Now you do! Your snow makes you sit up straight and exercise the best of table manners. Unfortunately, the snow tends to be very cold as well. You'd better be on your best behavior if you don't want Ms. McCready to chase you into a wardrobe!
I wish it was easier to think of wishes for this game.
Abracadabra! It is now easier to think of wishes for this game, but the trouble is that some wishes can be a bit mean, & those mean wishes will rebound on the person who makes such a wish, so the person who makes a mean wish has to endure whatever revenge they plotted against someone else.
I wish that I could find it easier to get my Christmas shopping done early this year.
*bells ring* Now you've bought the presents so far in advance that you have to avoid the individuals you were intending to gift so you don't accidently spill the secret. Now they think that you're snubbing them! Whoops!
I wish that people were less addicted to their cellphones.
Ta-da! Now people are less addicted to their phones... they're all addicted to binge-watching Netflix on their huge home cinema screen instead. (And they're not even showing Narnia yet.)
I wish we could have world peace!
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
Ka-ching! World peace is granted, at huge cost. We all celebrate happily, yourself, included but it only lasts hours, days or a week, maximum, before humanity finds something else to argue heatedly about, & before the ancient Seven Deadly Sins of greed, pride, jealousy, lust, gluttony, anger and sloth plunge the world in new crises.
I wish that end of year final exams could be abolished.
End of year final exams are abolished, but now no one can be certain if the students understand their material!
I wish that winter was shorter.
Hooray, winter now lasts for only one day per year! Unfortunately, though, all the other 364 days are constant summer. Really, really HOT summer. Like middle-of-the-Australian-desert hot.
I wish I could visit Middle-earth.
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
You have been magically teleported to Middle-Earth. Unfortunately, the teleporter sent you into Mordor. Now you have to avoid the Great Eye.
I wish I could improve my schedule.
Hooray! You are able to improve your schedule, & for a while, life becomes easier for you. But then Murphy's law kicks in. (if anything can go wrong, it will). A series of pandemics, natural weather events, absences of colleagues, teachers etc, disrupt your schedule all over again.
I wish Novembers & Decembers weren't so busy.
Governments all over the globe banish Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Year's Day, and any other holidays from the calender that are in November and December so these months are no longer busy.
I wish that Narnia was real.
Boom! Narnia is real!! Unfortunately, however, the magic portal you stepped through to get there is not a very accurate one, and it's just dropped you in the middle of the desert in Calormen. Under the blazing sun, that is, with no water, no shade, no recognisable landmarks, no way of getting back and no help in sight. You're going to need Aslan on your side to get out of this one...
I wish I could step back in time to meet C.S. Lewis in person.
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
Aha! You get sent back in time to meet C.S. Lewis! Unfortunately, the time machine can only send you to the lowest parts of his life. You can choose between meeting him after his mom died, during his time in school under an abusive headmaster, in the trenches during WWI, or immediately after his wife died. Choose wisely!
I wish my feet weren't so cold.
Whoopee! Your feet aren't cold at all now... they're on fire.
I wish I had a pet unicorn.
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)
And voilà! A pet unicorn does come along to fulfil your wishes. However, such an animal would need considerable upkeep, plus its uncommon appearance would attract official notice, so that sooner or later, the RSPCA, the tabloids, & the UK Customs will be hounding you ever after about its care & maintenance, urging you to set it free.
I wish I could wiggle my nose like Samantha, in "Bewitched" to get the washing up done.
Presto! You wiggle your nose and the washing up does itself... unfortunately though, the magic is more powerful than what you know how to control, and most of your dishes are now broken.
I wish I had a better smartphone.
"Now you are a lioness," said Aslan. "And now all Narnia will be renewed."
(Prince Caspian)