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Challenge Accepted
The genie told her she’d regret her wishes. She raised one eyebrow, and replied, “Challenge accepted.” The genie laughed, because he had been working this gig for centuries, and nobody ever outsmarted him.
“Alright then, Jane, what is your first wish?” he said with a sly smile.
“I wish for complete honesty for the whole world so that nobody can ever lie again.”
“Wish granted. You’re going to regret that one day when you ask your future husband if that dress makes you look fat.” his smirk ran from ear to ear. “This is too easy, “ the genie muttered to himself.
“Maybe I will, but I will also be able to know that when he says he loves me, he really means it when he says yes. I have accomplished the way to find my one true love with utter success.” Jane was confident that she got the better side of the genie with the first wish.
“What is your second wish, Jane?” The genie was a little less smug when he asked her, this time.
“I wish for an end to all suffering in the world.” She was a little less certain of this request but felt it was the right one to make.
The genie laughed, and it sounded evil. “You just wished for the deaths of millions of people. To end the suffering of so many all at once would be catastrophic. That is delicious.” He snapped his fingers as he simultaneously said, “Wish granted.”
Jane paused for a moment and took a deep breath. She felt the weight of the grief in the world that the genie had just caused, by granting…
