One day a gypsy came to the door br selling a sprig of heather. br Cross my palm with silver br and I’ll make your wish come true. br I gave some silver coins br and she gave me a green and purple pill. br “Take this last thing at night br and tomorrow your wish will be granted.” br br I took her green and purple pill br just as she had instructed. br Next morning I awoke still with my whiskers on, br but my poor wife almost had fit br thinking she’d had a baby in the night. br The magic had changed me rapidly br and now I looked only three. br br My wish had been to look younger, br it had come very true, br and the magic had turned me br back to the age of three. br My wife was all fingers and thumbs br wondering just what to do. br br How was she going to take me out, br a baby of three with his whiskers on? br I looked like her grandson br and not her husband o f many years. br Even I began to wonder how long br it would take before the magic wore off. br br Days moved into weeks br and a baby with his whiskers on br I remained to be. br People took photos of me br not quite believing what they saw. br One day my wife took me to the park br and around in the grass I crawled, br a baby with his whiskers on wearing a nappy. br br Then suddenly and without warning, br I came back to my normal age. br Now everybody stared at me, br a man in his sixties in the park with only a nappy on. br I managed to get home br without being arrested, br but had to stay in the car until after dark br in case anyone saw me go in. br br The moral of this story, br be careful what you wish for, br as the consequences will not br be exactly what you think br and never take br any green and purple pills from a gypsy.