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A man rescues a swan from a thorn bush and gets three wishes from a magical creature. He uses his first wish to get a beautiful wife, but soon regrets it and wishes to undo it.
Nov 24, 2023 · A gamekeeper named Mr. Peters receives three wishes from a talking swan after saving it from a trap. He learns the lessons of desire, love, and altruism through his choices and their consequences.
“The Third Wish” A short story by Joan Aiken. Once there was a man who was driving in his car at dusk on a Spring evening through part of the forest of Savernake. His name was Mr. Peters. The primroses were just beginning but the trees were still bare, and it was cold; the birds had stopped singing an hour ago.
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Apr 22, 2005 · The Third Wish: Directed by Shelley Jensen. With Jenna Mattison, Sean Maguire, Armand Assante, Jennifer Blanc-Biehn. Bookshop clerk Maggie (Mattison) is granted three wishes after she finds a first-edition copy of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations.
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A play based on the fairy tale structure where a character is granted three wishes, and things wind up going very wrong. Explore the plot, characters, main ideas, vocabulary, and essential questions of this delightful twist of a three-wish tale with StoryboardThat's free activities.
A seemingly magical book, Maggie is granted three wishes...or so she thinks. The true magic is actually being orchestrated by a mysterious benefactor, who has commissioned a handsome Oxford lawyer to guide her through a Cinderella-like transformation.
Jan 1, 1974 · This ghost story recounts in fictional form an alleged haunting experienced by two former residents of the house, Henry James and E. F. Benson, both of whom also wrote ghost stories. Aiken's father, Conrad Aiken, also authored a small number of notable ghost stories.
