The Magic Lamp

Once an young man wandering in a jungle found an old but shining lamp in the hollow of an ancient banyan tree. He was delighted to find some gold in the middle of a jungle and his greedy eyes searched for more treasure in the hollow but found none. A bit disappointed, he now looked carefully at the only treasure he found, a golden lamp. He wondered if it was a magic lamp(his favorite Disney character Aladin played on his mind). So he rubbed the lamp and waited for something to happen. Nothing happened. He rubbed the lamp more vigorously. Again nothing happened.

Disappointed, he kept the lamp aside and started planning to sell it the next morning. Then something hissed. He jumped fearing a snake, but to his surprise he found smoke billowing from the lamp. Out of the smoke popped a sleepy genie. The genie rubbing his groggy eyes demanded, "Why are you disturbing my sleep? What do you wish....?".

As soon as the genie spoke the word "wish", the young man started without even stopping once for a breath, "I WISH THAT YOU BUILD ME A GRAND PALACE WITH TEN ROOMS FULL OF GOLD AND A BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS AWAITING ME IN IT IN THE MIDDLE OF A GREAT CITY ." And then he added, "I hope you count this as one single wish."

The genie stared at him silently for some time and then slapped him hard and quipped, "Got what you want ?".

The baffled young man complained, "Did you not just ask what my wish is ?".

The genie coolly said, "I never promised I will fulfill it", and now genie's expression was angrier, "If I had such a large palace and all that wealth, why would I be living in this stupid cramped lamp, moron ?". And then genie disappeared with his lamp.