As Joseph was collecting himself (having a baby - especially as a guy - was a little too much for him), something on the floor caught the nurse's attention. She bent down and picked it up. "How did this get in here?" she muttered to herself, looking at the small stone.
Joseph turned and saw what was in the nurse's hands. The stone! "Hey ..." he started to say. But the nurse was already leaving the operating room.
Once in the hall, the nurse looked around at all the sick people waiting to be treated. She loved doing her job, but couldn't she get a break sometimes? Not realizing that she was holding a wishing stone (and specifically - the Twisted Stone), she said "I wish ..."
