A Sudden Puff of Glittering Smoke

When Jeanie liberates a genie from a half-millenium of captivity in the ring she's found, her first wish is that she should be able to astonish people. The genie obliges by ventriloquizing his own visionary memories of the Orient through Jeanie as she sits in her workaday classroom. Throughout the school day, the genie's literal interpretation of Jeanie's wishes enables him to express his homesickness amidst his dismal surroundings. This is a short and entertaining tale, presenting a cleverly written variant on a well-worked theme.