Three Wishes

Once upon a time there lived a young boy named Ahmad he lived in a cottage that stood far into the woods. One day he went out of the woods to sell fresh roses that were freshly picked from his garden ,while he was walking to the marketplace to set up his stand meanwhile customers was standing in a line to wait to get a bouquet of flowers for themselves when the line was disappearing a sorcerer named Magnus came to Ahmad saying "Young boy I came from a land called where there's a king named Theodore and the queen his wife Helen they are throwing a grand ceremony in honor of their first born baby girl named Hermione and they have ordered me to make a potion to make the kingdom smell like fresh pink roses but the only problem is that I don't have fresh pink roses in my lair not even in the castle because of this unfortunate thing I came to Roseville where I found you . Could you please give me three bouquets of fresh roses?'' Ahmad said "Of course sir that would be three dollars!'' Magnus said "Instead of three dollars would you care for three wishes anything you desire just remember use your wishes wisely!''Ahmad said "Thank you sir here's your fresh bouquet of roses." Magnus said "You're welcome and thank you for the roses just remember whenever you wish for something a fog will appear in the color of gold behind it lies the wish that was granted to you." Ahmad said "I'll remember everything .''Magus said " I'll be going back to Terebethia remember if you want to find me you'll have to follow the rainbow starting from the woods and the other side there stood the kingdom of Terabithia good bye Ahmad ."Ahmad said "Good bye sir". Ahmad wanted to wish for something but he was 'nt sure what he wanted to wish for so he made his mind up and he wanted to wish for a kingdom of his own which includes a palace, servants, and being a prince after he said his wish a golden cloud appeared before him then he remembered his wish that was granted lies behind the golden cloud then he went behind the cloud and to his astonishment the palace, servants , and he was not wearing his old clothes instead he's ornated in prince like clothing riding on a magnificent horse to his palace where the woods used to when he entered the palace his eyes dazzled how shiny and beautiful the inside looked, then he sat on his throne then his messenger said "Welcome Prince Ahmad I'm your new messenger Fergus." Fergus said " It's a pleasure to meet you Fergus." Fergus said thank you Prince Ahmad so I have planned a grand ball for tonight in honor of celebrating you being prince I have a list of things we're going to need golden chairs , tables , gigantic cake and magical instruments from terebethia a kingdom where a sorcerer lives at as a royal sorcerer he's the only person who would have magical instruments from terebethia." Ahmad said "Ok Fergus you have everything covered except the magical instruments from terebethia." Fergus said " Yes Prince Ahmad because nobody from the kingdom of Roseville never seen or knows about this sorcerer's whereabouts .Ahmad said "Fergus I actually know where sorcerer Magnus whereabouts are all you need to do is follow the rainbow at the other side there stood the kingdom of Terebethia."Fergus said "Wow you know about his whereabouts all I need to do is arrange a loyal subject to Terebethia right now before sunset ."Ahmad said "Okay Fergus before you leave I want you to invite the sorcerer Magnus , king ,and queen to come to this grand ball ."Fergus said in astonishment " Wow you know about his whereabouts all I need to do is arrange a loyal subject to Terebethia right no before sunset." Ahmad said " Okay Fergus before you take your leave I want you to give invitations to invite the sorcerer Magnus ,king , queen , and Hermione to come to this grand ball and surprise party ." Fergus said " I'll invite them! '' When Fergus sent a loyal subject to Terebethia he wanted to wish for something then he made a wish aloud saying " I wish for a beautiful wife that will stay with me forever until death takes us apart ." Right at that moment a golden fog appeared once again before him he went through the foggy atmosphere and found his wife at the other side of the fog Ahmad asked her "What's your name my beloved wife?" his wife answered "My name is Arana my dear husband!" His wife is fair as the moon , hair as brown as wood , lips as red as red roses , and eyes as shimmering as diamond the king immediately fell in love with Arana he then ordered Fergus his messenger to make invitations when Fergus asked " What is the surprise my king ?" Ahmad said " I'll be officially getting married tonight to Arana following up with a grand ball after !" "Fergus said "that is great news now we will have a queen I'll just make some invitation cards that includes the wedding following up with the grand ball." Fergus took his leave and finished his tasks on his list except for the magical instruments meanwhile the loyal subject Fergus sent to Terebethia arrived at the magnificent kingdom of Terebethia where the king Theodore and his queen Helen lived the loyal subject went to the palace to give the king an invitation for the wedding following up with the grand ball the king Theodore said "Loyal subject from which kingdom are you from?'' The loyal subject said "I came from the kingdom of Roseville where nature is defined!'' the king said "Where is this beautiful kingdom located