Twenty-four year old Cassim and his three year old son, Aladdin, walked through the marketplace. They were searching for the perfect birhtday present for Carina, Aladdin's mother.
"Daddy, can we get some apples?"
Cassim thought for a moment. He decoded to play a little trick.
"I don't know, Aladdin."
"Pleeeeeeease."
Aladdin made a puppy dog face.
"Oh my heart is breaking." Cassim said sarcastically.
"Please." he said in the inoccent little voice he knew his father couldn't resist.
"Okay."
"Yeah!"
Cassim stole two apples when nobody was looking.
"Piece of cake."
"Yummy."
"Yeah, yummy."
Aladdin licked his lips at the thought of a pice of cake.
"Daddy,..."
"Don't even ask."
"Oh man."
Aladdin saw something.
"What's that?"
"What's what?"
"That." Aladdin said pointing.
Cassim saw a beautiful, diamond necklace in a shop nearby. He and Aladdin went in and looked at it.
"You like the necklace, do you?"
Both spun around to see a small, ugly, old woman.
"Uh, yes. How much is it?"
"One hundred gold coins."
"One hundred gold coins?! For a necklace?!"
"They are real diamonds."
"Are there any cheaper ones?"
"There is one for fifty, but only the larger diamond is real."
"I'll work on getting the money for the hundred gold coin necklace."
"I could use help around my shop. If you do a good job durning a month I'll give you the necklace."
"Alright."
Cassim began work the next day. He was glad Carina's birthday wasn't for a little over a month yet.
The Perfect Gift by Cassimfan