You hear Abdul singing softly as he moves some boxes and items in the back room. You decide to look around in the store. You see an assortment of several instruments and old items that catch your interest. You hear Abdul come out of the room and approach you. Beaming with his genial elderly smile, he laughed, "What are you doing this late hour John? Don't you have to eat?"
"I figured you would handle that". You winked. Abdul laughed as he patted your growing midriff. "Seems I'm doing a good job there!"
You smile and pat your prized possession. You look over to see an old Arabian lamp in the corner.
"What's the story with this?" you ask.
Abdul laughed, “Ah, John, that is one of my prized possessions. I received it from a relative from Dubai. He was doing some excavation work and found this. He gave it to me this year in fact as a gift,” Abdul said stepping up to stand at your side. “As you can see, it is quite the old lamp. My relative said the writing on its side speaks of it's purpose to to keep the evils of the dark spirits away from great power. It also says something of the sort that the lamp is empty and only a being of pure heart can take on the power within and wield it.”
You smiled, "So, it's some sort of genie in a bottle?! Now that sounds rich! I only wish those things could be true".
Abdul smiled stroking his long white beard, "Oh John, how I wish I could enjoy it. I would be over the moon to relive my youth with vigor and gusto!"
"You try rubbing it for kicks?" John laughed.
"No, but we could give it a shot", replied Abdul
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