"The Third Wish" Essay Responce

Imagine if you could have three wishes. What would you wish for? In the short story "The Third Wish" by Joan Aiken, Mr. Peters the main character in this story helps untangle a swan from a bush. And carries it and sets it back into the canal. No big deal right. Then all the sudden the swan turns into a king and gives Mr. Peters three wishes as an award for helping him. He gave him three leaves to represent his wishes. Mr. Peters didn't really need to use his wishes but he decided using one and it ended up being two. Mr. Peters didn't want to use his last wish probably because he didn't need to and he was trying to show the king that he wasn't greedy

Mr. Peters used his one wish right away. He was happy with his wish for the longest time but than he felt as if his wish wasn't very happy anymore and he was questioning if he should use his second wish to make her happy again. As I see it he should use the second wish on her. His first wish was a wife as beautiful as the forest and that’s what he got. When he said that my first thought was that the king was going to try to trick Mr. Peters and give him a wife that looks like a tree or a bush. But he got a very beautiful wife. But over time she started to seem sad and Mr. Peters couldn't figure out why she was so unhappy. Shortly he found out why she was so sad. He felt bad and he wanted to use his second wish to make her happy but she refused to let him to do that. Probably because she was trying to be strong.

All though she was trying to show that she could be strong, MR. Peters new how sad she was, and against her wishes he used one of his wishes and he turned her back into a swan. She felt bad that he used the wish on her. It was obvious they where still both happy. Even though she was no longer human she would still swim up the river with her sister just to see him. They still had a strong relationship. Mr. Peters still had a strong passion for her and he still loved her.

Mr. Peters wasn't going to use up his last wish on a new wife because he still had Letia and he could never do that to her. I thought that was such a great thing for him to do. I mean he could easily wished up a new wife but he didn't because he loves Letia.

Mr. Peters didn't even use his last wish. He said that two wishes where enough for him . His life was already good he had a little taste of the magic and it brought happiness in his life but also it took it away and he didn't want to seem greedy. Legend says that he died in his sleep with the leave of the last wish and a swans feather in hand.