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“What do you have in your hand “Jonathan asked”
“That’s your gift “he replied” open your hand and I will give it to you
Jonathan opened his right hand and the boy–placed on his palm an old and dusty coffee bean
Jonathan got upset
“I thought that it was going to be a real gift –he said- you lied to me –Jonathan shouted- nowonder why people don’t trust you anymore and call you the Lying Goblin -insulted Jonathan-
“It’s not a lie –responded the little boy about to be crying, because he feltvery hurt by Jonathan words- what I have given to you is a real gift, it is not a regular coffee bean. It’s a magic coffee bean.
“I don’t trust you –Jonathan saidgetting ready to leave back to picking his fruits.
The strange boy turned even sadder and started to cry and he finally confessed.
“You have to trust me! A Fairygodmother turned me into a Goblin, because I used to lie until I got used to lying everyday and now nobody trusts me. But I was given a second chance to mend my mistakesand now ten people have to trust me, if I want to go back to normal and have my regular body again. And you are the person number 10th. If you trust me the sorcerywill end and I will be a regular child again –the boy finished saying with tears running his eyes.
Jonathan got closer to him he didn’t want to see the boy sufferingand he decided to give him a second opportunity.
“And what is going to happen if I trust you?
“If you truly believe me the coffee bean in your hand will turn intogold and
The fairy godmother will come back to break down the sorcery and after she leaves all the coffee beans that I have gathered in the pot will also become gold