Excellent Short Story

A husband takes his wife to play her first game of golf.Of course, the wife promptly hacked her first shot right through the window of the biggest house adjacent to the course.The husband cringed, "I warned you to be careful! Now we'll have to go up there, find the owner, apologize and see how much yourlousy drive is going to cost us."So the couple walked up to the house andknocked on the door.

A warm voice said, "Come on in." When they opened the door they saw the damage that was done: glass was all over the place, and abroken antique bottle was lying on its side near the brokenwindow.A man reclining on the couch asked, "Are you the people that broke my window?""Uh...yeah, sir. We're sure sorry about that," thehusband replied."Oh, no apology is necessary. Actually I want to thankyou. You see,I'm a genie, and I've been trapped in that bottle for a thousand years.Now that you've released me, I'm allowed to grantthree wishes. I'll Give you each one wish, but if you don't mind, I'llkeep the last one for myself."

"Wow, that's great!" the husband said. He pondered a moment and blurted out,"I'd like a million dollars a year for! the rest of mylife."
"No problem," said the genie. "You've got it, it's the least I can do. And I'll guarantee you a long, healthy life!"

"And now you, young lady, what do you want?" the genieasked. "I'd like to own a gorgeous home complete with servantsin every country in the world," she said. "Consider it done," the genie said. "And your homes will always be safe from fire,burglary and natural disasters!"

"And now," the couple asked in unison, "what's yourwish, genie?"

" Well, since I've been trapped in that bottle andhaven't been with a woman in more than a thousand years,my wish is to sleep with your wife.

"The husband looked at his wife and said, "Gee, honey, you know we both now have a fortune, and all those houses. What do you think?"

She mul! led it over for a few moments and said, "Youknow, you're right. Considering our good fortune, I guess Iwouldn't mind, but what about you, honey?"

"You know I love you sweetheart," said the husband."I'd do the same for you!"

So the genie and thewoman went upstairswhere they spent the rest of the afternoon enjoyingeach other. The genie was insatiable. After about three hours of non-stop fun,the genie rolled over and looked directly intoher eyes and asked, "How old are you and yourhusband?"

"Why, we're both 35," she responded breathlessly.

"Really?! Thirty-five years old and both of you still believe in genies?"

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