Five Children and It2004

Psammead:
Were the vases smashed to smithereens?

Jane:
Yes.

Psammead:
Add the floor flooded and dictionaries drenched?

Cyril:
They were.

Psammead:
And the house burned to the ground?

Robert:
No.

Psammead:
House didn't burn to the ground? I'd say you got off pretty lightly then, all things considered.

Robert:
Not so fast, Sand Fairy!

Cyril:
You made them ruin the house on purpose, didn't you?

Psammead:
Look, it's not me, it's the rules. You make a wish, it goes horribly wrong, and then you learn something valuable.

Robert:
That's terrible. I don't need to learn anything!

Psammead:
Of course, everything is back to normal by sunset.