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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 1 year, 12 months ago at 12:28 am.

47 comments

47 Replies

  1. Monkey Face Sep 10th 2008

    Man, I love this one!

  2. Maran Doll Sep 10th 2008

    OH SHIT.

    Yeah, sucks for him.

    I liked this one!

  3. Is there something I’m missing?
    Why would he possibly want to forget who he is?

  4. Royal-Sovereign Sep 10th 2008

    You’ve definitely posted this before.

  5. 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?

  6. Xatherian Sep 10th 2008

    Ah, I’ve read this before, though I’m not sure it was on this site.

  7. 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…

  8. @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 :D

  9. Anonymous Sep 10th 2008

    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.

  10. i really like this one its great

  11. Le sheep Sep 11th 2008

    Favorite one ever, it’s not creppy, but makes you think and it’s really well writen.

  12. The Violet Nurse Sep 12th 2008

    Ooh, very clever.

  13. comment leaver Sep 12th 2008

    LOL funny dude

  14. Anonymous Sep 12th 2008

    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.

  15. DJLoONa Sep 12th 2008

    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…=\

  16. Anonymous Sep 12th 2008

    But…WHO WAS HAG?

  17. crimson Sep 13th 2008

    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.

  18. Reptilian Liar Sep 13th 2008

    I like big circles of madness like this. Nice!

  19. shortys roc my sox Sep 17th 2008

    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?

  20. Latrijams Sep 21st 2008

    THEN WHO WAS MAN?

  21. i get up at mdnight to go home Sep 26th 2008

    wow he must have been really bad too forget himself, in a way its kind of a sad story but very clever :D

  22. asdf-man Sep 28th 2008

    very clever indeed, i like it!

  23. shortys roc my sox Oct 4th 2008

    on my last wish i would wish for 3 more wishes

  24. Violet Oct 10th 2008

    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

  25. Oh, I really like this one. Brings my imagination to life :D

  26. THEN WHO WAS PREVIOUS IDENTITY?!?!?

  27. The Jester Nov 11th 2008

    @26

    JACK THE RIPPER.

    -brick’d-

  28. So………….this old guy wanted to remember who he was, then he wanted to forget, then he wanted to remember again?

  29. BUT WHO WAS X? Nov 20th 2008

    @28
    i agree, what a dumbass, why not wish back to the moment before he wished so he could make more wishes

  30. Black Hooded Duck Dec 13th 2008

    just glad he didn’t wish to divide by zero…

    kidding, I realy like this one

  31. The Hunter Dec 13th 2008

    BY THE POWER OF MATTHEW PERRY I DEMAND YOU BE BEGON UGLY HAG.

  32. @ 19, 28
    You read it wrong. He must’ve had some sort of trauma and forgot who he was, met this witch who gave him three wishes. He wanted to remember who he was was his first wish. Who he was scared him or something, and his second wish was for it to be like he never made his first wish. So, he forgot everything back to before he made his first wish. A creepypasta indeed, and a very good one at that. It really makes you think.

  33. Annoer Mar 5th 2009

    Well said Sean. =D

  34. Planescape: Torment rip-off.

  35. Schteve May 20th 2009

    nice

  36. Distopia Jul 14th 2009

    For those who were wondering if they were sanity was going down the drain, because of the familiarity of this story, have no fear (which is actually not the intent of this site) because here is the link to the where it was posted:

    http://creepypasta.tumblr.com/

  37. This story is from Planescape Torment

  38. DigitalMadness Aug 1st 2009

    I like this one. Makes you wonder who he was or what he did that was so horrible he wished to not be able to remember anything about it.

  39. richard Sep 2nd 2009

    lol he got self owned

  40. Success Nov 30th 2009

    Oh hello there Morte. I didn’t know you could access the internet from Sigil.

  41. Lol. I love this pasta. Nummy.
    Gets ya thinking about where he was going. Maybe he was running away from something he did? Or who knows?

  42. BrainPain Dec 31st 2009

    “I R BABOON!!”

    Yeah, I’d want to forget too.

  43. PaperPasta Jan 2nd 2010

    Ouch..

  44. ZOMBEH GOASTS Jan 4th 2010

    BUT WHO WAS SECOND WISH?

  45. hi, dont turn around May 26th 2010

    i would have wished for more wishes

  46. Interferio May 27th 2010

    This is excellence. A series of surprising twists all packed into a few paragraphs. And it’s food for thought. BUT WHO WAS MAN’S REAL IDENTITY?

  47. Icalasari Aug 14th 2010

    Honestly, what person wouldn’t go and ask, “Well, what did I wish for already? After all, I don\’t want to make a repeat wish!’’

    She did tell him his second wish, after all, so she has no rules against asking

    Also, fucking site keeps putting crap where I put quotes and apostrophes. Maybe this will do the trick >.>


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