From the Arabian Nights： The fisherman and the genie

A long time ago there was an old， poor fisherman who did not catch enough fish for him and his family to live well. One day when he pulled in his fishing net he found a pot in it that looked valuable. He was happy because he could sell the pot and make some money. But he was also curious to see what was inside， and so he took the lid off. Smoke came out of the pot and became a big， powerful genie.

The genie had been in the pot for four hundred years and he was very angry. At first he told the fisherman that he would kill him and that the fisherman had to choose how he wanted to die. Scared， the fisherman decided to trick the genie. He told him that he did not believe he could fit inside that little pot because he was so much bigger than it. So the genie went back inside to prove it. The fisherman told the genie how he had tricked him and then said he would only let the genie out again if the genie promised to help him instead of hurt him.

The genie promised and the fisherman released him. The genie took the fisherman to a lake