the Thief of Forbidden Manuscripts

part 3

"Sami gets out of bed. "Now tell me, Mr. Hamush, how many genies live with us in this house?" "Not many, just me and my family."
The boy sighs and says, "That's a little reassuring. How many members of your family, Mr. Hamush?"
"There's me, my wife "Jassasa", and we have thirty-nine little genies."
The boy is horrified by the genie's answer and exclaims, "My God, there are forty-one of you living in our house."
The genie frowns, furrows his eyebrows, remains silent for a moment, and then continues, "If you mean this room, that's right... "
The boy becomes more and more astonished and asks him again after getting very close to him, "Are there others in the other rooms?"
He replies: "Yes, we are nine families sharing this house together."
And how many of you are there?
The genie starts counting, looks up, clenches both hands and starts counting his fingers as he mumbles something unintelligible and then says, "There are three hundred and sixty-seven of us."
The boy sits on the edge of his bed as if a calamity has occurred and then grabs his head with both hands and says, "Oh my God! A whole tribe lives in our house!"
At that very moment, Hamush disappears just as the door is opened by Aunt Camelia, who looks left and right and says, "What's that noise? Who were you talking to, Sami?"
He stands up from his bed in surprise as he answers her, "I'm sorting out my thoughts, Auntie, I have a lot to do, and I was preparing some riddles to surprise Mahmoud this evening."
She keeps entering the room and approaches him with her gaze focused on the magical robe. "Why are you wearing that ridiculous costume? Where did you get it? What's that wand? Do you want to imitate wizards? "
He answers her: "Yes, Auntie, I'm getting ready for Mahmoud and his favorite show (The Most Impressive Magician)."
"Forget about this nonsense" ... She approaches closer, removes his magic robe and hangs it on the hanger behind the door, then continues: "It's time for your gym class, you're late today, and you don't want to upset your uncle Asaad."
No, Auntie.
Then - she picks up his sports backpack and helps him put it on - then hurry up, you're late.
The boy starts to walk out and when he reaches the door, he hears her calling after him, "Stop!" He turns to her and she quickly snatches the cane out of his hand, saying, "Don't tell me you're going with that ridiculous cane in your hand! "
He freezes and his eyes glaze over for a moment, but luckily for him, Auntie has placed it gently on his bedside table... "Now, hurry up and don't waste time," she continues, "Yes, Auntie."
In the evening, at nine o'clock, the Avatar comes to the boy's room and finds it full of genies, so many that he can't even seat there!
Some on the table, two on the chair, and about seven others playing on the bed. Hamush holds up an ugly-looking baby genie and introduces him to Sami, saying, "This is Morgan, my youngest child, still a baby and only nineteen years old." The Avatar asks, "What is this mess, Mr. Hamush?"
"I am introducing my family members to Sami at his request," he replies, "Well, thank you and your family, Mr. Hamush, we have an important appointment and we have some things to do in Fantasyland."
He responds by handing the baby elf to his mother, Jasasa: "I will go with you there, because learning to use the magic wand is very difficult, and I feel very bored here."
The Avatar is surprised by the Genie's response and asks, "How did you know we were going to start learning how to use the magic wand?"
At this moment, the genie is silent while Sami pretends to pick up and carry one of Hamush's children, "And you, little one, remind me again, what is your name and how old are you?" The Avatar nods his head left and right and says, "Hahaha, ... Children "
"After putting the little genie on the bed, Sami turns to the avatar and asks, "Is it time?" Before he can answer, Hamush utters a sentence in Jinn language and all his children scurry under the bed and disappear.
The boy looks strangely at the Avatar, who explains, "It's Jinn language, he told them the food is ready, and now let's go to the fantasy world."
The foggy aura is formed and the three of them leave, Sami, the Avatar and Hamush the genie.
The Avatar chooses a secret and uninhabited place, with mountains clearly visible on the horizon, lots of rocks and very little vegetation.
The boy looks left and right, asking, "What is this dreary place, Dad?"