Page 31 - Ridiculous Wishes

Whereupon his wife agreed that they had no choice.
She would never have the riches and diamonds and
fine clothes she had dreamed of, but she would be
herself again if the last wish would free her from the
frightful sausage on her nose.

And so the woodcutter did not change his lot. He did

not become a king. His purse was not filled with
gold. He was only too glad to use his remaining wish
in restoring his poor wife to her former state.

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