at?'' the sorcerer interrupted saying " All you need to do is follow the rainbow from our kingdom to the next you will find three individual ornated bridges made of gold, silver, diamond you have to pick the golden bridge after walking gingerly on the bridge you'll arrive the Kingdom Of Roseville where nature is defined ." The loyal subject said "You must be the royal sorcerer my king invited you too to the wedding following up with the grand ball." Magnus said "Thank you I'll try my best to be there!'' The king said "Magnus you know about his kingdom then we won't have no problem getting there!'' The king said okay loyal subject we'll be there at ten tonight with my family including the royal sorcerer.'' " It will be a pleasure seeing you there before I take my leave I wanted to ask you if you have magical instruments we could use for the grand celebration tonight " " We have the most magical instruments ever made Magnus will give a set as a gift for this special occasion the king said.'' Loyal subject said "Thank you so much I'll take my leave now." The loyal subject followed the path which the sorcerer told the king where it was located at the loyal subject was already at the kingdom he's from, he brought the musical instruments to the king saying "This is the gift from the king of Terebethia for your wedding you're majesty." The king said "Thank you so much. Fergus said "I have everything ready and prepared for this wedding!" Time drew nearer for the wedding the king, queen, baby and Magnus arrived. Meanwhile the king is wearing his finest suit and Arana dressed up in her white dress, holding a bouquet of fresh roses adoring herself in the mirror, the king and Arana came out of the room the king got in the room first in his position right after Arana gingerly walked towards the alter where the priest was, Arana 's dress was ornated with diamonds even on her veil the guests was stunned by her natural beauty Arana and Ahmad took their wedding vows the priests said "You may now kiss the bride." After the king kissed his official wife the grand ball started shortly after everyone was dancing the people from Roseville the king and, queen were there too dancing area has dazzling chandelier and the room was made of gold the guest enjoyed the bizarre layers of the wedding cake the sorcerer came to congratulate the newlyweds then showing them where the king, queen and baby girl are then the king started talking "It's a pleasure to meet you and you're wife you both looked fantastic tonight." "Thank you!" The king and queen said after the grand ball everyone went home including the king Theodore, queen Helen, and their child. The king Ahmad had a final wish he said aloud "I wish for a daughter as white as snow, her hair as dark as ebony, lips as red as red roses and eyes as blue as the serene seas!'' Suddenly a golden cloud appeared for this last wish Ahmad went through the cloud then heard his wife excruciating in pain because she has given birth to their first born baby girl she had all the features that Ahmad wanted for her to have in his wish .The following day Fergus planned a baby shower with a list of things included a cake, decorations , magical instruments and bouquets of roses for a fresh aroma all Fergus needed was a fresh bouquet of roses for fresh aroma which grows right in the castle's court yard it was a matter of time when Fergus already picked dozens of roses for he baby shower he started to finish the things on the list the time has came to begin the baby shower everyone started showering beautiful gifts for the baby eventually almost everyone gave her gift ,but this old lady came to the baby almost giving a beautiful rose then the king said "Guards take her away!" then the old lady turned into a sorceress named , Sophiana said "For not accepting my gift to bestow upon your daughter thee be cursed king as day bird as night for only this curse will be broken if you're wife makes you a shirt made out of stinging nettle she'll have to sew them into shirts before the last sunset until the winter solstice which is exactly one week away if this is'nt done then the king will be a speechless bird forever!'' As soon as she disappeared the king was transforming in a bizarre way his wife the queen said " My beloved I will free you from this terrible curse!'' the guests left in a very shocked state by Arana knew if she does'nt start making the shirt sooner it will too late she went to the graveyard to gather stinging nettle and started sewing back at the palace it first took minutes , hours and a week before winter solstice because it was tough to sew while she was working the king transitioning from king by day to bird by night tomorrow was the last day for the shirt to be completed Arana was finished the same night Arana yelled " My dear husband where are you?'

Then he answered " I'm in the dance room!'' she then threw the shirt on him the spell was broken Sorceress Sophiana and Sorcerer Magnus voices was saying "Now that you've learned your lesson accept a gift from the poor." Then the sorceress and magnus appeared before them saying "Now that the curse is broken you hopefully learnt your lesson!'' "I've learnt my lesson Ahmad said!'' Now I can give your daughter my gift to her I think she loves it her name should be Esmerelda the sorceress said". "It should everyone said."

They all lived happily ever after

The end

Written by Kelvin Ganesh