The Fisherman and the Jinni [SEP] series
The Fisherman and the Jinni
"The Fisherman and the Jinni" is the second top-level story told by Sheherazade in the "One Thousand and One Nights".
Synopsis.
There was an old, poor fisherman who cast his net four times a day and only four times. One day he went to the shore and cast his net. When he tried to pull it up, he found it to be heavy. When he dove in and pulled up the net, he found a dead donkey in
fisherman decided to trick the jinni. He asked the jinni how he managed to fit into the bottle. The jinni, eager to show off, shrank and placed himself back into the bottle to demonstrate his abilities. The fisherman quickly put the cap back on and threatened to throw it back to the sea. The jinni pleaded with the fisherman, who began to tell the story of "The Wazir and the Sage Duban" as an example of why the jinni should have spared him.
After the story, the jinni