Welcome To The Yard Sales: A Short Story

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“Welcome to the yard sale!” this old lady was yelling out to me while I was walking my dog.I didn’t know if I wanted to go to the yard sale because there was a lot of old junky stuff.When I glanced over I saw something gold shining in the sun.I went over and picked up a gold lamp,parts of the gold lamp was rusty with these blue and red jewels on it. I had bought it from the old lady. As I was walking back home I wiped the side of the lamp with my sleeve then “POOF!” a bunch of smoke came out, my heart was racing! A women about 5’2 was in front of me! She was absolutely beautiful!! She had beautiful glowing skin, long hair that went past her butt. The women had said “ I am Jennifer the greatest genie, I grant you three wishes, what will they be?” My dog and I were standing there in shock. The genie said “ sweetie your wishes i need to know them.” I had wiped my eyes and said “I want my wishes to be able to always have money, the cure for cancer, and to be successful in life.” …show more content…

I want to be able to always have money so when i’m older i can pay my bills. I would also like to have money so I can travel the world whenever I wanted to. Also, so i can travel and see my family. I would want to have money so I can have enough money for college. My genie snapped her fingers and made my wish come true. The next morning I wake up with bags of money on my

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