Tuesday, 12 April 2022

Four Wishes

The genie emerged from the lamp and bowed.


"You have four wishes, Master."


I paused.


"Four? Not three?"


"Four is the better number."


"Fair enough. I wish to be a trillionare."


The Genie crossed their arms.


I found myself sitting on top of a pile of money, while all around me bullets flew.


"I wish to reverse that last wish!"


Things returned to normal.


"That's not what I asked for!"


"You didn't say it shouldn't be like that."


It took me a year to work out my third wish's wording, an hour to say it, a minute to reverse it.

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