter was so surprised, he dropped his axe and stared. Then, he shook his head, picked up his axe, and told the elf, who was much smaller than he was, "Cutting down trees is what I do, and this tree is a fine specimen."
He raised his axe.
"Stop!" cried the elf. "I'll make you a bargain: you leave me and my home in peace, and I'll grant you three wishes."
The woodcutter quickly agreed.
He hurried home to tell his wife, dreaming all the way of the riches they would
enjoy.
By the time he reached his cabin, he was hungry. However, he was home earlier than usual, and his wife hadn't had time to make his supper yet. He quickly told his wife of their good fortune. Then, he looked at the empty table and said, "Oh, I wish there was a big plate of sausages on that table right now."
As soon as the words had left his mouth, a plate of steaming hot sausage links appeared, right in the middle of the table.
"You fool!" shouted the woodcutter's wife. "Always thinking of your stomach. Now, look what you've done! You've wasted a wish."
The woodcutter roared back, "Enough, woman! A working man needs hot food, not hard words! I wish those sausages were stuck to that nose of yours!"
The sausage links flew up off the table and stuck to the tip of the poor woman's nose.
The woodcutter's wife screamed, "My nose! My nose! Look what you've done!" She tried and tried to pull the sausages off her nose, but they would not budge. The woodcutter tried his luck, but still the sausages stayed stuck to his wife's nose.
The woodcutter's wife began to weep. "It's no use! I'll have these sausages stuck to my nose forever!"
Then, the woodcutter remembered he still had one wish left. He sighed and made his wish.
"I wish those sausages would come off your nose."
Immediately, the sausage links were back on the plate in the middle of the table.
The couple sat down, and ate their meal in silence, vowing to think before they spoke in anger from then on.
By the time he reached his cabin, he was hungry. However, he was home earlier than usual, and his wife hadn't had time to make his supper yet. He quickly told his wife of their good fortune. Then, he looked at the empty table and said, "Oh, I wish there was a big plate of sausages on that table right now."
As soon as the words had left his mouth, a plate of steaming hot sausage links appeared, right in the middle of the table.
"You fool!" shouted the woodcutter's wife. "Always thinking of your stomach. Now, look what you've done! You've wasted a wish."
The woodcutter roared back, "Enough, woman! A working man needs hot food, not hard words! I wish those sausages were stuck to that nose of yours!"
The sausage links flew up off the table and stuck to the tip of the poor woman's nose.
The woodcutter's wife screamed, "My nose! My nose! Look what you've done!" She tried and tried to pull the sausages off her nose, but they would not budge. The woodcutter tried his luck, but still the sausages stayed stuck to his wife's nose.
The woodcutter's wife began to weep. "It's no use! I'll have these sausages stuck to my nose forever!"
Then, the woodcutter remembered he still had one wish left. He sighed and made his wish.
"I wish those sausages would come off your nose."
Immediately, the sausage links were back on the plate in the middle of the table.
The couple sat down, and ate their meal in silence, vowing to think before they spoke in anger from then on.
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