I wasn’t sure if it would be possible for her to change her bodily condition — when I’d jokingly wished to lose weight and have bigger boobs, the lamp had declined due to the aesthetic nature of the wish —but her problem wasn’t aesthetic, it was functional. Just like my messy house. My house was able to be kept in top condition yesterday, so why couldn’t her body be the same?
I tiptoed outside and peered into Mrs Kramer’s window. Her right arm was visible resting on an armchair and there was an old black-and-white movie on the television. She always came back onto the porch to sit at her little table and watch the sunset in the evenings, so I slid between the shrubs and reached up to the table on the porch, placing the box down. I gave a satisfied nod and discreetly slid back into my own yard and inside the house.
It had taken making a wish to realise I didn’t need a wish. I had everything I needed, every resource at my fingertips to make my life what I wanted it to be. For my neighbour, it was getting too late. She’d lost that glow, that hope, and it would take a miracle to turn her life around. Maybe the lamp would help her, allow her to dream of something more. But as for me, well, tonight I’d be dreaming of Johnny.
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ISBN: 978-0-85799-073-0
Title: I Dream of Johnny
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