The Wish Unused

If you had three wishes and to help someone you loved would you use a wish to help them? Would you ever use your other wishes even if you’re first made that person unhappy? Think about the ones you hold dearly and well I hurt them with another wish. “The Third Wish” is written by Joan Aikan. Mr. Peters used his second wish out of love. He never used the third wish because he knew that it would only hurt him or the people that he loved. In the end Mr. Peters got his wish but wasn’t happy at all with his first. So even if your wishes come true you might not always be happy.

With the magic that the characters had only two used it. There are three characters to write about and they are Mr. Peters, Leita, and The King of the Forest. Mr. Peters is kind, lonely, and old. He wished for a wife and her name is Leita. Leita is sad and kind. She was a swan and was turned into a human. The King of the Forest is mean and angry and he gave three wishes to Mr. Peters.

In the story “The Third Wish” there was three symbols. The symbols were the leaves, the swan, and the feather. The leaves represent greed because they can give anything you want. The swan represents love because they are beautiful and majestic. Finally the feather represents death because it was with Mr. Peters dead body.

One of the symbols used magic and that symbol was the leaves. In the story “The Third Wish” magic was used quite often. This made it an interesting book to read. The King of the Forest used magic for himself. Mr. Peters used the leaves for good but also for evil. The evil was to wish for a wife because it turned a swan into a girl. The good was that Mr. Peters used his second wish to turn her back into a swan.

“The Third Wish” is a book that was written to show love. Two people Mr. Peters and Leita love each other, but Mr. Peters realizes that Leita isn’t happy so he turns her back into a swan. Many things like love and greed can be similar because you could love greed. In the story love beats everything even though greed is used. Even though Mr. Peters used his wish for him but he wasn’t happy.