Ah Fo: The Kindhearted Man Who Received Three Wishes

Why does the magician give Ah Fo three wishes?

Why does the magician give Ah Fo three wishes? The magician believes that Ah Fo is a wise man who will use the wishes wisely. The magician is grateful that Ah Fo rescued him from the evil magician. The magician gives them to Ah Fo as a reward for rescuing the emperor. The magician wants Ah Fo to help him fight the evil magician​.

Answer:

The magician gave Ah Fo three wishes because;

  • The magician is grateful that Ah Fo rescued him from the evil magician.

Ah Fo was a kind and thoughtful person who never wanted to see any creature in trouble. This was the reason he rescued a bee that was stuck in a spider's web. Unknown to him, this bee was a magician that was trapped by another evil magician.

After he took the bee along with him to his house, he woke up the next day to see that it had left after dropping a note of gratitude and directions to where the old magician could be found.

On finding the magician, he was rewarded with three brass pennies that he could use to make wishes.

Summarily, the three wishes were rewards for Ah Fo's kindness.

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