A man made a deal with the devil that he could wish for anything and it would happen, but only if he took one mushroom out of the sack and ate it first. He was warned never to let anyone else eat the mushrooms inside the sack.

  As the man checked the sack, he saw a single mushroom. Bewildered, he asked, "But, here is only one!"

  The devil replied, "Why so greedy? Do not let you misuse your power of course. Too many wishes are no good!"

  The man was upset. Seeing his disappointed face the devil felt pity on the man.

  "Now now, don't get upset. Only once you take one out and EAT IT will a new mushroom appear inside it!"

  The man was immediately enlightened and felt really thankful but still bewildered that he couldn't eat two or three mushrooms at once. After all, the more he ate the more powerful his wish would be, right? Right? After all, he had read the contract thoroughly. Who would dare to make a contract with a devil otherwise?

  Although the devil told him the side effect - 'one mushroom in exchange for one hour of his life', he still couldn't suppress the temptation. To be honest it was a good deal, perhaps more as it would later turn out that he would swear that even a day in exchange for one mushroom was worth it.

  Having completed the contract and bidding goodbye it was time for the man to shine. He went on to become famous, really famous and that too in many fields.

  Sports? Easy. Casinos? Winner. Knowledge? At the top. But still, he wanted even more and more and more. Then one day it happened. The high-paid security he had for the sack betrayed him.

  He had already made himself invincible but regarding the sack and mushroom? No matter how much he ate and how many hours he spent, he couldn't make a wish relating to them. It was a scare as to how he missed this in the contract.

  Long story short, one day the security took the sack to some other party, perhaps some tycoon or prince or perhaps the government? It didn't really matter as after a few hours of non-stop searching he couldn't find it at all and then it happened...

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  The man saw the world collapsing, the earth bursting with lava, and planes crashing when suddenly he fell. And fell and fell and fell... And then SPLASH!

  The ground dyed a crimson red on the white pavement could have looked beautiful if not for the body on top. Body of the madman with schizophrenia who lived on the streets and imagined things. Everyone knew but no one came. Why should they?

  ***

  The CEO of xxx corporation sat on his seat comfortably. The orange wine in the glass swirled around, almost touching the rim but never slipping out.

  His other hand touched the sack, immediately creating a wind phenomenon. The windows were being pushed back, and his wig had flown off, but the wine still swirled.

  Having a premonition he looked to his side. A strange red humanoid with horns and wings came dragging its tail. IT was red to boot and built like some war-suit weapon.

  He was scared to see IT but felt relieved when he noticed IT had the same signature symbol as him. IT was BALD!

  Giggling as if having read his thoughts the devil smiled comically and said, "So you are the lucky one who found it? Mother luck is on your side today! Don't fret! Don't tremble my friend! I'm here only to explain some rules before you start using the sack and create some unwanted trouble like killing yourself."

  Confused, the CEO was about to say something when the devil spoke again, "Now, about the rules. And please don't test my patience by interrupting me again! And yes, I am DEVIL!"

  ***

  Smirking, the child looked at the devil standing with exhaustion. "I told you, they were not ready."

  The devil replied, "The failure percentage is very high." His tone sounded sad but that's how the devil was. He was sad because-

  "You are simply sad because you want them to last longer and face more horri-." Hearing a tongue click the child stopped mid-sentence.

  He knew that he was about to step on the devil’s tail. He did not dare cross the line. Who in their right mind would if they knew they were dealing with a devil?

  "I hope your prototypes last longer, and perform better." The devil giggled. Something sinister about his smile.

  "And I hope you will keep on helping me test the prototypes so I can finish the final product sooner." The child stated with a straight face…

  "Of course! A devil always holds his terms of the contract!"