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The Museum | One
Prawn The Museum Benny
Shapiro worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He
used to tell his friends that he was the curator, although
his primary job was to keep the exhibits clean and polished.
One day he happened to be dusting around the Arabian
exhibit, and he noticed an ancient urn that needed some
cleaning. He got out his dust rag and began polishing.
Lo and behold, an enormous Genie appeared before him.
"Master," the Genie began, "I am the Genie of the
urn. I can grant you three wishes, but there is one
condition I will put on you -- you must never shave
or cut your beard for the rest of your life, or you
will be forced to take my place inside the urn forever."
Benny thought about it for a bit, and decided it
was a fair condition for three wishes. So Benny wished
for 49% of the total Microsoft stock which was promptly
granted. Then he wished for the most beautiful woman
in the world as his wife and lo and behold she was.
Finally, he wished for fame and fortune and he instantly
became a worldwide celebrity. Over the years, Benny's
beard became longer and longer until it almost reached
the floor. As it grew longer, it began to itch. He tried
to ignore it, but the itch became more and more irritating
- while the memory of the Genie's warning faded. Finally
he decided he had to get rid of the beard and he shaved
it off. Instantly he was trapped in the urn, to stay
there forever. The moral of the story?
A Benny
shaved is a Benny urned. One
Prawn every minute! Adam and Christian were two
atlantic prawns. They had been friends all their lives,
and went everywhere together. One day, Adam brushed
up against a bottle on the seabed, and out popped a
genie, complete with breathing gear (as you might expect).
He offered Adam three wishes. "I can't think of much,"
said Adam, "can I have one wish now and come back later
for the others?". The Genie agreed, so Adam said "Well,
I've always wanted to be a great white shark." Sploosh,
Adam turns into a great white shark. "Come back when
you think what you want with the other wishes" the genie
calls out as he squeezes back in to the bottle. Adam
thought this was great, but soon noticed that all his
friends were giving him a bit of a wide berth. So he
went to see his lifelong friend Christian, but he got
the door slammed in his face. "Shove off, you're a great
white shark, and I don't feel safe with you" . Adam
was very upset, and after wandering around the seabed
alone for a while, he returned to the genie. He explained
that all his friends were shunning him, and he did not
want to be a shark any more. The genie points out that
legally, he is under no obligation to reverse a wish
just because it no longer suited, and Adam agreed to
use his second wish. The genie reverses the process
Sploosh!! Adam is no longer a shark. Pleased as
punch he goes to see his lifelong friend, and as he
approaches the little prawny house, he calls out "Hello,
its me, Adam, can we be friends again?" "Why should
I be friends with you, you were a shark not long ago",
said his old pal. "That's OK, you can trust me, I'm
a prawn again, Christian"
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