Gary poked his finger at the stone and said "I wish you'd leave this house and never come back. And I wish that you'd forget about the wishing stone."
Better to cover all the bases, Gary thought.
Karyn turned around and left the house. Once outside, she looked at where she was, but couldn't remember how she got there or why she was there at all. The stone had changed Karyn's life so that she would have absolutely no reason to go to Jenny's house. Now, Karyn had no idea who Jenny was, apart from seeing her at school. And, she forgot about the stone.
She walked down the steps of Jenny's front porch and walked home.
Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Gary was trying to pry the stone out using a wedge he found. After a few minutes, he almost got it out when ...