THE MAGICAL JUG

Once upon a time, there was a boy named Joy. One day, while Joy was getting ready for school, he noticed his sister, Ginni, had left the tap running in the bathroom. Quietly he went in, and closed the tap to save water. Then he closed the tap again while brushing, to stop the wastage of water. He knew that everybody should try to save water, and he was determined to do his bit in its conservation. He was proud of being an eco-conscious citizen of the world. Someone else was proud too—
The Blue Fairy.
The Blue Fairy came in his dreams that night and said, “Dear Joy, I am very happy with you. You are a responsible boy, and you are doing your part in conserving the Earth and its’ natural resources. As a reward for you, I am giving you this magical jug. It will provide you with any liquid you ask for. The liquid will not finish as long as you keep pouring it. But remember, you can use it only thrice. Enjoy!”
Joy got up and ran straight to Sid’s house. “Let’s get some water”, he suggested. But Sid was not very happy with that idea. “Why should we ask for water?? We can simply open the tap for that. Let’s ask for something difficult to get.”
“Let’s ask for some cold drinks!!” Joy said. Both the boys were allowed only one can of cold drink per week. So they were very excited at the idea of getting unlimited cold drinks from the Jug. Sid ran and got a big bucket. “Let’s fill it up!!” he exclaimed. So they asked for a cold drink, and started pouring from the magical jug. Amazingly, the little jug was able to fill up the whole bucket. The boys were thrilled!!!
However, even before they could have their first sip, they heard Sid’s mother walking in the room. “If Mom finds out about the bucket, she’ll punish us badly”, cried Sid. Joy was scared too. In a panic, they threw the contents of whole bucket down the toilet, and flushed it even before Mom could enter the room.
“Kids!” said Mom, “Dad is taking you both out for a drive to the top of a hill in his new 4 wheel drive. Go.” She did not even notice the bucket. Sad about the loss of their cold drink, the boys went to the car. But soon they forgot all about it in the exhilaration of going uphill in a new car. On the way, they saw a terrible accident. Two cars had a head-on collision, and the passengers were trapped.
“You boys help the injured, I’ll go fetch some help” shouted Dad, and drove down to get people to help. Joy and Sid noticed fumes arising from the engine of one of the car. “That car is about to catch fire. All the trapped passengers will die. We must extinguish it!!” said Joy. Sid immediately had an idea. He asked the magical jug to give icy cold water, and with the unending supply of water, the little children were able to put off the fire. Till then, Dad came back with some men to pull the passengers out. He went down again to arrange for medical help. Till late, Dad and the two boys kept busy helping the injured. Finally when they were ready to go back home, the car refused to budge!! “The petrol!!” exclaimed Dad. “I made so many trips today; my car is now out of petrol. Now we are stuck on this hill!!”
“Don’t worry, Dad.” Said Sid, and he quietly asked the magical jug to provide petrol, and put it in the car. Dad was surprised to see the petrol in his car full again, but he was too tired to think about it. Even the boys were too tired to notice the Jug disappear!!