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R-20. It comes in red or green, fringe extra, and it's guaranteed for a hundred hours of flying time. It doesn't do loop-the-loops, so you'll be quite safe. Just keep away from trees and tall buildings while you're practicing.”
    For a moment Ali was tempted. Herown flying carpet! It would be great. “Well…” she began.
    “Okay you've twisted my arm,” Ray said quickly. “Seeing as you're a friend of Little Genie's, I can give you fifty percent off. Only fifteen gold coins. That's a real bargain.”
    Reluctantly Ali shook her head. “I'd
never
be able to keep it a secret from my family,” she said. “People around here just don't have flying carpets.”
    Ray's eyes gleamed. “Really? Maybe I should think about opening a shop!”
    Ali laughed. Having a shop selling flying carpets in Cocoa Beach would be great! She bet Tiffany Andrews could talk her parents, into getting her an R-60 in no time.
    Ray yawned again. “On the other hand, I'm not sure I like the weather here too much. Let me know if you change your mind,” he said, curling up on the carpet. “You won't get a better deal than that on the R-20.” And in five minutes he was fast asleep.
    Ali admired the patterns on his carpet for a bit longer Then she glanced at the door Where was Little Genie? She was
starving
.
    Half an hour passed. Then an hour. Ali was still hungry, and there was no sign of Little Genie. Ray was still asleep, but every now and then he muttered things like,
“The R-40's a good family model, plenty of space for the kids; it's even got a Snakes and Ladders board woven into thepattern to keep them quiet on those long journeys
….”
    Ali started to feel very bored. She was too small to read a book or put some music on her CD player Ray's lamp was still shining brightly on her desk, and the room was beginning to feel uncomfortably warm. She had just decided to have a nap to forget about her rumbling tummy when she heard footsteps coming up the stairs.
    “Sorry I took so long” Little Genie puffed, bursting into the, room. “We all ate dinner, and then I offered to dry all the dishes so Jake could have some playtime. He told me it was my turn”
    “What?” Ali said, frowning. “That's not true!”
    Genie shrugged. “After that, your dad and Jake did homework, and since I didn't have any, your mom and Gran and I watched this “TV show about these people who live on the same street who keep having arguments with each other”
    “That's
Sunshine Street,”
Ali sighed. It was her favorite show, and now she'd missed itThen a thought struck her “But isn't the TV broken?”
    “Your mom fixed it,” Genie said. “She said it was the fuse. Anyway, look”-She held out a plate. “I brought you a cheese sandwich.”
    Ali was too small? to hold the whole sandwich, so Genie broke off a tiny corner and handed it to her By the time Ali had finished the piece, she was full!
    “Ray can finish the rest,” Genie said. She yawned. “I think lit go to bed.”
    “You won't be able to get into your lamp, though, will you?” Ali pointed out. “Not while you're being me.”
    “That's okay,” Genie said. “I can sleep in your bed.”
    “But what about me?” Ali asked. She glanced over at Genie's Lava lamp on her desk “Hey, can I sleep in there?”
    “No, sorry” Genie apologized. “You don't have the right magic to get into my lamp. But you can sleep on my—sorry, your—pillow, if you like.”
    “Okay,” Ali said, feeling a bit disappointed. She'd been looking forward to seeing what was inside Genie's lamp!
    Ali settled down on the pillow.Meanwhile, Genie put on a pair of Ali's pajamas.
    “What are we going to do about
that?”
said Ali, pointing at Ray's lamp. It was dark outside now, and the glow seemed even brighter “Can't we wrap it up in something?”
    “That won't work,” Genie muttered sleepily, getting into bed and snuggling down. “It's a magic lamp. You can't stop it once it's shining.”
    Ali looked down at Ray,