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THE TALE OF THE FISHERMAN

AND THE JINNI

Presented by: Wino Cilos and Michael Jey Latoga
THE TALE OF THE
FISHERMAN AND THE JINNI

THERE WAS A FISHERMAN WHO CASTS HIS NET 4 TIMES A DAY,

ONE DAY HE GOES TO THE SHORE TO CASTS HIS NET.
FIRST, HE CATCHES A DEAD DONKEY, THEN THE SECOND CASTS HE GETS THE

PITCHER FULL OF DIRT, THEN THE THIRD TRY, HE CATCH A PIECE OF POTTERY

GLASS. THEN THE FOURTH CASTS HIS FINAL CAST TRY, HE CALLS UPON THE

NAME OF ALLAH AND CASTS HIS FINAL TRY, WHEN HE PULLS THE NET, HE

FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS COPPER JAR WITHIN IT WITH A CAP THAT LABEL

A SEAL NAMED BY LORD SULAIMAN, SON OF DAUD. WHEN THE FISHERMAN

FOUND IT, HE BECAME HAPPY DUE TO FACT THAT HE CAN SELL IT TO A GOOD

PRICE. WHEN HE HOLDS THE JAR, HE TRIED TO REMOVE THE SEAL BECAUSE OF

CURIESITY, WHEN HE OPEN THE BOTTLE, IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE A PLUME OF

SMOKE THAT COMES TO THE TUBE OF JAR THAT FORM INTO AN IFRIT.
THE FISHERMAN BECAME FRIGHTENED DUE TO THE IFRIT APPEARANCE,

BUT AS FOR THE JINNI'S PERPECTIVE HE DIDN'T SEE THE FISHERMAN

BECAUSE HE PRIORITIZES HIS SORROUNDING DUE TO ALLAH IS TRYING TO

KILL HIM.WHEN THE FISHERMAN TELLS HIM THAT ALLAH HAD BEEN DEAD

FOR MANY CENTURIES, JINNI SURPISE AND OVERJOYED AND TELL THE

FISHERMAN THAT HE WILL GRANT THE FISHERMAN HIS DEATH.

THE FISHERMAN SURPRISE TO WHAT HE TELLS HIM BY JINNI, BUT HE EXPLAINS

TO HIM ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED FOR THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS OF HIS

CHAMBER INSIDE THE BOTTLE, AT FIRST, HE SWORE THE PERSON WHO FREED

HIM WILL BE WEALTHY FOREVER. FOR THE SEECOND CENTURY WITHIN THE

CHAMBER, HE SWORE TO SOMEONE THE WILL FREE HIM WILL BE GRANTED

A GREAT WEALTH. BUT NO ONE RESPONSE TO HIS EXCHANGE. AND AFTER

ANOTHER CENTURY, HE SWORE TO SOMEONE THAT FREED HIM THREE (3)

WISHES, YET NO ONE TRIED TO HELP HIM. AFTER FOUR HUNDRED YEARS OF

IMPROSONMENT, THE JINNI BECAME ENRAGED AND SWORE TO A PERSON THAT

FREE HIM WILL BE GRANTED AN EXECUTION BY HIM.

WHEN THE FISHERMAN HEARD ALL THE STORY OF THE JINNI,

THE FISHERMAN BEGS FOR HIS LIFE BUT THE JINNI'S REFUSE

TO WHAT HE TELLS HIM, BY THE FISHERMAN AND PROCEED

TO KILLING THE FISHERMAN. THEN THE FISHERMAN HAS

NO CHOICE BUT TO TRICK THE JINNI, ASKING HOW HE GETS IN

THE BOTTLE AND THE JINNI SHOW IT AND EXHIBIT BY

ACTION. WHEN THE FISHERMAN HAS OPPORTUNITY BY

LETTING THE JINNI STUCK IN THE BOTTLE, HE HURRIEDLY

CLOSES THE BOTTLE AND SEAL IT LIKE EXACTLY HOW HE

SESS IT BEFORE, THE JINNI DIDN'T SHOW UP THE THREATENS

THE JINNI TO BRING HIM BACK TO THE SEA AND TELLING HIM

HE WILL NEVER GO BACK FOREVER. WHEN THE JINNI HEARD

IT, HE IMMEDIATELY BEGS AND BEGIN TO TELL A STORY

ABOUT THE WAZIR AND KING YUNAN AND RAYYAN THE

DOCTOR TO REASON WHY THE JINNI SHOULD SPARED HIM.

 SYMBOLISM
SEA- LIFE

FALCON- GOOD COMPANION

BOOK- WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE

JINNEE- GOODLUCK/BADLUCK

BOTTLE MADE OF COPPER- LIFEGOOD FURTUNE

THE MORAL OF THE STORY
TREAT PEOPLE HOW YOU WISH TO BE TREATED.
DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY JUDGE SOMEONE WITHOUT
HAVING KNOWN OF THEIR TRUE PURPOSE.
NEVER BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU.
QUESTIONS!
1.WHO FREED THE GENIE?
2. WHICH CHARACTER DO YOU LIKE MOST AND WHY ?
3. HOW DID THE FISHERMAN PUT THE GENIE IN THE

POT?
4. PICK ONE MORAL OF THE STORY AND EXPLAIN YOUR

THOUGHT.