THE BUSY GENIE

One day a man and his wife work in the rice field. " Can somebody help me?" she says. Next day they find a pot where a genie lives. She asks," Can you help me?" The Genie says, " Yes, of course". He begins working in the field, then goes to the house and waters flowers. He washes clothes and cooks.
The Genie wants to paint the house. People are happy, they don't work at all. They forget to feed their dog and walk it. The Genie does everything.
He likes to work and he stays in the house all his life.

Madara Mikelsone, Vita Mortuleva, Edite Bickova, Class 4,11 years old.

LAZY PEOPLE AND THE GENIE

A man and a woman worked in the field. The woman said, " Oh, I'm so tired! It's so hot! I need some help!" Next day they saw a pot in the field and in the pot was the Genie! Next day only the Genie worked. After work in the field the Genie carried water home and watered the flowers. The Genie washed the clothes and hanged them on the washing line. The Genie painted the house but the people didn't help. The Genie decided to go away from the lazy people and to find other people who needed help. The dog went with him.

Aigars Antins, Gints Antins, Mikus Marovskis, Emils Nezinis, Class 4, 11
years old.

The Strange Pot

One man and a woman work in the field. The woman says," I wish somebody would help me!" Next day they go to work again when suddenly out of the pot in the field comes a Genie and says," I can help you". The Genie begins to work. Next day he works again. The Genie works in the house, too.He pulls water from the well and waters flowers. Next day the Genie washes clothes. He paints the house.
The Genie complains to the dog that people don't work. He says good-bye to the dog and goes back into the pot.

Monta Strazdina,Agnese Elferte, Lelde Feldmane, Anna Uzule, Class 4, 11
years old. 

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One sunny morning Sarah and Thomas are harvesting the rice. They both carry a knife. After a while a pot appears before them. They watch it when suddenly the pot starts to turn and twist. A pillar of smoke rises out of the pot and changes into a jinnee. It tells them they can make six wihes.

Their first wish is for the ghost to harvest the rice. The jinnee then takes Thomas’sknife and begins. When he is ready they wish him to water the flowers in their garden. That, too, the jinnee does. He floats to the well to get water. Then he puts the water in a watering-pot and goes by the whole garden.

After he is finished Thomas and Sarah have three wishes left. The next one is for the jinnee to do the laundry and to hang the clothes to dry. Because of the burning sun, the laundry dries fast. When the jinnee returns to Thomas and Sarah they immediately wish him to paint the inside of their house. That, too, the jinnee does effortlessly but neatly.

Now the children have just one wish left. They think real hard about it. But after a while they know a wonderful wish. They wish…, they wish… a DOG!!!!! En there it is: a beautiful young German sheperd. In the evening they enjoy their lovely rice and their painted home, the beautiful flowers and their freshly washed clothes. But most of all they enjoy the company of the dog! (And they call him Woof!) 

Emma (6)

 DEETHE AND CHICA AND THE ONE-EYED GHOST

Two children, Deethe and Chica, are gathering grain. Deethe dug too deep and found an old pot. A ghost appeared and asked: “Do you have a wish?” Yes, of course! Deethe and Chica said the ghost should do all the work. And so he did. He gathered the grain, watered the plants. And he cooked and did the laundry. And painted the wall. But he also fed the dog.

Max, Rutger (3)

JOHN, THE GHOST AND HIS WIFE

John and his wife were enjoying weeding their garden. Suddenly John found a pot that seemed over 5000 years old. His wife thought of the Aladdin story right away and rubbed the pot. And, to her great surprise, a ghost appeared which said in a high but heavy voice: “I am the ghost of John’s brother. I have heard you can use some help and therefore you can make three wishes.” John fainted and fell with his head in the sand. His wife, too, almost fainted but said: “Yes, that is true, but can I make my wishes now?” The ghost answered: “Certainly, but use them well, you only have three.” “Okay”, said the wife, “well, first of all I would like you to help with the gardening and the housekeeping.” The ghost said: “As you wish.” John, who in the meantime had recovered his senses, was worried about his wife. “Are you allright, dearest? Hasn’t that ghost hurt you?” The wife answered: “No, he’s only helping us with our work around the house. And by the way, I didn’t know you had a brother. You never told me.” “No, that’s right. We were never so close” John answered. In the meantime the ghost was already hanging up the laundry. Every day he poured a cup of coffee for John and his wife. The ghost never complained. And he was always glad and excited to do another odd job. That’s why John and his wife thereafter lived on happily.

Sebastiaan (6)

FRIENDLY GENII

Once upon a time there lived a farmer Gopal, with his wife Ganga in a village named Rampur.

One day, while working in the field they saw a pot on the field. It was a very dirty pot so they decided to clean the pot. As they picked the pot in their hands and rubbed the pot, at once some smoke came out of the pot and a small Geni came out of the pot.

The Geni asked Gopal how can he help him. Gopal told him to help him and his wife in their daily work. So Geni started working like  harvesting field, drawing water from the well, watering plants, washing clothes, painting the walls of the house and lastly take the dog Romi for the walk.

After this the farmer and his wife lived happily. There the story ends of a friendly Geni and the Farmer.

Dharmendra

The working ghost

Ali and Fatima were harvesting rice. Ali and Fatima saw a really big ghost. They were scared, but the ghost let them make 3 wishes. The first wish was, that the ghost would harvest the rice for them. And so the ghost began to harvest the rice. The next wish: Fill a bucket with water to wash the clothes with.  And also: paint the walls.

At the third wish, the ghost let out the dog. And then the ghost had finished all the work. And he went back home.

Serife, Taybe, Julisa, Youssef, Ira and Ilias