The Forgotten Wishes

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 remembered absolutely nothing. He 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 you to forget everything you know." She cackled at the poor man.

"So it is that you have one wish left." "All right," he said hesitantly, "I don't believe