SOLVED. Children's Picture Book about a farmer who gets infinite wishes. [s]

[Jcorbman]

I remember reading a children's book about a farmer (or a man who lives in a village or the countryside). One day, he passes an old women, and she grants him a wish. He thinks "picking a wish is like picking a strawberry, so I guess I'll pick the biggest one!" He wishes something like "I wish all of my wishes would come true!"

Then he wishes for a lot of money. He realizes that he needs to transport it, so he wishes for a wagon and horses. I think the money starts blowing around in the wind or something, or the wagon gets stuck. He keeps wishing for more things, but as he does so, everything becomes more and more chaotic. Eventually, he wishes for 7 (or 12 or more?) of himself so he can hold the wagon still, but everything keeps going downhill.

Finally, he wishes to go back to the beginning of the day. When the old woman grants him his wish, he wishes for her to have a beautiful day.

I sort of remember watching a film of this book. Maybe it was on Reading Rainbow, or maybe a teacher showed the film in class.

Thank you!

[Ayshe]

One Big Wish looks like it?

[Jcorbman]

Yes. That’s it. How did you figure it out?

[CorkyNSam92]

sounds like an interesting book.

[Ayshe]

Jcorbman wrote: "Yes. That’s it. How did you figure it out?"

Great! I found it in Google Books search.