For two days, Aladdin despaired. Why didn’t I just hand over this old lamp? Who cares about it, anyway? Whatever might have come of it, it couldn’t have been worse than this! What was I thinking?”

Rubbing the lamp, he moaned, “Oh, how I wish I could get out of here!”

At once, a huge Genie rose up into the air. “You are my master!” boomed the Genie. “Was that your first wish - to get out of this cave? Three wishes are yours to command.