Chapter Eleven

The magic lamp

“I won’t tell you again Dolly ducktail,” said Mummy “if you don’t clean up those old toys of yours I will throw them all out,” so Dolly began to sort out her toys, she got a great big cardboard box and began to put them in one by one

There was pogo her doggie on a string and jumping jack a clown that popped up on the spring whenever you opened his box, and of course Teddy Bear “this one is broken Mummy” she said as she held up Suzy, a doll Daddy had bought her last Christmas, poor Suzy had one eye missing and had lost an ear, “well put it in this other box darling and I will leave it out for the bin man in the morning.”

One by one the toys went into what Dolly wanted to keep and those that had had their day, near to the bottom of the pile of toys Dolly came across an old fashion lamp, “what’s this Mummy?”

“That’s part of a game you had Dolly” she said “it was called Aladdin and his magic lamp I think all that other parts of the game are lost, you had better put it in the box of toys to be left out.”

“Magic”! Said Dolly “wow no Mummy I want to keep this one,”

“Well it's no good without the other pieces of the game Dolly,” Mummy said 

“But I want to keep it” sobbed Dolly

“OK Dolly you can keep that one,”

Oh goodie goodie” Dolly clapped her hands together “ quack quack quack” she put the lamp on the table beside her bed and finished sorting out the rest of her toys.

She couldn't wait to show David her magic lamp so after breakfast Dolly grabbed the lamp and made her way to David’s house, “look David look,” she said as she jumped up and down “I have a magic lamp”

“Oh,” said David “how does it work Dolly?”

“Well you have to rub the side and make a wish and then a genie will appear so you can make a wish”

“Gosh!” said   David let’s take it to our camp and try it out, so off they went to their secret camp they had made in some bushes near the pond.

Dolly and David sat in the camp and got the lamp out of Dolly’s bag “now then” said David “what shall we wish for? I know let's wish for a big chocolate cake,”

So Dolly rubbed the side of the lamp and closed her eyes and wished for a chocolate cake, but nothing happened “that’s not worked” said David “shall we try something else?”

“Let’s wish for lots and lots of money,” said Dolly, so once again she closed her eyes and rubbed the side of the lamp.

Still nothing happened, “I think it’s broken,” said David

“Yes I think you might be right David,” said Dolly she put the lamp down and they talked about their plans for the day ahead.

Before very long it was time to go home Dolly grabbed the lamp and made her way home, “I hope we have some sausages for tea” she thought to herself, Dolly just loved sausages, teatime came and low and behold it was sausages, “oh Mummy” said Dolly it worked,”

“What worked darling? “

”The magic lamp Mummy I wished for sausages for tea, and it came true,” she told her Mummy all about her and David making wishes and none of them coming true but now one did, “you see Dolly” said Mummy “if you are greedy your wish won’t come true, but if you make small wishes sometimes they will. Quack quack.”