The Reverse Midas touch : Bad luck charm

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Timo and misfortune were best friends...In fact, there was nothing that they would do without the other's company. They first met during elementary when Mrs.Hopkins asked them to draw a sunset...While everyone else got busy doing outlines of the mountains , birds or the big yellow sun at the top of the page, Timothy ran into a few technical difficulties; for one, his pencil tips seemed to break off for no apparent reason, and the sharpener holder he was using almost miraculously broke, scattering its contents ; the aftermath of this scene saw him and his benchmate Zach sneezing uncontrollably till the end of the class.It was the first time they'd ever met, but lady misfortune (rather little miss misfortune ) took an instant liking to Timo.
Remember the popular line "for your friends are my friends and my friends are your friends" from the children's classic "The More we get together" ? Well, apparently miss misfortune took this song to heart,for whoever was around Timo, got a present or two from her, whether it was a missing penny or a torn shoelace or a jammed trouser zip.And so it was , all throughout his school years;One Christmas, Santa's beard got eaten up by rats,Another time, the Sodium chloride in the chemistry lab suddenly transformed into sulfuric acid as if the molecules had a mind of their own and yet another instance where the video game console crashed inexplicably and recovered as soon as Timo left.

I first met Timo during my high school years,he had recently moved into my apartment complex.We had a nice chat when we got stuck in the elevator for a whole hour...The unsuspecting me soon became a good friend of Timo..The misfortunes kept coming, but I was of the belief that there was always an explanation for anything.. Like, my Nintendo gameboy was definitly well past its usability when it stopped working, I blamed Microsoft Windows when the blue screen of death kept showing up on my desktop computer, I blamed chinese manufacturers when my almost brand new treadmill's motor blew up...In fact, it took me quite a bit of time to join the dots...Most of these "mishaps" occurred when Timo was around.In being friends with Timo, I had also introduced my self to miss misfortune.

Fortunately for me, a year later , I had to move elsewhere for college ... Miss misfortune stayed behind...I think I can blame her for me losing Timo's contact number, and I didn't hear from him for years...That was until last week, when I had to go to my childhood place on a business trip.Apparently, he was now the CEO of a well known IT company!...Now that she'd grown up , Lady Misfortune had left to make a name for herself and a husband for life ...