JOY AND THE MAGICAL BAT

Once upon a time, there was a boy named Joy. Once he went to a supermarket with his family where he was amazingly nice and helpful. He helped dad move the cart, mom pick up the groceries, and he even entertained his sister, Ginni when she got cranky. Mom was very proud of her little boy.
Someone else was proud too – the Blue Fairy!!!!
The Blue Fairy decided to reward Joy. When Joy slept, the Blue Fairy came in his dreams and said, “Joy, you have been a very good boy today. So, I am giving you this cricket bat!” The bat was the size of half a pencil. “This is a magical bat. It will grow up to the normal size when played. It can be played with anything. It can hit things as far as you want. But remember, all my gifts can be used only thrice. Enjoy!”
When Joy woke up, he found the tiny cricket bat under his pillow.
That afternoon Joy asked his friend Sid to play cricket with him.
“How can we play cricket? We don’t have a bat!!” Sid replied.
Then much to Sid’s astonishment, Joy took out his toy. Immediately, the bat increased in size, and became a real bat.
“Wow!” he said, “But the Blue Fairy should have given you a ball also!”
“The Blue Fairy said we can play with anything.” replied Joy. So they started playing with a stone. Amazingly, the stone became as bouncy as a ball, and the two friends played till long.
When they reached home, Joy was very tired. He carelessly left his bat on the floor. Ginni tripped over the bat, but she became bouncy as a ball and bounced upwards. Luckily, Joy saw this just in time and was able to catch her in his arms. He decreased the bat’s size and kept it in his pocket right away.
Later that evening, Joy and Sid were standing on the balcony when they noticed a robber looting cash from a nearby store. He had a gun.
“What should we do?” Joy wondered aloud. “Even if we call police, the robber will run away before they arrive”.
Sid had a bright idea. “Let’s play cricket with your magic bat and a knife” said Sid. Joy took the bat out. As Sid bowled with the knife, which magically bounced like a ball, Sid hit it with his magical bat and said “To that robber’s shoulders!”
The knife flew from the balcony and landed edge down on the robber’s shoulders. The robber cried out in pain, and dropped his gun. People around at once grabbed the robber!! The bat disappeared immediately but the two friends were very happy.