In the short story "The Third Wish" by Joan Aiken, Leita faces an internal conflict when she realizes that if she makes her third wish, she will lose her beloved husband Harold forever. She grapples with the decision of whether to make the wish or keep him with her, ultimately choosing to let him go to break the spell.
to turn leita back into a swan.
the King of the Forest, Mr. Peters, Leita, and Rhea
Mr Peters wife's name was Leita the swan ?
Mr peters sees how sad leita is and turns her back into a swan with his second wish
The characters in the short story "The Third Wish" by Joan Aiken are Mr. Peters, Leita, and the magical talking fish. The story follows Mr. Peters as he uses his last wish to free the fish from a magical curse, leading to unexpected consequences.
An example of internal conflict in "The Monkey's Paw" is Mr. White's struggle with his desires and fears after using the paw to make a wish. He is torn between his wish for wealth and the consequences that may come with it, reflecting his internal conflict.
Mr. Peters resolves the conflict in "The Third Wish" by using his third wish to turn his wife back into a swan. This decision brings balance and peace to their relationship, allowing them to both live their true nature.
"The third wish" is a good book by Joan Aiken. It's about Mr.Peters, who had helped a swan escaped. The swan change into the king of the forest and give him three wishes form of leaves for helping him. Mr.Peters first wish is to have a wife who is beautiful as the forest. Soon he found her (Leta) in the river and they get married and lived happy. But later on Leita becomes unhappy, quiet, and sad because she misses her sister. Days past days, Mr.Peters realize that his wife had changed; and had found her by the river with a swan. Leita reveals that she was a swan and she missed her sister, which is a swan. She told him not to waste/use his second wish to change her sister to a human. After that Mr.Peters tries everything to make his wife to be happier as a human, but Leita still had not change at all. Leita still go to the river and visit her sister. So Mr.Peters decided use his second wish to make her happier. He wait until she sleep and wish to make her into a swan again. Then he take her to the river and let her go with her sister/family. Later on people thinks that he was crazy and weird because he talks and communicate with swans. When he die; he was lying down on his bed, holding one leave (one last wish), a white feather of a swan on his chest, and he had a happy and a peaceful smile on his face.
In "The Third Wish" by Joan Aiken, the external conflict is resolved when Mr. Peters's third wish is used to free the swan princess from her curse, allowing her to return to her true form and live happily with her husband. The wish also brings resolution to the underlying conflict of the story, as Mr. Peters learns the importance of accepting and embracing the supernatural elements in his life.
Man vs Himself and Man vs Nature
When Mr. Peters uses his second wish to wish back his wife to being a swan because he had seen how lonely his wife was .
when Mr. Peters makes his second wish to make Leita turn back into a swan after he sees how sad she is.