“I wish there were an island nearby,” Harry said.
By morning, they were washed up unto a desert island. For six months they lived on fish, nuts and, fruit. One day, they saw a bottle on the shore.
“I wish it contained a note or something!” Peter said.
They opened it and a genie appeared.
“It ‘s high time someone opened that bottle!” the genie said.
“I’m so grateful. I’ll give you one wish each. You first,” the genie said, pointing to Harry.
“That’s easy,” Harry said.
“I wish I were with my family.”
And (whoosh!) he disappeared.
“Me too,” Peter said. “I wish I could be in dear old Glasgow.”
And (whoosh!) off he went.
“And you, sir?” the genie asked Joe.
“I wish I had my friends back!!” Joe said!
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thank you, let's add somethings to this:
shipwreck
Synonyms: beach, cast away, pile up, strand, wreck
Related Words: break up; scuttle; founder; capsize; go down, sink
Idioms: go aground, go to the bottom (or Davy Jones's locker), run on the rocks
ge‧nie /ˈdʒiːni/ [Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: génie, from Arabic jinniy]
a magical creature in old Arabian stories that will do what you want when you call it syn djinn
let the genie out of the bottle: to do something that has a great and often bad effect on a situation, which can then never return to its previous state
un·to
Pronunciation: 'ən-(ˌ)tü
Function: preposition
Etymology: Middle English, probably from un- (as in until) + to to
Date: 14th century
1 to or towards sb/sth: The angel appeared unto him in a dream./Thanks be unto God.
2 until a particular time or event: The knights swore loyalty unto death.
Oh!!
Thank you for your complete explanations, Enigma!
Very useful.