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The Wish Star and the Five Wishes, Part Four – The Mayor

The Mayor

 The grand Mayor of the town stood in the middle of the town hall looking at tables spread with every type of lovely food you could imagine. He was a kind man and was looking forward to later in the evening when the carol service was finished and the town gathered in the hall for the grand party. Every year the Mayor threw a party and every year there was fine food and dancing. Every year the decorations were more impressive than the year before. Every year there was a Santa Claus t...

The Wish Star and the Five Wishes, Part Three – The Girl

I hope you’re enjoying the story so far. Today the wish star receives another wish.

The Girl

At the other end of the street, near the house where the small boy lived, there was a girl. She was also wrapping a present, but hers was for her mother. It was very small but it was full of love. It was a scarf frilled with beading. She had made it herself, using the skills her grandmother had taught her, working late into the night when her mother thought she was asleep. The girl had been invited to...

The Wish Star and the Five Wishes, Part Two – The Dog and the Shopkeeper

I hope you all enjoyed yesterday’s first part of The Wish Star and the Five Wishes. Today the little star hears two more wishes. Will she grant any of them?

The Dog

She did not need to wait long. Outside in the cold a few streets away from where the boy wished for a pet, a small dog lay down under a hedge and moped. He had lived in a happy home till only a few short days before, when his family had taken him on a run. They had not gone to the park he loved so much, where there were rabbits to...