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Joan Aiken's 'The Third Wish'
If you were granted three wishes, what would you wish for? Love? Money? Would you be satisfied with what you received? In Joan Aiken’s “The Third Wish” the main character, Mr. Peters finds himself with three wishes. After helping a swan in need, it turns into a little man in all green. He uses his first wish for a wife "as beautiful as the forest.” Although he does receive his perfect wife, she's actually a shapeshifted swan who's unhappy with being human. Mr. Peters then decides to use his second wish to turn her back into a swan to be with her sister. After seeing what had happened with his first two wishes, Mr. Peters decides not to use his third wish and is actually happy with taking care of his swan wife and sister-in-law and dies with
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