Just for fun I decided to mess around with a silly story. Here is part 1.345

The Birthday Wish



Randy was four going on five when his parents had the Birthday Wish talk with him. His parents sat him down at the dinner table on a Sunday a few days before his birthday. They had their backs to the kitchen, Randy had his back to the front door of their house. They talked to him very seriously, almost like he was a grown up. He listened.
"Randy," His Mother said, "This Wednsday you will turn 5 and on Saturday we are having your birthday party."

"Yeah," Said Randy. He'd known this for a few weeks.

"Grandpa and Grandma Johnson will be here." He knew that too. "Grandpa and Grandma Simpson will be here." Also old news. "All of your cousins will be here and both my brothers and your Dad's sister and brother."

Randy had no response to such old news.

"Randy," Mother continued, "Aren't you a little curious about all these people coming to your birthday party? Don't you want to know why?"

"I know why."

"Why?"

"Because it's my birthday."

"Well, yes. But you know about your fifth birthday right?"

"Yeah, I get to make a wish this time."

Randy didn't know what his mother was getting at. All he knew was that this year he was going to be allowed to make a wish when he blew out the candles on his cake. It's all he'd been thinking about for weeks now. He and a couple of other kids at school with birthdays close to his had been counting this day down together. It seemed really important, like the first time you were allowed to take the dog outside by yourself or going more than two days without wetting the bed.

"It's a special wish, Randy." His Mom said.

"I know because it might come true. I mean, that's what I've heard at school. Is it true?"

"If you do it right you wish may come true."

"Yes, Randy. We wouldn't tell you a fib about something as serious as a birthday wish."

"What can I wish for?"

His Father continued, "Well, anything at all, I guess. But it's best to keep it simple the first time."

"Uh huh."

"As you get older you might work on something more complictated but this Saturday I would keep it very simple."

"Why?"

"Well, it's your first time and the more simple the wish the better chance it will be granted."

"OK, keep it simple."

"Right."

His parents let him go outside after the discussion trailed off. Randy bounded down the steps that led to the garage and went on the other side of the garage where he couldn't be seen from the house. The garage was connected to the house by a breezeway and with the garage between him and the house he had as much privacy as he could wish for. The house was surrounded by woods so if his parents couldn't see him, no one could. He grabbed a stick and started absentmindedly hitting things. He hit the side of garage, a couple of nearby trees bordering the turn around on the side of the building, the barrell the family used to burn garbage and he picked up a couple of rocks and tossed them to himself and wacked the ones he didn't miss into the woods.

What should he wish for, he wondered. Another dog? Where was his dog? He must be inside. If he was outside with me he'd be chasing those rocks I just hit in the woods. How about an X-Station 920 Turbo? Does the wish include games? It has to. Mine will. That's it then, easy choice: an X-Station 920 Turbo...with four controllers and five games. That seems fair. Four controllers might be too much. OK, two controllers. That will allow me and dad to play baseball and it won't be asking for a whole lot. Mom and Dad can get me the controllers since they won't have to buy the game system. He hit a few more rocks into the woods before his mom called him in for Sunday dinner.