The Third Wish
An elderly man was sitting alone on a dark path. He wasn’t sure of which direction to go, and he’d forgotten both where he was traveling to…and who he was.
He’d sat down for a moment to rest his weary legs, and suddenly looked up to see an elderly woman before him.
She grinned toothlessly and with a cackle, spoke: “Now your third wish. What will it be?”
“Third wish?” The man was baffled. “How can it be a third wish if I haven’t had a first and second wish?”
“You’ve had two wishes already,” the hag said, “but your second wish was for me to return everything to the way it was before you had made your first wish. That’s why you remember nothing; because everything is the way it was before you made any wishes.” She cackled at the poor man. “So it is that you have one wish left.”
“All right,” he said hesitantly, “I don’t believe this, but there’s no harm in trying. I wish to know who I am.”
“Funny,” said the old woman as she granted his wish and disappeared forever. “That was your first wish…”
Posted in Strange & Unknown
September 10th, 2008 at 12:43 am
Man, I love this one!
September 10th, 2008 at 1:31 am
OH SHIT.
Yeah, sucks for him.
I liked this one!
September 10th, 2008 at 2:57 am
Is there something I’m missing?
Why would he possibly want to forget who he is?
September 10th, 2008 at 5:23 am
You’ve definitely posted this before.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:47 am
You know, I totally thought I had, too… but I can’t seem to find it, so I guess I didn’t?
Am I losing my mind?
September 10th, 2008 at 6:35 am
Ah, I’ve read this before, though I’m not sure it was on this site.
September 10th, 2008 at 6:44 am
I read this on some other creepypasta site, but not this one.
Anyhow, I really like this. Again, it’s vague, but has a wonderful story behind it…
September 10th, 2008 at 8:57 am
@5
If you’re losing you’re mind then so are we. I’m sure I saw it here too.
Still, it’s one of the best. I love it
September 10th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Re: P4inkiller:
He wanted to know who he was, not forget. Until of course, he found who he was and hated it or was scared by it and wished to forget it.
September 10th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
i really like this one its great
September 11th, 2008 at 7:33 am
Favorite one ever, it’s not creppy, but makes you think and it’s really well writen.
September 12th, 2008 at 4:18 am
Ooh, very clever.
September 12th, 2008 at 10:18 am
LOL funny dude
September 12th, 2008 at 11:58 am
I liked it too but Its almost a word for word copy of something that happened in the Planescaoe campaign setting. The nameless one has that exact conversation with a witch. the onyl difference is that the witch doesnt disappear forever. she just leaves.
September 12th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
maybe he was the same old man that lost his legs and is gonna chase you with his stubs if you let him talk after midnight…=\
September 12th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
But…WHO WAS HAG?
September 13th, 2008 at 1:20 am
i read this when it first came out on this site.
i just realized what had happened in it at about 9:30 pm last night.
g’damn.
September 13th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
I like big circles of madness like this. Nice!
September 17th, 2008 at 10:28 am
wishes
1. to know who i am
2. to forget who i am
3. to remember who i am
ok if you were you, you would already know who you are right?
September 21st, 2008 at 12:57 pm
THEN WHO WAS MAN?
September 26th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
wow he must have been really bad too forget himself, in a way its kind of a sad story but very clever
September 28th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
very clever indeed, i like it!
October 4th, 2008 at 11:20 am
on my last wish i would wish for 3 more wishes
October 10th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
LOL the man got told what his second wish was, did it not occur to him to ask about his first…or would that have been a wish o_0
October 28th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Oh, I really like this one. Brings my imagination to life
November 5th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
THEN WHO WAS PREVIOUS IDENTITY?!?!?
November 11th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
@26
JACK THE RIPPER.
-brick’d-
November 14th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
So………….this old guy wanted to remember who he was, then he wanted to forget, then he wanted to remember again?
November 20th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
@28
i agree, what a dumbass, why not wish back to the moment before he wished so he could make more wishes