“I have a better idea. I wish…” But Ben never got to finish what he was wishing for as their mother, Julia, a 42 year-old who worked from home on her computer came into Gabe's room too.
"What is all the yelling about?" Julia asked her sons. "Ben here says that he got a magic coin from the neighbor who found it in the neighbor's garage sale box for free." Gabe explained.
"Is that so? Well it's causing you two to have a bit of a fuss with each other. May I have a look at it?" Julia asked her son holding out her hand.
"But mom, it's a wishing coin, you have to be really careful about what you wish for." Ben warned his mother.
"Oh! Honestly Ben, it's just an old coin that the neighbor didn't want if it was in a free garage sale box. See? Just an ordinary coin, no magic attached to it whatsoever, I'll even prove it to you by making my own wish." Julia said.
"Mom, wait, you don't know what will happen!" Ben said trying to warn his mother who still didn't believe him.
"Alright now, I've got it. I wish...."