'Back in the Returns Department the Manager was wide awake. Finally sitting down at her desk for five minutes meditation (as she called it), she had just been about to close her eyes when something happened. There was a loud crashing noise followed by several books falling off the desk onto her lap. But what had made such a din? Sitting in the same position in the big winged chair at her desk, the Manager looked carefully around her. A shimmering light caught her eye. "So that's what it was. The star from the Christmas tree!" And so it was, that the star on top of the tree inside the glass paperweight had burst out and fallen right onto her desk.
"Well I'll be blowed" she said to herself, and went to replace the books and see if she could remember the magic to put the little star back inside the glass ball. One of the books in her lap had fallen open. Entitled simply: 'WISHES', it lay open at page 101. Realising this was no coincidence the Manager scrabbled on the desk for her reading glasses, and polishing them with the end of her elegant silk scarf, proceeded to read:
"the age old custom of wishing on a star is generally accepted as the most popular form of wishing today. Most of these wishes however, will not come true unless they are returned to the right department. For instance.............."
The Manager paused in her reading and looked thoughtful. She picked up the star very carefully and wondered indeed, if there was a wish involved here, and if there was, had it come to the right department? A bit further down the page she found what could be the answer.
"it has been noted that the exception to the Rule on wishes coming true (that they must return to the right department) happens only when it is a FALLING STAR. A falling star will always return to the right department and thus, will always come true."
Chapter Three, pages 11 and 12, Joe's Christmas - Smashwords.com
There we are folks, a little bit more magic and tomorrow some more!! Big Love Wonka XX
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