The Lamp
By Emma, 10

One glorious summer's day there was a school fete. My mum and I were walking around when something caught my eye. It was a wonderful, shiny golden lamp.

I pleaded with my mum for money and she said "Yes" so I went and bought it.

That night I was investigating the lamp when all of a sudden a large cloud of smoke came from the lamp and there, right in front of me, stood a tall man in unusual clothes. He told me all about being trapped inside the lamp and said that I had three wishes because I had freed him. The first thing I asked for was to go to a deserted island.

Puff, I was there and the lamp was with me!

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