BOOK OF DARK-STORIES

Mr Malon, a fresh vegetable vendor who no one knew where he bought them because he didn't have a farm. Every time people asked him he would curse them. Mr Malon was an old grumpy man who loved competing for everything, even with small kids. He sold vegetables in the street markets… And only his vegetables were of high quality and expensive. One morning, a new vendor replaced Mrs Veros since Vero's moved to another state. The new vendor was Jani. She was a good woman who loved to help others...on her first day she already won the hearts of many customers , the high-quality vegetables, but the prices were affordable. This scenery sent Malon flying down with anger... he even packed and left early that day ... Mr Malon arrived at his house and upon arrival he threw the boxes of loaded tomatoes on the floor close to a pile of rat poop. His house looked new outside, a double white story, black aluminum windows and two dead money plants by the door. The house was situated in a decent neighborhood, but the inside of the house was messy, with old dirty white clothes covering his couches , spider webs and dust on the chandeliers, the kitchen utensils except for the two pots and a plate he used most of the time. Mr Malon was a lonely old man who lived alone, and he didn't care much about his neighbors. He went straight to his bunker and locked himself in, he walked towards a mirror covered with a dirty white cloth. He pulled down a dirty white cloth revealing a long narrow mirror dipped in gold on the sides, perfectly clean and clear. Mr Malon pressed a small silver button on the lower right side of the mirror. Upon pressing the mirror, a face of a young boy who looked tired and restless appeared on the surface of the mirror. . “Mirror who is the greatest seller of them all ,” he asked the mirror boy. “It's you Mr Malon, the mirror boy said . “Who is the new woman who is stealing my customers ?” Mr Malon asked the mirror boy. “She will win you over, she has a heart of gold baptized in waters of grace, gratefulness and power ,she is the love they all try to describe,” The mirror boy said. Mr Malon got furious, he ordered the boy to send worms to Mrs Jani's vegetables. The next morning, the boy refused, but Mr Malon asked with great anger. He threatened the boy that he would punish him if he did not oblige and the mirror boy did as the Old Man Said . Mr Malon went back to his living room laughing out loud. The next day, Mr Malon packed his vegetables, put them in his car and drove to his marketplace. Mr Malon looked happy that the other vendors were even surprised. Jani arrived at her marketplace, greeting everyone with a warm smile . Mr Malon smiled wickedly, knowing what was coming. Ten minutes after Mrs Jani packed her vegetables, customers started flocking in the marketplace to buy vegetables, fruits and fish. However, people started noticing worms on Mrs Jani's vegetables. She started to panic, causing chaos among the horrified customers. Customers were annoyed by this, so they shifted to buying Mr Malon's vegetables. Mr Malon was very happy, but his excitement was cut short by a pest and control team, who asked everyone not to buy fruits and vegetables for that day due to a pest outbreak around the area. All the fruit and vegetable vendors were asked to sanitize their vegetables, pack up and go back home as the area was under quarantine for a day. Everyone was disappointed, including Mr Malon. “It's okay we can all come to my house for a tea party,” Ms Jani invited all the fruit and vegetable vendors, including Mr Malon, but Mr Malon was hesitant but finally agreed to go. Mr Malon went straight home. Enraged by this scenery, he marched to his bunker, uncovered the mirror in anger. “Why did the pest and control team side up with her when I asked you to embarrass her in front of people," he shouted, stomping his feet. “I told you, Mr Malon, she has a good heart and people with good hearts cannot be easily destroyed. The universe usually stands for their backs," the tired mirror boy replied. “You know what, tomorrow I want you to make everyone hate me so that I become the best," Mr Malon said. “ Are you sure you want me to do this,"the boy asked. “Yes !I want you to do it, "Mr Malon protested. “But so you just said that..... “Look, young boy, I want you to do as I say, and I want you to be set free after this," he said without listening to his errors. The next day, Mr Malon's vegetables rotted in front of everybody and everybody hated him. People flocked to Ms Jani buying her vegetables.Mr Malon went home in anger. He looked in a mirror, pressing the button, but the boy didn't show on the surface. “ Are you looking for me, Mr Malon," the boy said, sitting in a corner of the room eating an apple . “ How did you get out ?," Mr Malon asked, horrified. “You set me free, Mr Malon remember," the boy said, standing up from the ground. “Why did you make my melons rot, you made everyone love her instead of me ," Mr Malon said, enraged. “You kept on cursing yourself. I tried to warn you ," I said. “ I never cursed myself, young boy,"he said. The little boy played the surveillance camera showing Mr Malon asking the boy to rot his vegetables and set the boy free. Mr Melon got angry and enraged. He took a small key to lock the boy back in the mirror, but the little boy pushed him into the mirror, locking him in. The little boy went to the kitchen, to eat .