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I didn’t just want to make a wish, I needed to. I thought it best to seek advice on the best way to go about it. No, I didn’t Google it, I turned to that clever fella from ancient Greece, Socket, Sockinit … erm … Socrates, yes, that’s the chappie.
He said, and I quote … I wrote it down somewhere … ah, yes … ‘be as you wish to seem’. Actually, that was no help at all, I hadn’t a clue what it meant so I decided to leave it to my own devices.
I was sure I’d read somewhere about launching a candlelit lantern into the air and making a wish as it flies off into the distance. My first, and second attempt at making a lantern went up in smoke, literally, but I managed to find a supplier of genuine ones online. Fortunately, it was delivered by a courier – I had a strange feeling it might fly here by itself!
That evening I carefully studied the instructions before igniting the little candle, raising it above my head and setting it free. I was midway through uttering my wish when a gust of wind took control of it. I daren’t tell my neighbour that it was I that set fire to his precious gazebo, or gazegone as it is now!
Not one to give up, I turned to plan B. A message in a bottle is a popular way of communicating, so I jotted down my wish on a scrap of paper, added my phone number, poked it into the said receptacle and chucked it into the sea! It immediately came back to the shore. I had another go and another. Eventually, it floated off toward the horizon!
Imagine my delight when I got a text from someone in France! As I can’t read French, I sought help from Google traduction (translation, to you and me!) but I was dismayed to discover it was a complaint about me throwing a plastic bottle into the ocean. I guess I should have used a glass one.
You are probably wondering what my wish was. Well, to be honest, I can’t remember! I wish I didn’t keep forgetting things.
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Thanks to Sadje for hosting her What Do You See? photo prompt.
Image credit; Leon Contreras @ Unsplash
We forget things too Keith and call then Boat Moments…………… thirty odd feet of living space on the boat and we’d get up and one end then forget why by the time we reached the other.
I like that! I know that feeling too, albeit not on a boat!
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Oh dear… what happened to the old wishing upon a star thing? Sounds a lot easier 😉
I wonder, the ‘makes no difference who you are’ thing! I might just give it a try, clouds permitting!
I wonder myself… Can’t hurt to try!
What a unique and well thought out take on the prompt Keith. Love that Greek “Sockinit!”
That’s kind of you, Suzette, thank you!
Enjoyed your take, Keith. Lovely.
I’m pleased, thanks so much, Indira.
Oh I really enjoyed this story Keith. So many adventures in trying to make a wish. Thank you so much for joining in.
At least he tried! Thanks so much, Sadje.
Haha!! He left no stone unturned 🤣
Your story is replete with rofl moments, Keith!😂
What more could I have hoped for, thank you!
Oh gosh, Keith, this is so good…I started laughing before I got midway into the 2nd sentence. I have a feeling you could read the telephone directory (if those still exist), and crack me up cackling!
I can’t thank you enough for your kind words! As for the ‘phone book’ – I wonder!
You’re always welcome, you know I’m a serious fan while laughing like a hyena!
Perhaps, if you don’t wish it enough to remember, it’s best if it’s not answered.
Good point, Mimi, but I think his wish was for his memory to stop fading.
That was such fun, Keith!
I’m pleased it amused you, Chris, thank you!
Keith – I love your sense of humor (have I said that before? 🙃)
~David