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In both cases, these stories add another dimension to the original story. The first is the one that the fisherman tells to the jinni ('The Vizier and the Sage Duban,' summarized elsewhere in this ClassicNote), and the one that the prince tells to the curious sultan.

Though not all these stories are detailed here, there are two additional stories that branch off from this one and are included in The Arabian Nights. The story of the fisherman and the jinni is quite the frame story in itself. In turn, the fisherman is rewarded when his son is appointed as kingdom's treasurer, and his daughters are married to both the curious sultan and the prince. The man is crying, and tells the curious sultan another branch story called 'The Ensorcelled Prince.'Р”Р„fter the story, the curious sultan assists the sad prince in securing revenge, and they become close friends. Near the pond, he finds a palace, and enters to discover a young man who is half-stone. Soon afterwards, the curious sultan sets out to the pond alone, against his vizier's wishes. Eventually, the curious sultan sees the miracle, and asks the fisherman to bring them to the pond. That person then flips the pan, and the fish chars to ash.Р”Р„fter the first instance, the curious sultan's vizier asks the fisherman for more, but he must wait until the next day in order to keep his promise to the jinni. However, these fish are special every time one is fried, a person walks through the wall to question the fish, and the fish answer. The fisherman sells his mystical fish to the kingdom's sultan, who pays healthily for them. From the pond, the fisherman catches four colorful fish, but promises he will only toss his net into this pond once a day. However, he keeps his promise, leading the fisherman to a distant pond in the mountains. The jinni complies, and kicks the pot into the ocean once freed.

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He then tells the jinni a story to explain why he does not believe the spirit - that story is 'The Vizier and the Sage Duban,' summarized elsewhere in this ClassicNote.Р”Р„fter the story, the old fisherman agrees to free the jinni if the spirit promises to help him. The jinni swears that he will repay the fisherman if the latter frees him, but the fisherman expresses his doubts. The fisherman immediately shut and sealed the lid, trapping the jinni inside once more. To prove it, the jinni dissolved back into smoke and returned to the pot. Aloud, he doubts that the jinni could have fit in the pot, considering his immense size. Finally, after four hundred years of imprisonment, the resentful jinni swore he would kill whoever rescued him, offering only to let that person choose the way he wanted to die.Р”Вesperate, the fisherman develops a plan. For the next century, he planned to grant his rescuer three wishes per day. During his second century imprisoned, he decided he would grant his rescuer all the world's treasures. For the first century that he was trapped underwater in the pot, the jinni promised himself that he would make whomever rescued him rich. The fisherman is naturally confused, so the jinni explains. As a gift, the pot jinni offers to let the fisherman choose how he wants to die. He fears Solomon means to kill him, but then learns from the old fisherman that Solomon has been dead for centuries. The jinni initially believes that he has been released by King Solomon, the jinni king who had imprisoned him in the pot. However, when he breaks the seal, smoke emerges and forms into a jinni (a genie). The old fisherman is delighted, sure that he will be able to sell it. His fourth yields a large, heavy yellow pot that is sealed shut.

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His third cast catches a basket full of trash.

His second seems to catch something heavy, but he is disappointed to discover it is only a donkey carcass. One day, the old fisherman catches nothing from his first cast. An old, poor fisherman barely catches enough to support his family, but has a rule he refuses to break: he only casts his nets out four times per day.