For Fiction Friday. Theme: A character gets three wishes...
Once there was a prince who had everything his heart can desire. He was a spoiled young man with a large appetite for fun. He often would make others suffer for his own happiness. One day an old witch came by the castle and granted him three wishes. Anything he wants, nothing's impossible she said. In return he would have to give up his life as a prince. No one would recognize him - not the servants, nor his parents or his people. Once he make the deal he cannot go back. The prince was so excited by this as he had grown bored by his easy going life that he immediately accepted the deal and thought nothing about the consequences.
The prince was suddenly no longer inside the castle but in a forest. The old witch asked what his first wish was. The prince wanted to know what it's like to be poor. The prince was changed into a poor old beggar and his clothes was changed into rags. On the town, the prince walked among his people. Some were generous to him and gave him bread but others shoved him aside to walked pass him. The prince soon learned he did not like being poor and felt sadden by his status. As he wandered around town, he felt isolated and lonely. The prince was so distraught that he ran back to the castle but was thrown out by the guards as they saw him only as an old man. He called to his parents but the king and queen did not recognized him and told the guards to be gentle with him as they led him out.
The prince walked to the forest and called upon the old witch. She appeared to him and asked him what his second wish was. He wished to be his physical self again living among the people. Wish granted. The prince was back with the people, this time as himself. But of cause he was not recognized as a prince but just another man. The people were kind to him. He was offered a job cutting woods to earn for room and bread. The prince lived happily for a while but when he heard his parents were looking for him, he ran to the castle but once again no one recognized him and he was thrown out like a beggar. The prince got so angry, he ran to the forest to call for the old witch.
The old witch appeared to him and asked him if he wanted to make his last wish. His wish was for things to go back to the way it was. But of cause the old witch could not grant him that since they had a deal and cannot be undone. The prince, frustrated by this, yelled at the old witch and told her his wish shall be granted as nothing was impossible. But the old witch only told him that was not possible. They had a deal and she was not about break it. She will grant his last wish when he thought of a new one. The prince screamed at the old witch but she soon disappeared. He fell down on his knees and started to cried. He scolded himself for being so foolish as to give up his identity just so he wouldn't be bore.
Finally the prince thought, since there was nothing he could do, he might as well make his last wish. He wished to be useful to someone as he had no home nor any family. He wanted to be a servant in the castle so he can be near his family. The old witch granted his wish and sent him to the castle. The prince became a servant to his parents who did not recognize him. They seem to have forgotten they had a son. They treated the prince like he was their son. The prince felt happy to be back even as a servant and thought he shall never again wish to be someone else.
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this was wonderful... and quite prophetic!!!!
Moral of the story: Think of the consequences before you make a wish!
Very entertaining story.
PS: You did miss the point in my post. Instead of reading the poem, the djinn preferred to disappear without granting a single wish.
interesting take on the "don't know what you got till it's gone" theme.
Love how the grass is greener quickly turned.
Rose
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good moral on this story. we do tend to wish for things that we don't really want in the end. *sigh*
thanks. this is a good read.
Lissa,
I can imagine reading this to my daughter as a bedtime story. What a wonderful moral. Be content with yourself.
Lovely work:)
Very nice. Love the twist!
Good story. Should be required reading for people who don't know how good they have it. Maybe I'll show it to my 9 year-old.
This seems like a perfect script for a puppet show or a third grade play... the right length, the right level of sophistication. It's a nice tale, and I like the fact that he gave up his right to return to his previous life if #1 and #2 didn't work out. It's a tragedy of sorts, really. Personally, I might like it better if his parents did not treat him like a son in the end but instead treated him like a servant. But that's just my personal taste.
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