Be Careful What You Wish For... (novella)

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author = R. L. Stine
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country = United States
language = English
series = Goosebumps
classification = fiction
genre = Horror fiction, Children's literature
publisher = Scholastic
release_date = 1994(also 1989 as it was held)
media_type = Print (Paperback)
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preceded_by = The Haunted Mask
followed_by = Piano Lessons Can Be Murder

"Be Careful what you wish for" is the 12th book in R.L. Stine's Goosebumps series.

Directly from R. L. Stine

Samantha Byrd is a klutz. An accident waiting to happen. She's the laughingstock of the girls' basketball team and that mean, rotten Judith Bellwood is making her life miserable off the court. One afternoon, Sam gets off the bus from school, she runs into Clarissa, a creepy lady who grants her three wishes. Only she wasn't careful when she made those wishes, and now that they're coming true, her life is turning into a living nightmare! In the end, Judith gets three wishes and wishes that Samantha Byrd would just fly away. This is when Samantha turns into a bird, stretches her wings and flies off.

Characters

*Samantha Byrd: A young girl who is always miserable.
*Clarissa: A witch in disguise; grants Sam 3 wishes.
*Judith Bellwood: A girl at Samantha's school who keeps tormenting her.
*Punkin: A mutt dog of Samantha Byrd
*Ron Byrd: Brother of Samantha
*Anna Frost: Friend of Judith Bellwood
*Cory Blinn: Best friend of Samantha Byrd

Tagline

"It might come true."

Television Episode

In the television series based on the Goosebump books, this story was adapted into a one part story, with some changes::*Clarissa (the woman who grants Sam's wishes) uses a small crystal ball to grant Sam's wishes in the book. On the TV version, Clarissa gives Sam her spider amulet that glows whenever Sam wishes for something.:*Sam's wish to be the best member of the basketball team: in the book, the other team members become seriously ill and can't perform so Sam can be the best by comparison; in the TV version, the other team members become so clumsy that Sam is seen as the best member of the team.:*Sam's accidental second wish: in the book, Sam wishes for Judith to disappear, then wakes up the next day and finds "everyone in the world" (except for herself and Clarissa) gone; in the TV version, Sam wishes for everyone to "buzz off" and accidentally turns everyone in town (except for herself and Clarissa) into flies.:*Judith's wish: After Sam wishes that Judith met Clarissa instead of Sam, in the book, Judith tells Sam to "fly away!" and Sam turns into a bird and flies away; in the TV version, Judith tells Clarissa that she wishes that wherever she was in the world, people would crowd around and admire her. Clarissa grants the wish by turning Judith into a beautiful statue.