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Give and Take

May 21, 2018
MyLam BRONZE,
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The idea of wishes may seems like just mere tale to many people, but in fact as a story was told there must be some truth behind it. Perhaps it won’t be as heartwarming but it will offer the truth.

The Johns was never a poor family neither were they rich, just a little well off than most. Mr. Johns is a successful man, he own a full on running business and have a very happy life. They have a beautiful daughter named, Kristina. She was perfect in everyway of any form, but of course everybody had flaws. Kristina was not only a selfish young lady she was also very wicked, greedy. She was a lady to fear for she who will not stop until was granted what has been longed.

Today was Kristina twentieth birthday and finally she will get the chance to have what she had been most desired. She could finally be the rightful owner of her father’s business. She wasn’t interested in running a business nor was she interested in their worker even less her family, it was the money. The thing that she wanted was money.

One would think that she is satisfied with her life now but as odd as it may seems, as soon as business was passed down to her it was running slow. Soon she was left with nothing but a huge amount of debt over her head. One day a poor looking old man walked in. He offered her three little coins and tell her to wish upon it when need. “But beware you take and you give.” He said before casually walking out. Kristina looks down at the shiny coins in her hand and smirked to herself. She had always doubt magic much less wishes. But then again it’d never hurt to try. She held the first coin close to her chest and made a wish. “I wish I will always have many customers from now on. Almost instantly people from outside starts to rush in like little ants crowding the place.” As she was making her way through the crowd of people she realised one of her hands had been paralyzed. No matter how hard she tried it just wouldn’t budge. “So this is what he meant by give and take huh?”, she whispered to herself. “If it’s just this what’s the harm in making a few more wish? I could live with a paralyzed hand.”, as she make her way back she made a second wish. “I wish to be the richest man ever alive. She opens her eyes expected to see a pile of gold in front of her, but instead there was pain. Her legs looks as if it had been chopped of by a sharp object and blood begins to spills everywhere. She cried in pain but it was like nobody was there. To others Kristina was invisible. Unheard of and unseen of. With hope in herself she held the last coin to her chest and pray with all her might. “ I Wish everything is perfect.” Like the other two wishes this one happens instantly. Without another word she disappears into thin air.

Now if you ask the villagers there, they would tell you the name Kristina Johns were unheard of for she had been forgotten like had never existed. Her last wish were to have a perfect life. But she had yet to know that there were know just thing as perfect and so the only answer would be to not have existed at all.


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