I was getting really bored at home during the quarantine. One day I decided to go to the basement although it was forbidden.

My mum was having her afternoon nap and I sneaked down. The basement was dark with a small bulb giving dim light. There were lots of old and dusty boxes. I was wandering what was inside. Maybe old photos or clothes. Then one box caught my attention. I slowly opened it and looked in the rubble.

There I saw this old rusty golden lamp. Although it was full of dust it was shimmery. I started to rub it with a rag to remove the dust. An enormous cloud of blue smoke appeared in front of me. I was rooted to the spot when from this blue smoke appeared a person floating in the air.A

At that instance I was shocked and surprised. I could not understand what was going on and I thought I was dreaming. Everything became crystal clear when the blue person introduced himself.

He said he was the genie and since I was responsible for his freedom, he granted me three wishes. I was so completely baffled.

He asked me for my first wish. With a bundle of nerves I wished for the world to be cured from the covid 19 virus. At the drop of a hat blue dust appeared and boom!

Then he asked for me for my second wish. Having thought hard I asked him to let my family live happyily without any trouble. Finally he asked for the last wish.

I was feeling pity thinking about the genie and his life inside the lamp. So my third and final wish was to set the genie free. He couldn't believe what I said. However just like a snap of a finger, big blue dust appeared in the room and BOOM the genie was free.

He thanked me for freeing him and told me he was grateful forever. Sometimes breaking the rules is fine.

The old lamp

The old lamp