The Three Wishes
A woodcutter and his wife who receive three wishes from a fairy spend them all on a sausage.
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A woodcutter was chopping a tree in the forest when a fairy came out of the tree. "Don't cut this tree, it is my home. In return I will give you three wishes." The woodcutter lowered his axe, thanked her and ran home.
He told his wife. His wife was excited: "Let's wish for a palace! Let's wish for gold!" The woodcutter said, "Let's think first." They sat down at the table and thought. The woodcutter got hungry and muttered absent-mindedly: "Ah, if only there were a sausage on this table..."
Pop! A huge sausage appeared on the table.
His wife screamed: "You wasted a wish on a sausage! I wish that sausage were stuck to your nose!"
Pop! The sausage stuck to the woodcutter's nose. They pulled and pulled; it would not come off. Two wishes gone, and what was left was a woodcutter with a sausage on his nose.
Husband and wife looked at each other. The palace, the gold... all of it went through their minds, but the woodcutter's nose had a sausage on it. His wife sighed: "I wish this sausage would come off your nose."
Pop! The sausage fell onto the table. The three wishes were used up.
That evening they fried the sausage and ate it with bread. The woodcutter said, "We didn't get a palace, but this is the best sausage of my life." His wife laughed. The next day the woodcutter went to the forest and left a bowl of milk at the foot of the fairy's tree: "Thank you. We wasted our wishes, but we gained some sense."
The tale ends here. Sleep well.
The Three Wishes is a children's tale from Folk tale, suitable for ages 4-9 and about 2 minutes long. Read it free on Masal Merkezi, play a lullaby or nature sound in the background, tap any word to see its Turkish meaning and save it to your favorites. For similar tales browse the Classic Tales category.
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