incident.
So he went to the king and asked for work.
But, as luck would have it, the king was in a very bad mood that
day. So he vented his mood on Jhonathan.
'Yes there is something you can do. On yonder Mountain there are
three witches. If you can kill them, I will give you 5,000 crowns. If
you cannot do it I will have your head! You have 20 days.' With
this he dismissed Jhonathan.
'Now what am I to do?', thought Jhonathan. Well I shall try.
The he remembered the three wishes granted him and set out door
the mountain.
* * *
Now Jhonathan was at the mountain and was just going to wish for
a knife to kill the witch, when he heard a voice in his ear, 'The first
witch cannot be pierced.'
The second witch cannot be pierced or smothered.
The third cannot be pierced, smothered and is invisible.
With this knowledge Jhonathan looked about and saw no one.
Then he remembered the fairy, and smile.
He then went in search of the first witch.
At last he found her. She was in a cave near the foot of the
mountain, and was a mean looking hag.
He remembered the fairy words, and before the witch could do
anything but give him an ugly look, he wished she should be
smothered. And Lo! It was done.
Now he went higher in search of the second witch. There was a
second cave higher up. There he found the second witch. He was
about to wish her smothered when he remembered she could not be
smothered. And the before the witch could do anything but give
him an ugly look, he had wished her crushed. And Lo! It was done
Now he had only to kill the third witch and he would have the
5,000 crowns. But on the way up, he was plagued with thoughts of
how?
Then he it upon a wonderful plan.
The, he saw the last cave. He waited outside the entrance until he
heard the witches footsteps. He then picked up a couple of big
rocks and wishes.
He the wished the witch a normal women and Lo! She became
visible and then Jhonathan struck her head with the rocks he had.
Jhonathan collected his 5,000 crowns and he and his father lived
happily ever after.
The End
STEPHEN
KING
Keyholes
The
Leprechaun
by
Stephen King
Incomplete novel King was writing for his son Owen in 1983. King
