Lester needs a few Bodys

I was lying down besides the pond next to the old Banyan tree when I heard footsteps approaching me. Four oddly dressed persons walked up to me. They bowed and one of them said "Sir, can I snatch a piece of your precious time?" I was intrigued by this usage of words and agreed readily. He continued somberly "I am Everybody, this is Nobody, that is Anybody and the person at the end is Somebody. We have been treated unjustly by the poet Shel." "Who is Shel?" I asked trying to stop the world from spinning. Nobody said "Shel is the poet who wrote about Lester. Surely, you have heard of Lester?" I felt embarrassed and gave out a non-committal "Hmmm, aaaahh, ohhhhhh".  Somebody jumped in and said "He wrote about Lester and the Goblin but left us out of the poem. Everybody was there; it could not have happened if not for Somebody; Anybody could have walked out of it but he didn't; Nobody talked about it. So how come we don't figure in the poem?" Nobody asked pleadingly "Please write the actual happenings as we recount it to you." I felt dazed with some many Body's and agreed to do so.

They recited the happening and I wrote what follows.

Lester:	Lester was given a magic wish
Goblin:	By the goblin who lives in the banyan tree,
Lester:	And with his wish he wished for two more wishes— So now instead of just one wish, he cleverly had three.
Goblin:	Uh uh! You got your mathematics wrong. You had one and asked for two but in the process you lost one and you ended up with two.
Lester:	Uh uh uh! I used the one wish to wish for two wishes and since I wished for wishes the wish does not count and so I have two plus one wish, which makes it three wishes. You wish you were as clever as me but your wish is will remain a wish for I am cleverer than clever and I have three wishes
Goblin:	But... eh! Wish... eh! Two... Oh! Too clever or so you think. Its two and not three
Lester:	Three
Goblin:	Two
Lester:	Three
Goblin:	Two
Lester:	Three
Goblin:	Two
Lester:	Two
Goblin:	Three
Lester:	Yooohoooo! And with each one of these THREE wishes He simply wished for three more wishes, Which gave him three old wishes, plus nine new.
Goblin:	There he goes again. Its two old wishes, plus nine new
Lester:	There he goes again. Its three old wishes, plus nine new
Goblin:	Two and nine
Lester:	Three and nine
Somebody:	Will you both stop it
Anybody:	Fighting over a wish
Nobody:	Yes, over a measly wish
Goblin:	Hey! Nobody calls my wish a measly wish. Nobody should call my wish a measly wish. With a wish somebody can get a lot of something. With a wish anybody can get a lot of anything, even nobody will no longer be nobody.
Lester:	And with each of these twelve He slyly wished for three more wishes. Which added up to forty-six—or is it fifty-two?
Somebody:	Fifty-one
Goblin:	Yes! Fifty-one. Somebody, here take a wish
Somebody:	Gee thanks. But why did you give it to me? You can give it to anybody.
Everybody:	Why Anybody? Give it to Everybody
Goblin:	Quiet! I am already struggling with Lester and his wishes. So nobody gets my wish.
Nobody	Thank you Goblin
Goblin:	Not Nobody! I meant nobody. I guess it is easier to agree with Lester. Its nine plus three Lester
Lester:	Well anyway, he used each wish To wish for wishes ‘til he had Five billion, seven million, eighteen thousand thirty-four.
Everybody:	Ah! There he goes again. Lester, nobody is worse in maths than you.
Nobody:	Hey Everybody! What do you know about my knowledge in maths?
Everybody:	I did not mean Nobody. I meant nobody. Anybody can understand that.
Anybody:	Actually, I did not understand that.
Everybody:	Ah! I can’t take this anymore. Somebody, please help me.
Somebody:	How can I help you, Everybody?
Everybody:	Oh, forget it! Lester, I counted and it’s only Five billion, seven million, eighteen thousand thirty-two.
Lester:	No, no, no, no! It’s five billion, seven million, eighteen thousand thirty-four.
Everybody:	No, no, no, no! It’s five billion, seven million, eighteen thousand thirty-two.
Goblin:	No, no, no, no! It’s five billion, seven million, eighteen thousand thirty-four.
Lester:	Yes, yes, yes, yes! It’s five billion, seven million, eighteen thousand thirty-four.
Nobody:	No, no, no, no! It’s five billion, seven million, eighteen thousand thirty-two.
Somebody:	Yes, yes, yes, yes! It’s five billion, seven million, eighteen thousand thirty-two.
Lester	No, no, no, no! It’s five billion, seven million, eighteen thousand thirty-four.
Goblin:	Yes, yes, yes, yes! It’s five billion, seven million, eighteen thousand thirty-four.
Anybody:	No, no, no, no! It’s five billion, seven million, eighteen thousand thirty-two.
Goblin:	Quiet everybody. This is nobody’s business. Lester, go on.
Nobody:	How come it only not my business? What about Somebody, Anybody and Everybody.
Goblin:	Lester, GO ON.
Lester:	And then he spread them on the ground And skipped and sang, and then sat down And wished for more. And more… And more… They multiplied
Somebody, Everybody, Nobody, Anybody:	While other people smiled and cried And loved and reached and touched and felt.
Somebody:	Come Lester, let us play.
Anybody:	You have no clue That the sky is blue, The clouds are white The sun is shining bright On the grass that is greener than green Let’s play before we dine
Lester:	No sky for me No clouds for me The sun can’t steal my wishes The grass can’t dream of my wishes My wishes are mine Only mine, mine, mine
Somebody:	Let’s play Lester before we dine
Lester:	My wishes are mine Only mine, mine, mine
Nobody:	Let’s play Lester before we dine
Lester:	My wishes are mine Only mine, mine, mine
Everybody:	Let’s play Lester before we dine
Lester:	My wishes are mine Only mine, mine, mine
Somebody, Everybody, Nobody, Anybody:	Oh Lester, why can’t you come and play with us?
Lester:	Lester sat amid his wealth Stacked mountain-high like stacks of gold. Sat and counted—and grew old.
Somebody, Everybody, Nobody, Anybody:	And then one Thursday night they found him
Goblin:	It wasn’t a Thursday. It was a Friday.
Somebody, Everybody, Nobody, Anybody:	It was a Thursday, Goblin. It was two days before the weekend.
Goblin:	It was definitely a Friday. One day before Saturday and one day after Thursday. I am sure.
Somebody, Everybody, Nobody, Anybody:	Wait! Let us see. What did you do on Monday, Goblin?
Goblin:	I slept under the tree.
Everybody:	What did you do on Tuesday, Goblin?
Goblin:	I slept on the tree.
Nobody:	What did you do on Wednesday, Goblin?
Goblin:	I slept by the mushroom.
Anybody:	What did you do on Thursday, Goblin?
Goblin:	I slept in a room.
Somebody:	What did you do on Friday, Goblin?
Goblin:	I woke up and found Lester dead
Somebody, Everybody, Nobody, Anybody:	That’s true Goblin. Lester died on Thursday and you found him dead on Friday
Goblin:	Oh! Could that be so?
Somebody, Everybody, Nobody, Anybody:	That is so, Goblin. And then one Thursday night they found him. Dead—with his wishes piled around him. And they counted the lot and found that not A single one was missing.
Somebody:	Seventy six billion trillion, ninety four million, twenty two thousand, one
Anybody:	Seventy six billion trillion, ninety four million, twenty two thousand, one
Nobody:	Seventy six billion trillion, ninety four million, twenty two thousand, one
Anybody:	Seventy six billion trillion, ninety four million, twenty two thousand, one
Somebody:	All shiny and new—here, take a few
Anybody:	And think of Lester as you do.
Nobody:	In a world of apples and kisses and shoes
Anybody:	He wasted his wishes on wishing.

I looked up when they stopped reciting the incident and asked "is that all?" They shook their heads in affirmation. I asked them further "What happened to the wishes?" They responded in unison "Oh! We used it to get here."