The Faithful Wish

One day a simpleton threw a coin down a wishing well. He wished for another coin. Later, as he walked upon the road, he found a coin.

The next day the man again threw a coin into the well, wished for a coin, and found a coin upon the road. This continued for several days and always the man wished for a coin, found a coin, and used it to wish for another.

At the end of a week the man cast two coins into the wishing well.

'I won't be able to come here tomorrow,' he explained.

Text: Thomas Wiloch - Tales of Lord Shantih