Jon felt guilty about depriving the real - no, the original Mrs. Getherd - of the experience of double childbirth. He reminded himself that Zelda was the real Mrs. Getherd for the next several hours. So where was the original?
Jon left the classroom to use his app to find out. School policy forbade the use of phones within the building. Jon joined the students standing outside with their phones. From a distance he looked like just another boy texting someone. But only he could see that he was typing "getherd" into the app. There was only one result: Zelda Getherd.
Jon couldn't remember the original Mrs. Getherd's first name. How could he find her if he didn't know that or her current last name? He noticed the search function had a day option: Wednesday (the current default), Tuesday (the first day of his wish), and Original. Why not "Monday" instead of "Original"? Jon guessed that a "Monday" option would appear on the final day of his wish next week, and that "Monday 1" and "Monday 2" or the like would be awkward. He selected "Original," found Mrs. Getherd, and learned that she had become ...