Children's Stories
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What are some children's stories that might be useful to put out?
The Dysfunctional Genie
The genie is a great Deus Ex Machina. Problem, like the real-world Deus Ex Machina, everything comes with a price, overhead, consequences, and the net effect is almost always negative.
Q: Is the genie well-meaning?
Q: How does the story end? Is the genie sent away, or is a wish used for the genie to stop granting wishes using its special powers?
Q: How is the metaphor made sufficiently obvious? Is it in the story or in a separate explanatory section? Is there an appropriately anvilicious moral statement at the end?