10th June 2003
Dear Diary,
I used to think that I was Jenny Nelson, your typical seventeen-year-old American schoolgirl. My dad Major Anthony Nelson is an astronaut in the US Airforce and I always believed that my Mom Jeannie Nelson was a normal housewife until I found out today just how disillusioned I really have been all these years. You see my Mom is a Genie! I can't believe she lied to me all these years and to top it off my Dad knew too, it seems that Mom was his Genie. I should have guessed- I mean look at Moms name-Jeannie and I Jenny Nelson was stupid enough not to realise.
I found out today the truth on this my seventeenth birthday when I walked in on my parents having an argument to find objects flying or should I say floating with force towards my Dad. My parents immediately saw me stood there in the doorway and they went very quiet. "What's going on here?" I asked
"Jenny" my Mom called after me as I ran to my bedroom, I had to get my head around what I had seen. A few moments later my parents came and knocked at my bedroom door, "Jenny we need to talk to you" said my Dad.
"Go away" I said
"Please just let us explain"
"Alright" I said. I was very curious and I wanted to know what was going on. My parents came into my room and sat down. "Mom" I said, "Why didn't you tell me you were a Witch?"
"Jenny I'm not a Witch" laughed my Mom.
"I'm glad you think it's funny. So if you're not a witch then what are you?" I said.
" I am a Genie"
"A Genie you must think I'm stupid there's no such thing as a Genie"
"Well I am"
"So how did you become a Genie then Mom"
"It's a long story"
"Well I have all the time in the world"
"It all started 2000 years ago"
"2000!"
"When an evil and powerful Djinn imprisoned me in a bottle because I would not marry him"
"But that was 2000 years ago how did you meet Dad is he a Genie too?"
"No I met your Mother when a space mission I went on failed and I crashed on an island in the middle of nowhere. When I was trying to build an SOS on the sand with objects I found a bottle which wouldn't keep still so I picked it up and rubbed it and out your mother appeared in a pink puff of smoke"
"What did you say Mom"
"Well I spoke in Persian and told your father that I was his slave, but of course he could not understand me of course"
"So what did you do Dad?"
"Well I kind of guessed your Mom was a genie and of course I guessed that I had three wishes. So I asked her for a helicopter to save me, but of course she couldn't understand me and instead brought me a falcon which was no good to me. So she got rid of it then I asked for a boat but she got me a roman ship but that was no good either so she got rid of those.
Then I said, "Genie I wish you could speak English" and voila! She spoke English."
"Oh cool then what happened?"
"Well I wished for a helicopter and one mysteriously appeared"
"But didn't anyone see Mom?"
"No the helicopter was too far away"
"So what did you do with your third wish?"
"I wished your Mom free but your mother stowed away in my equipment"
At this point a thought suddenly came to me if my Mom was a Genie and my Dad was mortal then what did that make me? So I asked my parents, "What am I? Am I a Genie too?"
"We're not sure" replied my parents, "You have never used your powers if you have any."
"So how do my powers work if I have any?"
"Well I cross my arms concentrate then blink and I can have what I want" I tried to do this too and I conjured something that then disappeared.
"Oh dear" said my dad.
"What's wrong Dad?" I asked.
"It looks like we have another Genie in the family" he said laughing.
A few minutes later there was a knock at the front door it was my Uncle Roger. Well he isn't really my Uncle he's my Dad's best friend as they work together. But anyway I suddenly wondered if he knew about Mom. I went downstairs to see Uncle Roger who said "Hello Kiddo I hear you're a Genie too"
"You mean you knew too did anyone else know or am I as usual the last one to know anything?" I said as I stormed off, suffice to say I was still in shock and I could not believe that Uncle Roger had known all this time and had not thought to tell me.
So there you go I Jenny Nelson am a half-genie and I know now that things will never be the same again.
I used to think that I was Jenny Nelson, your typical seventeen-year-old American schoolgirl. My dad Major Anthony Nelson is an astronaut in the US Airforce and I always believed that my Mom Jeannie Nelson was a normal housewife until I found out today just how disillusioned I really have been all these years. You see my Mom is a Genie! I can't believe she lied to me all these years and to top it off my Dad knew too, it seems that Mom was his Genie. I should have guessed- I mean look at Moms name-Jeannie and I Jenny Nelson was stupid enough not to realise.
I found out today the truth on this my seventeenth birthday when I walked in on my parents having an argument to find objects flying or should I say floating with force towards my Dad. My parents immediately saw me stood there in the doorway and they went very quiet. "What's going on here?" I asked
"Jenny" my Mom called after me as I ran to my bedroom, I had to get my head around what I had seen. A few moments later my parents came and knocked at my bedroom door, "Jenny we need to talk to you" said my Dad.
"Go away" I said
"Please just let us explain"
"Alright" I said. I was very curious and I wanted to know what was going on. My parents came into my room and sat down. "Mom" I said, "Why didn't you tell me you were a Witch?"
"Jenny I'm not a Witch" laughed my Mom.
"I'm glad you think it's funny. So if you're not a witch then what are you?" I said.
" I am a Genie"
"A Genie you must think I'm stupid there's no such thing as a Genie"
"Well I am"
"So how did you become a Genie then Mom"
"It's a long story"
"Well I have all the time in the world"
"It all started 2000 years ago"
"2000!"
"When an evil and powerful Djinn imprisoned me in a bottle because I would not marry him"
"But that was 2000 years ago how did you meet Dad is he a Genie too?"
"No I met your Mother when a space mission I went on failed and I crashed on an island in the middle of nowhere. When I was trying to build an SOS on the sand with objects I found a bottle which wouldn't keep still so I picked it up and rubbed it and out your mother appeared in a pink puff of smoke"
"What did you say Mom"
"Well I spoke in Persian and told your father that I was his slave, but of course he could not understand me of course"
"So what did you do Dad?"
"Well I kind of guessed your Mom was a genie and of course I guessed that I had three wishes. So I asked her for a helicopter to save me, but of course she couldn't understand me and instead brought me a falcon which was no good to me. So she got rid of it then I asked for a boat but she got me a roman ship but that was no good either so she got rid of those.
Then I said, "Genie I wish you could speak English" and voila! She spoke English."
"Oh cool then what happened?"
"Well I wished for a helicopter and one mysteriously appeared"
"But didn't anyone see Mom?"
"No the helicopter was too far away"
"So what did you do with your third wish?"
"I wished your Mom free but your mother stowed away in my equipment"
At this point a thought suddenly came to me if my Mom was a Genie and my Dad was mortal then what did that make me? So I asked my parents, "What am I? Am I a Genie too?"
"We're not sure" replied my parents, "You have never used your powers if you have any."
"So how do my powers work if I have any?"
"Well I cross my arms concentrate then blink and I can have what I want" I tried to do this too and I conjured something that then disappeared.
"Oh dear" said my dad.
"What's wrong Dad?" I asked.
"It looks like we have another Genie in the family" he said laughing.
A few minutes later there was a knock at the front door it was my Uncle Roger. Well he isn't really my Uncle he's my Dad's best friend as they work together. But anyway I suddenly wondered if he knew about Mom. I went downstairs to see Uncle Roger who said "Hello Kiddo I hear you're a Genie too"
"You mean you knew too did anyone else know or am I as usual the last one to know anything?" I said as I stormed off, suffice to say I was still in shock and I could not believe that Uncle Roger had known all this time and had not thought to tell me.
So there you go I Jenny Nelson am a half-genie and I know now that things will never be the same again.