The Man and the Lamp

There was a man who wanted to find a magic lamp.

He was told such item could be found in Arabia. With that goal, the man dedicated himself, and a few months after he had learned to speak arabic. He traveled, and upon arriving in Arabia, he was told a journey through the desert was necessary, so he could reach a distant village, where clues about the lamp were to be found. To achieve that, the man had to learn how to properly mount and properly ride a camel.

Upon entering the village the man asked around, and was told the clues about the lamp were known by an elder standing near the well. The elder was thirsty, and told the man he would share his secrets if he could help figure out where the water of the well had gone. The man did an intense excavation by the side of the village well. After many days, he discovered there were rocks blocking the water from below ground. The man worked day in and day out removing the rocks, until finally the water returned to the well. The elder thanked the man, and told him the lamp he knew about was atop a mountain in his home country, Mongolia. The man thanked the elder, and took himself to Mongolia.

There, he took mountain climbing classes. Upon completing many of’em, and choosing a trustworthy guide, the man started the climb. After many weeks he reached the top. There, the man searched carefully for the object and eventually found it, a magical lamp, much like in the tale of Aladdin.

The man rubbed the lamp, and from it out came a genie, as one could expect. The genie asked the man “what are your three wishes?”. The man replied: “I want to be a man of great feats genie! Feats like learning exotic languages, taming animals I’ve never seen, to be able to perform intense labours and ascend to the highest mountains!”

Moral: the potential to acquire what you want is always within you