"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.
An African boy wants to have the ability to fly. He makes this wish and is instructed on how to fly.
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 .
wish reversal or to retract a wish
I WISH I had a puppy.
The best you wish in thee is thee that wish
to turn leita back into a swan.
a type of bird
Mr Peters wife's name was Leita the swan ?
In "The Third Wish" by Joan Aiken, the introduction of the third wish occurred when Mr. Peters rescued a swan that turned out to be a magical creature called the Pond Fairy. As a reward, the Pond Fairy granted him three wishes of his choosing.
"The Third Wish" by Joan Aiken is a fantasy short story. It features elements of magical realism as it tells the tale of a man who befriends a trapped swan and is granted three wishes in return.
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.
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.
The antagonist in "The Third Wish" by Joan Aiken can be seen as Mr. Peters, the king of the water spirits, who grants Mr. Peters three wishes but manipulates the outcome to his own advantage, leading to unintended consequences for Mr. Peters.
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.
In "The Third Wish" by Joan Aiken, the conclusion sees Mr. Peters fulfilling his third wish, which is for the Kingfisher to be freed. The Kingfisher transforms back into a beautiful woman and Mr. Peters learns a valuable lesson about the consequences of his wishes and the nature of true happiness.
Mr peters sees how sad leita is and turns her back into a swan with his second wish
Its one of those stories where the reader has to predict what happens. so it could be that or something else.. it depends on your perspective By someone else, Actually Mr peters uses his last wish for his own death. Because according to folklore, Letia and her sister Rhea were singing the swan song, a mournful, eerie, strange, and beautiful song once in its life before it dies. so Mr. Peters wanted to join Rhea and Letia in heaven or Hell. Plus I talked and did research on this so I am 99% correct.