"Then," said the boy, "I wish father may take me with him the next time he goes out bear-shooting."
"I wish for a white kitten with blue eyes," said a little girl whose name was Therese.
"I shall wish to find an amber necklace that does not belong to any one," said another little girl.
"I wish to be a king," said a boy whose name was Karl. "No, I think I shall wish to be the burgomaster, that I may go on board the ships in the harbor, and make their captains show me what is in them. I shall see how the sailors make their sails go up."
"I shall wish to marry Hulda," said another boy; "when I am a man, I mean. And besides that, I wish I may find a black puppy in my room at home, for I love dogs."
"But that is not fair," said the other children. "You must only wish for one thing, as we did."
"But I really wish for both," said the boy.
"If you wish for both perhaps you will get neither," said little
Hulda.
"Well, then," answered the boy, "I wish for the puppy."
And so they all went on wishing till at last it came to Hulda's turn.