THE MERMAID'S THREE GRANTED WISHES

THREE MEN WERE OUT FISHING ONE SUNNY DAY, TALKING ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT THEIR LIVES WOULD BE IF THEY HAD BEEN DIFFEREENT.  ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY CAUGHT SOMETHING AND UPON REELING IT IN, THEY WERE SURPRISED TO SEE A MERMAID.  SHE PLEADS WITH THEM TO SET HER FREE TO RETURN TO HER KINGDOM AND IF DOING SO, SHE WOULD GRANT THEM EACH ONE WISH.

ONE OF THE MEN DOESN'T BELIEVE HER AND CHALLENGES HER TO DOUBLE HIS I.Q.  THE MERMAID GLADLY GRANTS THE WISH AND HE STARTS RECITING SHAKESPEAR FLAWLESSLY AND ANALYZING WITH EXTREME INSIGHT.

THE SECOND MAN, AMAZED AT THIS REQUESTS FOR HIS I.Q. TO BE TRIPPLED.  THE MERMAID SMILES AND GRANTS HIS WISH AND MIRACULOUSLY THE MAN STARTS SPOUTING MATHIMATICAL SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN STUMPING ALL THE SCIENTISTS IN VARIOUS FIELDS: CHEMISTRY, ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS.

THE LAST MAN IS SO ASTONISHED BY THE CHANGES IN HIS FRIENDS THAT HE REQUESTS TO HAVE HIS I.Q. QUINTIPPLE.  THE MERMAID INFORMS HIM THAT NORMALLY SHE DOESN'T OBJECT TO A WISH BUT FOR HIM TO CHANGE HIS MIND ON THIS ONE..  HE INSISTS THAT INCREASING HIS I.Q. BY FIVE IS WHAT HE IS ENTITLED TO OR SHE WILL NOT BE SET FREE.  SHE PLEADS WITH HIM TO RECONSIDER FOR THIS WOULD CHANGE HIS WHOLE VIEW UPON THE UNIVERSE AND GAVE HIM ALTERNATE CHOICES TO WISH FOR BUT THE STUBBORN MAN WOULD NOT LISTEN SO SHE SIGHED AND GRANTED HIS WISH.................
AND HE BACAME A WOMAN.........

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