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Long, long ago, a man and woman lived near a great forest.
Every day, they went into the forest to cut wood.
The man and his wife worked as hars as they could.Still, they were poor and often went hungry.
One morning, they set off to work as always. But on this morning, they walked farther into the forest than ever before.
Suddenly, they came upon a huge oak.
"We could cut many logs from this tree," said the man.
The woman agreed."We could sell the logs. Then we would have enough money to buy food for many days."
Just as the man was about to swing his ax, a beautiful fairy appeared. "Please don't cut down my tree," she begged.
The man and his wife were so surprised, they could hardly speak.
"Very well," the husband finally said.
"We'll spare your tree," said his wife.
The fairy flew up into the air at once. She twirled around happily."Thank you !" she cried."For this, I will grant you three wishes, whatever they may be."
With that, the fairy flew to the treetops and disappeared.
The couple could hardly belive their good luck. All day long, they dreamed about the wishes they would make.
"We might wish for a fancy coach to ride in," said the husband.
"Or fine clothes of silk and satin," said the wife.
"Perhaps a grand house with a lovely garden," they said together.
They talked on and on. There seemed to be no end to what they could wish. They thought of great chests of jewels and piles of gold coins. It could all be theirs for the asking.
Finally, the man and wife tramped home. They were tired and hungry and cold.
Inside their cottage, the man built a blazing fire. The man and woman sat of a while, resting and warming themselves. Each was deep in thought about the three wishes.
"I know! I know!" exclaimed the woman. "We could wish that we would never go hungry again."
"Indeed," said the man. "indeed we could. but just now, Iwish we had some tasty sausages for dinner."
As soon as he said the words, it was done. Just like that, a pan of sausages appeared.
The man stared. The woman stared three times as much.
"That was a foolish thing to do!" the wife cried. "See what you've done! Why, I wish those sausages were hanging right from your nose!"
As soon as she said the words, it was done. Just like that, the sausages hung straight from her husband's nose.
"See what you've done!" cried the man. "Who's being foolish now?"
The man gave the sausages a pull, but they stuck. The wife gave the sausages a pull, but they stuck.
The two pulled and tugged together, but it was no use.
They plopped themselves down in front of the fire.
"What's to be done now?" asked the man.
The two thought about their very last wish.
They thought again of the fancy coach. They remembered the fine clothes. They longed for the grand house with the lovely garden. They pictured the chest of jewels and oiles of coins.
"But what's the good of all that now?" asked the wife. "You'd have to live your whole life with sausages on your nose."
"Indeed," said the man sadly. "Indeed."
The two knew that there was but one thing they could do. They would have to wish the sausages off the man's nose.
The two wisheds their last wish.
As soon as they said the words, it was done. Just like that, the sausages were back in the pan. They sizzled on the fire.
It's true that the couple didn't have a fancy coach. The fine clothes were now just a dream. And they would likely never have their grand house with the lovely garden.
But the two were quite cheerful as they sat down to eat.
"Why, at least we have this dine dinner of sausages," said the wife. "It's more than we had when we started this day."
"Indeed," said her husband. "Indeed!"
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