THE WISH
"You see," he exclaimed, as he showed her the wishbone of the Christmas turkey, "you take hold there and X take hold here. Then we must both make a wish and pull, and when it breaks, the one who has the bigger part of it will have his or her wish gratified." "But I do not .know what to wish for," she protested. > "Oh, you can think of something," he. said.".,' "No, I can't," she replied. "I can't think of anything I want very much." "Well,' ril= wish for you," he exclaimed. • . "You really wish for me!"-she asked. "Well, then there's • no- use messing about with the : old wishbone," she interrupted with a smile; "you can have me." ~.--'■
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Evening Post, Issue 149, 20 December 1935, Page 17
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120THE WISH Evening Post, Issue 149, 20 December 1935, Page 17
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