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…”
The Third Wish,
Man, I love this one!
OH SHIT.
Yeah, sucks for him.
I liked this one!
Is there something I’m missing?
Why would he possibly want to forget who he is?
maybe he has something to hide in his past that he prefers to stay there, given the chance to forget, he took it.
You’ve definitely posted this before.
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?
Ah, I’ve read this before, though I’m not sure it was on this site.
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…
@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
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.
i really like this one its great
Favorite one ever, it’s not creppy, but makes you think and it’s really well writen.
I agree. I hate creppy pastas.
Ooh, very clever.
LOL funny dude
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.
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…=\
But…WHO WAS HAG?
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.
I like big circles of madness like this. Nice!
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?
Amnesia
THEN WHO WAS MAN?
wow he must have been really bad too forget himself, in a way its kind of a sad story but very clever
very clever indeed, i like it!
on my last wish i would wish for 3 more wishes
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
Oh, I really like this one. Brings my imagination to life