Mr. Wish
...ne to quit yelling and throwing stuff long enough to make a suggestion. "If you want us to leave you alone, then YOU must wish on YOUR next birthday to lose the power to make wishes come true. Then we will KNOW that you cannot make people turn into cement anymore, or have their homes turn to plastic doll houses and stuff." Everyone cheered with approval, and so it was agreed that Mr. Wish would wish to be able to wish no longer. On the day of his next birthday, again, almost the entire town attended his birthday party, overflowing out the doors of the house and into the street, just to hear him wish for his ability not to wish. He had thought about this wish day and night for weeks now, and when he was presented with a huge cake, complete with candles burning, everyone grew quiet with anticipation as he bent ...