Excerpt from: Fables- 1001 Nights of Snowfall
"What You Wish For"
written by: Bill Willingham
Once upon a time there was a lovely young woman named Mersey Dotes, who was possessed of an unusually adventurous spirit. At an early age, she left her hearth and home to tour the wide and wondrous world. She'd gotten a determination worked deep in her heart to visit every sort of strange land and exotic culture her dainty feet could carry her to. And that's exactly what Mersey did..."I've gone clear around and run out of lands to discover!" "Perhaps my Dear Fishwife can be of some help. She knows a wise woman of the craft."..."Please old witch, turn me into a creature of the deeps, I've traveled every land, and now wish to continue by touring the seven seas!" "As you wish."
The witch transformed her into a lovely mermaid and suddenly she had a thousand new watery kingdoms to explore. But soon after that the adversary's armies cane overthrowing the kingdoms in the sea even as they did those on the land. Eventually she escaped, as others did, to the new world. Unfortunately, once there she had to live out her days in a single small all of the fables who can't pass as human are forced to dwell..."I can't go anywhere, Reynard?" "Sorry, no sweet-cakes. Them's the rules."
It's as though I am the main character of this tale.
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