Finding the lost ball... & a Wishing Well !


Poppy and Branch went after the lost ball but couldn't find it anywhere. 'Where can it be?' asked Poppy walking around and looking for it. 'I don't know' answered Branch 'But it must have landed somewhere here'. 'I wish we could find it quick & come back to our game. Our friends are waiting for us' said Poppy. 'You wish? - So you came to the Right Place!' said the strange masculine voice that could be heard from under the ground. 

'Who said that?' asked Poppy surprised. 'I did' answered the voice in a friendly way. 'Where are you?' asked Branch 'We can't see you! - Why are you hiding?'. 'I am not hiding' answered the voice and laughed gently 'You're standing right in front of me'. 'You must be kidding' said Branch & looked around 'I can't see anyone here'. 'Nor can I' Poppy agreed. 'Maybe he's Invisible?' she guessed. 'No, my dear, I am not' answered the voice calmly'. 'The only thing I can see in front of me is... some old well' said Branch. 'That's me!' explained the voice 'The Wishing Well - to be precise'. 

'I didn't know that Wells can Talk!' said Branch with a surprised face. 'Neither did I' said Poppy. The Wishing Well laughed in a friendly way again and asked them 'Surprised?'. 'Yes' said Poppy. 'A bit' answered Branch. 'So as my name says - I can not only talk, but also make your wish come true' said the Wishing Well. 'That's wonderful !' Poppy called happily. 'What can you do for us?' she asked. 'Anything' answered The Wishing Well proudly. 'Anything?' asked Branch just to make sure. 'Yes, absolutely Anything you wish' confirmed The Wishing Well.

'Ok, so how many wishes we have?' asked Branch. 'Let me guess... Three?' he asked looking at The Wishing Well. 'Don't be too greedy, Young Man! - I'm not a Goldfish' answered The Wishing Well 'Just One Wish for Each of You'. 'Oh well - It's better than nothing anyway' said Branch. 'I guess' Poppy agreed with him. And The Wishing Well started to demonstrate. 'For example The Pink Young Lady wished to find her ball quickly to come back to her friends & continue the game - so Thereee Youuu Go!' the Wishing Well called happily & 'spat the rainbow ball out' in a fountain.

'You found our rainbow ball ! Thank You!' said Poppy with a smile and took the ball back. The fountain made by The Wishing Well disappeared instantly & The Wishing Well answered 'You're Welcome'. Suddenly Poppy made a sad face & asked 'But Does it mean that I don't have any more wishes?'. 'Of course you have. One wish per person - Just as I said' answered The Wishing Well.

'Wait a moment: You said that we have One Wish per person but you've just made one Poppy's wish come true, and now you say that she still has one wish left?' asked Branch confused. 'Of course! - because I didn't count this one. She didn't know that I'm The Wishing Well when she said that... - So let's say that this was 'A Trial Version' explained The Wishing Well. 'Alright, sounds fair to me' said Branch & smiled. 'So when can we have our wishes?' he asked. 'Whenever you want' answered The Wishing Well. 'I'll give you a few minutes to think about what you really want - and I must warn you that those wishes can't be for you - They should be for somone you like to help them or make them smile... - But you, Trolls like to help others - so there shouldn't be any problems with that, am I right?' The Wishing Well laughed and Poppy & Branch both smiled & answered 'Yes!' at the same time...

And then they both closed their eyes for a moment to concentrate & think what they could wish for...

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