The Memory Magic

Clara was a very bad student. She would never pay attention during any of her classes. She would always fail her exams and make her parents angry. One day while Clara was walking home from school she saw an old woman in a wheelchair. Clara felt sorry for the old woman and bought her a huge bunch of flowers.

"Oh my !" the old lady exclaimed. "Thank you so much. What can I give you in return ?"

"I don't need anything" said Clara.

"I insist" said the lady. "Come to my house and I'll see what I can give you".

Clara went to the lady's house. It was filled with different antique vases.

"What's this ?" asked Clara. She was pointing to a bottle filled with some kind of bubbling purple liquid.

"Oh, that's a memory potion that I bought from a witch a long time ago. I needed it because I have bad memory. I've only used it once or twice, I think" answered the lady.

"Can I take that if you're not using it ?" Clara asked.

"Sure" said the lady.

A few weeks later Clara's exams were starting. I'm sure to fail again, thought Clara. Suddenly she got an idea. "Maybe I could use some of that memory potion before the exams. Then I'm sure to pass." she said to herself. Then she began to doubt herself. "This is cheating" she said. "I've never cheated, but if I don't do this I'll fail again !".

On the night before the exam used some of potion while studying to remember all the answers. When she was writing the exam she was surprised how well the potion worked. She only had to look at the question to remember the answer. She was also surprised that she was the first one to finish the exam paper.

A few weeks later the exam results were out. Clara had gotten such great marks. The teacher was very surprised to see Clara's marks. "You've finally worked hard for once, Clara !" said her teacher. Clara felt quite guilty hearing this. Her parents were so happy when they saw her marks. Clara had made them so happy!

Days later a class test was being held. The night before the exam Clara thought she would use the memory potion. As she was drinking the potion her mom opened the door and walked in. Almost at once Clara took the bottle and held it behind her back.

"Clara what's behind your back ?" asked her mom.

"Nothing" lied Clara.

"Clara don't lie to me" said her mom. "Show me what's behind your back''.

''Alright'' said Clara, in a soft voice.

She brought out the bottle from behind her.

"What is that?" asked her mom.

"A memory potion" answered Clara.

"Why do you need a memory potion?" asked her mom in shock.

''I used it to pass my exams'' said Clara, in a very soft voice.

"WHAT?'' shouted her mom.

"You cheated ALL your exams?" said her mom.

"Yes" said Clara.

Clara's mom made her understand that cheating is wrong and nobody is brilliant at everything. Clara promised to her mom to never cheat again and she also threw out the rest of the potion so that she would never use it again.

From then onwards Clara studied so hard and paid so much attention in class that all her teachers were surprised. She finally learned how to do some hard work of her own !!!