Jon really was in pain and crying for real, but he also knew that for a little girl to cry would get a lot more sympathy than a teenage boy. "Mom ... he hit me with my own rock! I tried to take it back and he hit me!"
"There, there, Jenny," said her mother, still driving to the hospital. "You know, I've just about had it with Mikey's behavior. I wish ..." she began to say, not realizing that she was holding a magic wishing stone.
