One day, there was a stubborn girl named Theresa. She is always scolded by her mother for disobeying all her commands. She does the things that her mother does not want her to do and she does not do the things that her mother wants. Even cleaning up her own mess, she still manages to play all day with friends with her mother doing all the household chores.
It was afternoon then that her mother wants her to sleep. She didn’t want to go to bed because she was building a sand castle along the shoreline. But her mother was very angry and told her that if she won’t go to bed, she can’t enter the house anymore. That’s why; Theresa was forced to go to sleep. But minutes later, because she can’t sleep and she noticed that her mother was in a deep sleep, she sneaked out to the house and built again a sand castle.
When a big wave rushed and destroyed her sand castle, she noticed a very antique bottle with glitters in it. She opened it, and when it was opened, a huge smoke came out from the bottle; she coughed and could hardly catch her breath. When she opened her eyes, everything was white and when she turned around, she saw a giant man, floating in the air with a costume like an Indian.
“Wahahaha! Gracias amiga! At last, we meet!!”
“Who are you?”
“I am Genie! I have been observing you for a long, long time!”
“Huh? Why? What do you want from me?”
“I have been observing you from the start and as I’ve seen in you, you are very disobedient and you always give heartache to your mother. And I am here to punish you.”
“What? I do not owe anything? Why would you punish me? You’re not my parents and I didn’t do anything to you.”
“Stop complaining! Or else you will have a bigger punishment.”
“Okay, okay, I’ll do whatever you say.”
“Well, let’s start then. First….”
“Huh?! First? You mean, there will be second, third and so on??”
“Oh yes darling. So, shall we start?”
“Okay.”
“Now dance for me”
Without any complains Theresa danced as gracefully as she could. As she was about to end her dance, Genie stopped her.
“Okay, it was good, but I was not impressed.”
“Huh? I danced as hard as I could, as graceful as I could? And then it was nothing to you? What else do you want?”
“Well sing for me”
Theresa singed the national anthem of the Philippines.
“What was that? I didn’t mean the national anthem, you’re so nationalistic! Sing a song that can entertain me.”
Theresa was really angry, she wanted to quit but she have to do all the things the Genie says because it is between life and death.
“What if I do not obey you? What will you do to me?”, Theresa asked.
“Well it’s simple. You will go with me, into my magnificent kingdom and you will be my slave! So? Are you going to sing or not?”
Theresa groaned, but she continued singing. But it was still not enough for Genie.
“Stop singing! This will be the last one, if you don’t empress me again, I will really take you to my kingdom. Act for me! Cry! Laugh!”
Theresa did all the things that she could to save herself from slavery. But Genie is hard to empress.
“Sorry you’ve failed. Now prepare yourself, we will go to my kingdom!!!! Bwahahahahahaha!!! Now, let’s go.”
Theresa couldn’t help herself, she don’t know what to do, she ants to shout and ask for help. All she didi is to beg.
“Please forgive me, I will be a good girl from now on, just let me go. I promise I will obey my mother.”
And as she was dragged by Genie, she felt that she so stiff and can’t move her body. After a moment, she found herself falling from bed. It was just a dream. So since then, she was a good and an obedient girl not only to her mother but to all. THE END.
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