Grandma's Stories--617--Two Wishes !!

Two Wishes !!

Andrew was a very lazy man and did not want to do any work.His mother left him alone in the world one year ago.She was fed up of teaching and preaching him.She used to do house hold works in Rich people houses and then she could earn money to feed herself and her young son.A small house,they were living in was their own.Andrew was now twenty one and now no body was there to serve him food.He was thinking what to do and an idea came in his mind.A rich man Maxim was living in front of his house was Maxim and his mother used to do work there.Maxim had have a beautiful daughter named Angela.He thought that if he get married with her he will be a rich man because Angela was Maxim’s only daughter.So he started going to their house,first to get sympathy as he had lost his mother then to assure Angela to find a good house keeper for them.Each time he was offered tea coffee or snacks and was accepted by him.Maxim used to be busy in his business so could not know what was going on .Gradually Angela fell in love with Andrew and so she forced her father to get agree for that marriage ,She was only child and he brought her up alone so he could not deny.He arranged the marriage .After marriage he started living in his father-in-law’s house but this was not accepted by Angela and her father as well and she forced her husband to shift to his own house.

She came and cleaned the house asked him to go and earn money.He went to the sea shore and sitting there for a long time,he was thinking, Previously I was alone and need to do a little work to feed my self but now I need to do hard work for Angela as she is a Rich man’s daughter. Exactly at the same time a Mermaid arrived there and said ,”I bless you with two wishes to be fulfilled ,you need to wish at 12 midnight { 10 minutes left} and must be within 12 seconds.She vanished and Andrew came back happily.
He ran home ,described every thing to his wife as fast as he could,She said we will ask a bungalow and a big factory so that you can run it like my father.He said,” No,I will ask for lot of money and lot of comforts,so that I need not to do any work.She said”But—“”Stop,you monkey face—And Oh ! her beautiful face turned into a Monkey face.Seeing this he immediately said,”Turn her face as it was”and it turned into her beautiful face.”Both the wishes were done.They were standing where they were.