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What did the fisherman tell about?

What did the fisherman tell about?

The jinni thought that Solomon had come to kill him. When the fisherman told him that Solomon had been dead for many centuries, the Jinni was overjoyed and granted the fisherman a choice of the manner of his death. The fisherman decided to trick the jinni. He asked the jinni how he managed to fit into the bottle.

What is the plot of The fisherman and the Jinni?

Summary. 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. One day, the old fisherman catches nothing from his first cast.

How did the fisherman save himself?

How did Chatur save himself from the fishermen? Ans. Chatur lay still as if he was dead and was thrown out with the other dead fish. He dragged himself to the river, jumped in and was saved.

Who is telling the story of the fisherman and the Jinni?

The second top-level story told by Scheherazade. There was an old, poor fisherman who would cast his net four times a day and only four times.

Why did the fisherman not marry his daughter?

Answer: The fisherman has a daughter of 17 years which was an age for marriage before.So the fisherman searched for a good groom for her daughter but unfortunately he didn’t have enough money to get her daughter married.

Why does the wife become angry with the fisherman?

She is angry with the fish for making her a poor king. She is not satisfied just being king. Her kingdom has no people in it, and she wants to rule over people.

What does the poor fisherman find in the brass jar?

The annoyed fisherman cried aloud and said, “In the court of Allah there is no justice and power remained!” With all his disappointment and vexation, he dived to bring his net up. Finally, he brought it out and found a cucumber shaped jar of brass.

How does the demon make the fisherman rich?

When the demon shows he can fit inside, the fisherman quickly closes the bottle and prepares to fling it back into the sea. He doesn’t believe the demon’s promises to make him rich if he opens the jar again. Instead the fisherman compares their situation to the tale of King Yunan and the sage Duban.

What gift would you ask the king if you were the fisherman?

Answer: The fisherman asked for 200 lasher on his back because he wanted to teach a lesson to greedy gatekeeper. (6) What gift would you ask the king, if you were the fisherman? Answer: If I was the fisherman, I would ask for gold coin from that coin daughter marriage and remaining once for the rest of my life.

Why did Solomon imprison the Jinni?

When the fisherman told him that Solomon had been dead for many centuries, the Jinni was overjoyed and granted the fisherman a choice of the manner of his death. The Jinni explained that for the first hundred years of his imprisonment, he swore to enrich the person who freed him forever, but nobody freed him.

Why did the fisherman ask for 200 lashes on his back?

(5) Why did the fisherman ask for 200 lashes on his back? Answer: The fisherman asked for 200 lasher on his back because he wanted to teach a lesson to greedy gatekeeper.

Why did the wife send the fisherman back to the fish?

She wanted to rule the sun and the moon directing their rises. When the fish heard that it sent the fisherman home again saying they got back what they had before. They were in the same very poor hut as before the fish was caught.

What did the fisherman tell the jinni about Duban?

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 pleaded for clemency, and swore to help him in return for being released.

Who are the main characters in The Hobbit?

Smaug can speak and possesses a dark, sardonic sense of humor. The grim human who is the honorable captain of the guard in Lake Town, a human city built on Long Lake just south of the Lonely Mountain. With the help of information discovered by Bilbo and related by a thrush, Bard finds Smaug’s weak spot and kills him.

Who are the goblins in The Hobbit?

A disgusting, treacherous, and yet pitiful and lonely creature who is obsessed with the ring, and trades riddles with Bilbo . Leader of the goblins who capture the dwarves in the Misty Mountains. He is killed by Gandalf . The elf-lord of the elves at Rivendell, and an ally to Gandalf and the dwarves.

Who are the cousins of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit?

The Sackville-Bagginses, “cousins” to Bilbo. They arranged an auction to dispose of Bilbo’s effects long after he disappeared. Bilbo returned during the auction, upsetting the plans the Sackville-Bagginses had for moving into his fine hobbit-hole. Bilbo suspected them of making off with some of his silver spoons.