The Slimming Plan

Susan was a very vain woman, always thinking that she was attractive and cute. Yet, she was really a chubby person. One day, while looking at her body in front of the mirror, she decided to slim down. She felt that the ordinary way of dieting would not be good for her body. So she turned to her good friend, Violet, for advice.

“There is only one place that is the most suitable for you to lose weight – prison!”

“What? You means I should stay in jail to carry out my slimming plan?”

“Don’t worry. Just commit a small crime and get yourself inside. You will need to do jobs like gardening, cleaning and other tasks which will burn your fat fast. Moreover, the food in prison is so terrible that I bet you will not have appetite to eat much. One the day you are set free, you will be very slim".”

The following days, Susan went to a supermarket to carry out her plan. Inside, she deliberately took out some expensive items surreptitiously. Just as she was about to leave the supermarket, the observant security guard stopped her and asked a female colleague to search her body. The unpaid item was found and Susan was sent to count and charged with theft. Everything was as planned. She gladly admitted the misdemeanor and the judge sentenced her to a six-month prison term. To everyone’s astonishment, she seemed happy with the verdict.

For the first few weeks, the food there was unpalatable that she ate only a little. “Good, if I continue like this, my weight will be reduced in no time and I shall become a pretty girl with may male suitors.” She thought to herself.

But the prison wardens seemed to take a liking for her. They tried to satisfy her in every way they would. They placed her in a comfortable cell and gave her delicious food. Having been deprived from good food for weeks, Susan regained her appetite and wolfed down all the food. Day by day, her weight actually increased instead of decreasing, but she did not notice. All she did was enjoy her life in prison – eating and sleeping, and then eating again.

Time seemed to fly and soon, she was released from prison on a sunny morning. On her way home, she thought she must have a slimmed down a lot. But upon reaching home and facing her mirror, what she saw was an obese, unattractive woman.

“Oh! Why? Why? Why? How did my plan fail? My beauty is ruined! Who would want to marry me?”

Knock. Knock. Knock. She answered the door, only to find two policemen outside smiling at her. “Miss Susan, we are sorry to tell you that you have to stay in prison for another six months. According to the law, your imprisonment term should be a year and a mistake was made.” One of them said gently.

“Oh! No, please! I do not want to gain weight again!”