You 're the only one who can make her laugh . [ WP ]

They said you'd get a wish if you made that old woman laugh. Anything you wanted and *poof*, you'd have it. Riches, spoils, a Kingdom all your own. 
 
 The only problem was that no one could verify this, because that old woman had never laughed. Stuck up in her house with the fire too hot, her face retained a perpetual frown that wrinkled her face. 
 
 Comedians visited her. The funniest men in the world. Jim Carrey had been among the first to fail, and even Robin Williams in drag could n't make the old woman's lips curl up. 
 
 Walking into her house I thought it was probably all some cruel joke. Maybe the old woman's face was paralyzed. Maybe she'd broken her funny bone when learning to ride a bicycle. 
 
 But as an upstanding member of the starving-artists-who-hope-to-be-someone-someday I had to try. 
 
 Walking into that room I felt the humor drain out of me. She was an ugly twisted old thing, her nostrils flared and her lips turned down like she had fishermen pulling at the corners. 
 
 I gulped. All of my jokes drained out of my head as I looked upon her face. 
 
 I cleared my throat. 
 
 `` So what's the deal with airline food?'' 
 
 The woman sat for a moment before her smile cracked. 
 
 `` I've been waiting 87 years to hear that joke,'' she said as she began to laugh. 
 
 I was the only one who could ever make her laugh. 
 
 But as for the wish thing? Totally not true. I do n't know why she let people go to her house. Maybe she just wanted to see all the greats. 
 
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