Nana's wish shop smelled of cinnamon and warm brass. It was Wren's first morning as keeper, and the wishes woke up grumpy. Little glass jars glowed dim on the shelves, half-done and muttering, rattling against the wood. On the counter lay Nana's open ledger. Three names were underlined twice. Below them, in Nana's loopy writing: 'Mend these before the wishes turn, or they'll run wild by nightfall.' Wren swallowed and read the first name.

The first name was Tomas Bell, the baker down the lane. His jar glowed faint orange and smelled of burnt bread. The note said he'd wished his loaves would 'never go cold.' Wren grabbed the jar and ran to the bakery, where smoke was pouring out of every window.

Tomas wasn't even there. The oven roared on its own, baking loaf after loaf that piled up and spilled out the door. The bread was rolling down the street in a warm, lumpy heap. Wren chased after it, jar in hand, dodging the loaves as they bounced past her boots.

Wren grabbed at the loaves, but more kept tumbling out, and the warm heap knocked her flat. By the time she scrambled up, bread filled the whole street and the jar had rolled into a gutter, dark and silent. She had chased the wish instead of calming it, and now it was gone. Her first morning, lost.