The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-03-18
WE'VE THEEE. wisHEs.

Fer the OhilAren.
u III TEE THREE, WISHES.
one day in winter a man and his wife
we're Sting betbr etheir FIRE, amusing them.
selves by talking about their neighbors
who tsere richer han they wereyt ,,sye,ik5
.l'4Oh, = said the womans y.sif could be the
owner Of all that I wish for, should bs
and / sal.c, p said the man. ri wish il
Aag IA the time OF the fairiss anCisI .c0uld
md one good enough 10 givesmes alb ]
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Al that very minute aobeautifnl lady
came in their chamber and said To them
II am fairy; and promise to give yor
the three first things that you shall wish
wished three times. shall give you moth
/ ing. The fairy having departed ,istne
man and his wife were nauch perplexed.
AS for me-" said the woman, ssif j
could have my way, ] know well what j
+ should wish for. Nseems to me that there
is nothing so good ~ to DO beautiful and
rich. - < az sag e4ssssf,.s sf5 X, 3.,s
) "But,. replied her husband, perhaps
Won might be- sick, or die young; 1t would
IS no more wise TO wish Tor health anda
ling life.Dszs 5sssss IA es 5.s s,tgs.4 EfsA
"a .sAnd of what use is q long life if you
Unjust .always be poor 3? said the vile. IT
would serve but 10 make YOU unhappy the
longer time. In truth the fairy should
Rave promised, m dozen Of gifts, fOr, We
have need Of VS. many IN that 1t least"
s'That is true, ssaid the husband; bu,
lot us take time and c0nsider, till tO-m0r-
. row morning, what three things are the
, most necessary; then We viii demaiid
them"
l~<S
selves for it is cold.
- Then the woman took the tongs and
stirred the fire, ana when she saw how
{ how brightly II burned, and what guam
/ fity Of Goals there were, she said, withOu,
thinking, What good fire! I wish We
had = good pudding for euppef we could
make It boil very easily" Scarcely had
pudding came rolling down the chimney
iand lay at her fsek &, siss.ss III, II 81.
c Plague upon, you for . gluttnn. with
your pudding,t said. the mAn. What au
absurd wish Z Lam 90 angry with yon that
wish you had the pudding stuck on the
{ end of your nose.,' a fy
II In . lnomen, The man saw that he was a.
/ foolish ~ his wife, fol-. hardly had he
wished this second wish, when the pud.
) ding leaped TO the end OF the poor wo.
mans nose and stuck fast, nor was she
} able 70 remove It. - 90 s.
What figure am, said she. you
I are wicked y wish this pudding on thsend
, Of my n0se.' sas3 ,a,sgy sa-asa.. (.
think y said be, Shut what shall we do !
We have one more wish, and lam going to
wish for great riches, and will have a
gold box made for you % cover the pud-
ding -sa.a'.5ss sa As s..esa.
ss0h. no. said the woman, 81 had rather
die now, than to live with this pudding on
my nose. We still have wish let me
have il, or will throw myself OUT the
window, s9 s4ia~ sas sss.a ssss
8 Insaying these words, she ran and opened
TIE window, and her husband, who loved
her cried to her TO stop, saying, = My dear,
III give Jon permission to wish whatever
..Ah, weil..'' said the womsa, ..I5wish
sthat this pudding would fall to the EARTH y
II In . moment the pudding fell from her
= nose. Then said her husbard, ~ zee that
The fairy was making sport Of M, and
not without reason perhaps We should be
more miserable with riches than ct pree-
mt. Let US, my dear, wish for nothing,
s0ut take the things IL pleaDes Godfto give
~. Meanwhile, let 10 SUP o., our pud-
ding, aimee that IL all that ID left Of our
The husband thought that his vito spoke
reasonably, and they supped gaily, with
out troubling themselves abOnta the loss
Of the things they had intended 10 wish for.