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English Reading #3
Three Silly Wishes
Three once lived a poor woodcutter. Even though he was very hardworking,
he was always poor and unhappy. One day, he threw down his ax and shouted, “
I’m tired of life! work so hard, but none of my wishes ever come true. “
Suddenly, a tree spirit appeared in front of him. “ Poor woodcutter! “ said the
spirit. “ Cheer up. I’m here to give you three wishes. You will get the next three
things you wish for, no matter what they are.”

The woodcutter ran home to tell his wife. Right away, she began talking
about all the things she wanted. “We should consider this carefully, though, said
the woodcutter.” We must not waste these wishes.

The woodcutter got some wine and thought about his wishes. The wine was
so good that he said to his wife, “I wish I had some yummy sausages to go with
this wine! “Suddenly, several sausages floated into the room.

“You fool!” yelled his wife. “You could have wished for a kingdom, but you
wished for sausages instead. You’re as stupid as a donkey!”

The woodcutter was very angry. Without thinking, he shouted, “ I wish these
sausages were hanging from your nose !”

Suddenly, the sausages were really on his wife’s nose. They tried and tried,
but they couldn’t pull them off. Finally, the woodcutter had to use his third wish
to fix her nose. Now his wishes were all gone, but he could only blame himself !

(出自 ABC 英語故事袋 -格林童話篇)

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