“A cow.”
“I know, isn’t it amazing! Now we can have milk and butter and cheese and little baby calves!”
“I know what a cow is, Terry. It’s just not what I was expecting.”
“No?”
“No. See, when I said to sell our magic bean harvest to the wizard for a large bag of gold, I thought you’d come back with a large bag of gold. Not a cow.”
“But… look, I met this guy…”
“Like the guy who sold you the Rialto Bridge last week?”
“Er… yes. Very like him. Might actually have been the same guy.”
“Jesus, Terry.”
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This one was from the prompt ‘magic beans’. Jack knew what he was doing.
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I liked this it made me think of Only Fools and Horses so it made me smile. I like smiley stories. Ok now do one about Tish Tosh, that will make me smile and possibly go ahhh!
I never thought of that side of the story before. Good point!