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Alan and the ‘Magic’ potion

6D Vivian Yuan

If you had a magic potion, what would you do with it? Would you do bad
things using this potion? Alan was a primary school student who often got bad
results. He was as silly as a goose so his classmates always played tricks on
him. He was pitiful.

One day, Alan went shopping for some exercise books. He saw a shop
which was different from the other shops. He was curious and went into the
shop. Inside the shop, there was a lot of black bottles. Alan picked up one
thoughtlessly. He thought the bottle was not useful so he put it back down
and was walking out of the shop abruptly.

‘Hey, you look so smart!’ The sales praised Alan.
‘No, my classmates call me a silly goose,’ Alan said sadly.

‘Oh, but I think you are as smart as the scientists. If you drank this magic potion, you will be even smarter.’ The
sales said. Alan immediately looked at the price tag. It costs $1000! He couldn’t afford it.

‘Don’t worry! We have discounts for students. You only need to pay $500,’ said the sales as she took out a
coupon and gave it to Alan. At the end, although the magic potion was expensive, Alan still bought it. A few minutes
later, Alan went out the shop in a good mood. Alan drank the potion as soon as he got home.

However, two weeks later, Alan’s results
SHOP never improved. Alan was terribly sad. He went

back the shop and wanted to get a refund.
However, when Alan went back to the shopping
Centre, he couldn’t see the shop. The security
guard told him that the shop had left one week
ago. Alan was utterly furious and regretful. He
knew his parents would scold him. He learnt not
to believe in the sales’ praises and flattery again.

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