Wishing On A Leprechaun
11 min readJul 17, 2022
A tattered cardboard box sits upside down in a large field, propped up on one end by a large stick. The box is spattered with green paint.
A young girl patiently waits in the bushes, staring at the box with a hopeful but haunted look. For her, this box was no ordinary box. It was magic. It was St. Patrick’s day, and this year she was fiercely determined to catch a leprechaun.