Thinking of how no one wanted older kids and wanting to stay with his brothers, Matt whispered "I wish the three of us were identical three year-olds and that we would be adopted out to the same family."
Funny - the star seems to flare up and then vanish as he made the wish, but nothing happened. Sighing, Matt went back to bed. He looked at Brian and Luke sadly, and then drifted off to sleep.
Strange but pleasant dreams filled Matt's head. He and Brian and Luke were playing together, sharing toy cars that they rolled around on the floor. As they pretended to be driving or racing, Matt had to keep shifting around. It slowly dawned on him that he was eye-to-eye with his 8 year-old brother Brian. They were wearing he same clothing, too. A mirror appeared and showed the reflection of two Brians - he had become Brian's twin! That was fun, and they kept playing as if that was normal. Then Luke got bored with the cars and wanted to play with his stuffed animals. They all sat on the floor and pretended to have a Star Wars battle between Chewbacha the Teddy Bear, Hans Solo the monkey, and Darth Mal, the evil pig. That got them all giggling, and it took a while for Matt to notice that Brian looked just like 6 year-old Luke! But then so did Matt.
Something nagged at the back of Matt's mind, soothing about a wish. But he and his brothers kept playing, the pretend getting sillier and simpler. Matt was sleepy now, and they all ended up in a comfortable pile of identical three year-old triplets.
Matt woke in the morning, stretching and yawning. That was a nice dream, if a little weird. However, when he looked around, he discovered that: