Her Last Wish to Genie

What do you want? Do you want more than what you have?

Jane was a simple girl that wished nothing more than a normal life. And her life was pretty normal until she got a hold of that genie's lamp. It was last week, and she had already spent her first two wishes.

"I wished for 5 dollars." she told her two best friends.

"You idiot! Why not a million? Or a billion?!" Glenn shouted. "Or at least free coupons for everything!"

"Yeah! Why 5 dollars?!" Maggie echoed.

"I don't know." Jane answered, "5 dollars sounded good. I can't buy what I really want with money anyway."

"What do you want?" Her friends asked. She shrugged in reply.

Glenn and Maggie sighed. She then revealed her second wish, "I wished for a best seller book."

Glenn gaped, "A what? A stupid, lifeless thing called a book? You wished for that?!"

"They're not lifeless," Jane muttered, "neither are all of them boring--"

"Then why only one?" Maggie asked, "Why not five, or fifteen, or a hundred!?"

Jane pondered on this, "I don't know... maybe I thought it wouldn't be fair to the author if I didn't really spend time on his or her book."

"That doesn't make sense." Glenn said, "on your last wish, let us decide it for you."

"Yeah!" Maggie added, and at that, Jane rubbed the magic lamp.

[What do you wish for, my owner?]

"Wish for world peace!" Maggie coached.

"No! For your rule!" Glenn forced.

"World peace is for everyone!" Maggie explained.

"But this is her wish! not everyone's!" Glenn exclaimed.

"I wish..." Jane started, and both of her friends stared at her with excitement. What wish was she going to make? They expected something awesome for the last one. "...for three doughnuts."

And the lamp disappeared leaving three doughnuts in its wake. Glenn and Maggie stood transfixed.

"Go on, take one." Jane said with a smile.

Reviews

[Frieda P]

This is so sweet the screen got sticky! Great read, grander message in this one!

Three doughnuts is hysterical, but touching....in the very least go for world cruise for three, maybe those were magical doughnuts. You do realize it ends in 'nuts'! ;-)

[Monster ^.^]

Thanks Frieda! what would YOU wish for then? hahaha

[Frieda P]

Three dirty vodka martini's, extra olives probably!

Seriously, for my sons to be happy and healthy, world peace will never happen if it's inhabited by people....

[Monster ^.^]

haha, at some point, that's true :)

[Frieda P]

Of course it is.... ;-D

[KAOlmsted]

Nice. I like the moral to the story. Great job.

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Good piece, quirky end justified a vibrant story. Keep writing!

[AWickedMoon]

Ha-ha the last wish sounds like me or maybe three sluripes! Wonderful write! Love your short storys. :)

[critic h]

oh ya she is a perfect normal girl following want not waste not. It is very touching and of course humorous. the only weird was the second wish's reason about author. rest all is well

[Marie]

I admire Jane. She kept it simple and kept herself happy.

[Toni]

:)
I lovvved this one

[Monster ^.^]

Good to know :)

[gabrielle]

three doughnuts for the last wish?!
i do hope to meet someone like jane... i like this story. it's not too long and it's an easy read.

[Monster ^.^]

hahaha! thanks... I do hope to meet someone like her too :)

[Jeremia]

I love the happiness this girl has despite not having all the material stuff. So simple, yet so blessed. It's great. People like that are awesome. This piece gave me a little bit of hope for some reason. Thank you.

[Monster ^.^]

I'm happy that it did that for you... true, if only a lot of people are like this :)

[Jeremia]

For sure, the more people who are selfless and less materialistic, the better.