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The Wish

November 13, 2016 by Michele Hinton Leave a Comment

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This is just a little piece of free Flash Fiction for your enjoyment. Feel free to comment!

 

The Wish

“I wish I could go back in time,” I mumbled to myself as I leaned on the stones of the wishing well. “I’d do things differently.” I threw my penny in just like many people do to tag their hopes on an impossibility.

“What would you do?” a voice said behind me.

I was startled to say the least. I turned around and saw an old man with a long, gray beard. He was wearing a tattered blue coat and one of his tennis shoes had a hole at the toe. He approached and lean on the stones beside me. He smiled. “I didn’t mean to startle you.”

The old man looked harmless enough and I returned his smiled. “Oh, you know, save money, avoid my bad decisions, not gain the fifty pounds around my mid-section and stay away from the Mr. Wrongs I’ve been attracted to – especially the last Mr. Wrong.”

The old man chuckled lightly. “Would you give me a dollar if I could make that wish come true?”

It was an original line for a panhandler, but the way he looked, he could use a little more than a dollar. “Sir, if I could start over, I’d give you twenty dollars.”

“Done!” the man said.

I laughed, reached into my purse and gave him the twenty. I considered it my good deed for the day. He then told me that when I woke the next morning, my wish would come true.

When evening came, I crawled into bed, thinking nothing of that silly wish and soon I was sound asleep. But when morning came, I heard a familiar voice; one I hadn’t heard in years. I opened my eyes and saw my mother’s face staring down at me.

“Hello, my precious,” she said, and then she picked me up!

“Oh my gosh! Mom!” I exclaimed. But the only thing that came out of my mouth were the gurgles and coos of a baby. My wish had come true! My life had started over. I sighed as I lay my head on my mother’s shoulder and thought, Maybe I should have just given him a dollar, and I wouldn’t have gone back this far. It was then I remembered the old saying, be careful what you wish for.

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About Michele Hinton

Michele Hinton is the publisher of Seashell Books, an eBook Publishing Company and eBookstore. She is an accomplished author, having several books published on Amazon.com.

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