Jun 14, 2011

Genies, further explained

A few days after Fatou Bobo ties the red fabric around my wrist, one of Julia's host sisters further explained the red fabric mystery. Apparently, there are genies that will pick you and change you for someone else. Unless you’ve got the red fabric tied to you, then you’re safe.

So now I’m picturing a scenario that in addition to Moses and the Egyptians is also like those changelings in I forget what culture…Irish? Where the faeries take your baby and exchange it with another baby that isn’t yours. And you can’t tell just by looking but you know something’s off and you know this baby doesn’t have a human soul.

That’s how I’m imagining this genie works.

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