Posts tagged ‘genie’

Three Wish Stories

March 27th, 2010

The first rule of granting wishes is “Be careful what you wish for–you might get it.” Three themes exist in the make-a-wish stories: the one wish that sets the machinery of the universe in motion the unthinking wish that must be corrected by the last wish the no-matter-what-you-wish, it will turn out badly–the monkey’s paw [...]