"I was still young then, living in my father's house" "And having a great time like in paradise" "But once when the wind blew the smell of the sea" "I couldn't resist my desire to go far away." "I left behind the comforts of home, and went in search of adventure." "We were sailing for so many days and nights that we couldn't count them." "But the sea means not only white clouds and clanging strings." "Soon our fate played a different song for us." "All our reserves were used up." "And nothing but sea and sea all around us." "In vain were we looking for a shore." "And longing to see a piece of land on the horizon." "All our hopes were lost." "We didn't even dare to think that this could go on." "The dark phantom of hunger was hanging above us" "Over the immense endless sea there death was grinning" "Only fishes could save us from starving to death." "The sea was full with them." "But how to catch them?" "The last fishhook...the last hope." "The evil mark of inevitable fate reminded us again of the sad end." "We were lying on the ship overwhelmed by starvation," "Watching greedily those beautiful fishes." "We were envisioning them on barbecue." "But they were swimming too far from us and couldn't be caught." "They may have felt we had no good intentions toward them." "One night a big fish came to our ship." "I collected my last strength and tried my luck." "Finally..." "Fate was on my side." "But what a wonder!" "The fish talked" "It was only whispering but still, it was talking." "It begged and asked for release" "It promised me a reward, the nicest one the sea can give." "To a hungry poor fellow like me it offered a huge fortune." "No one was watching and I always was a good guy." "It persuaded me after all, so I let it go." "And I did right." "The reward was worth it." "Next morning I felt sorry for my deed." "But before I could confess to my hungry mates..." "Land!" "Land!" "Far from us and surrounded by sea there was a beautiful island" "We saw a lot of coconut trees" "And we believed that we were heading for a paradise" "Which would end our suffering." "We had nuts galore" "But hunger made us so week" "That we couldn't break a single one." "blood" "Blood was gushing from the soil." "Nothing but blood...a waterfall of blood." "We soon understood" "This wasn't an island" "But the back of a huge whale." "It had been sleeping there for ages so a palm garden blossomed on it." "The strike with the axe woke it up." "And it was too bad for us." "The sea swallowed our ship and my friends too." "Even I was going down." "I was desperate and saying goodbye to life already." "But my lucky fate brought me to the fish" "Which I had set free." "It saw me and recognized me." "And my only good deed redeemed me." "Before I could think it took me on its back and brought me to the surface." "It was about time." "I badly needed to breath." "I couldn't last any longer down there." "We were swimming nearly a whole day and when the sun was setting down" "We finally reached an unknown shore." "It didn't look welcoming but I was glad to have a firm land beneath my feet." "I was crying with joy." "No" "No one will ever make me return to the sea." "Farewell fish" "Thank you for your help." "I don't want even to hear about adventure any more." "I feel good here." "This old and wise elephant had mercy for me." "And brought me on his back to the city." "Suddenly I sensed the sweetest smell in the world." "The smell of fresh bread." "But fate wasn't done with me." "That night a thief slipped into the sultan's palace." "He stole all the sultan's treasures down to the last coin." "And no clue was left of where gold, jewels, and thief were gone." "When the sun rose in the sky the next day" "I was still sleeping peacefully" "But not for long." "The steps of the sultan's guard were rumbling around me." "I couldn't understand what was going on." "Why were they coming around me?" "Why are they watching me?" "What do they want?" "I didn't do anything." "I was bounded like a criminal and was led to the sultan." "The sultan was angry and snarling and trying to force me to admit that I had stolen his treasure last night." "His jewels and pearls" "I was trembling for my life." "I couldn't understand why was I being treated like this" "Then I saw the baker and he said..." "It's him" "The thief" "Yesterday he gave me pearls for a loaf of common bread." "So he is the thief." "Yesterday he gave me those stolen pearls," "The baker didn't stop yelling." "But the wise sultan thought it over." "How come the baker got the pearls yesterday while the theft occurred last night?" "There's something wrong here." "So he made the princess come and asked if this is her pearl necklace." "The Princess was watching it for a long time and then said:" "Release that innocent man, these aren't my pearls." "I have never had such a nice necklace." "I was saved." "Then the sultan invited me to his court" "And there was so much food and drink that it made the table bow down." "Since then I have abundance of everything." "Also the baker was satisfied." "He had become the main provider of bread." "The princess kept the nice pearls." "So we all were happy and content." "Then in the golden age of princesses and roses" "I was living by sultan Muhammad" "He was a passionate hunter." "Whenever he went hunting I had to accompany him" "For a poor sailor like me it was a great honor." "He liked me so much that he never did a step without me." "Pity that he was so heavy." "He made my back ache." "But I didn't complain a bit." "At least not aloud" "So much I appreciated the friendship of a powerful sultan." "And there was another bound to keep me in the sultan' palace." "The strongest one." "The princess." "The sultan's daughter" "She didn't know I loved her" "It was my secret." "Hold tight, no worry, just come in...in...in." "Stand up, there's a guest for you." "Stand up." "Hold tight...tight...tight." "Let him be..." "let him be!" "Scoundrels!" "I'll show you." "Let him be, let him be!" "Let's go, let's go." "Good old parrot - my only real friend in the sultan's court - saved me." "He lacked neither heart nor guts." "Attention!" "Turn around." "March now!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "When the alarm rang I was far on the sea." "Far from sleepy princess, far from fat sultan." "I was going away saying to myself" "I would let nobody ride on my back ever again." "I sculled all night long to get myself as far as possible from the sultan." "I knew he wouldn't forgive me and would hunt me down." "By sundown I glimpsed a little island not far from me." "There was a funny rock in the middle of it resembling a huge egg." "Is there a bird capable of laying eggs so huge?" "But it isn't a rock either." "What could this be for lord's sake?" "The sultan's soldiers!" "What should I do know?" "How could I escape?" "The sultan is holding me already." "Now he will show me." "This is my end." "It was an enormous horrible bird." "Without the slightest sound I took cover under its wings like a timid mouse." "When I saw its appetite" "I crawled into the darkest place beneath its vans." "When the night came I stayed buried in its feathers." "But I couldn't sleep a bit because of fear." "Not before the morning was I able to sleep a bit." "Only for a while." "But I wouldn't wish anybody to awake like this." "The height made me dizzy." "We flew the whole day" "And I had to be careful so the beast doesn't notice..." "There was an illegal passenger." "It would be bad for me." "I saw with my own eyes... the terrible creature catch an elephant." "Good that it flew away." "But what about me now?" "I stayed on my own" "And I wondered ..." "What will I do alone?" "This unknown forest frightened me." "I realized that this poor old man couldn't walk." "And wanted me to carry him." "He will surely show me the way to good people." "So I had mercy on him." "But what a bad idea!" "The oldster clung on to my back kicking me like mad hitting me like a horse" "And I just couldn't get rid of him." "Is my back only for burdens?" "Am I a pony or a donkey?" "I must get rid of him whatever it takes." "But even hippo's stomach wasn't strong enough for this bully." "I was plodding with the codger hungry and thirsty all day long." "I would give half of my life for a gulp." "Now!" "look what luck gave me!" "There was a cask in front of me." "Nice cask!" "Castaways must have forgotten it here." "Finally a drink." "The thirst was killing me." "But I didn't get one gulp..." "The codger was thirsty too." "And how thirsty!" "Like he had no bottom, no limits." "And not a drop was left for me." "It was wine" "Luckily for me!" "Even bad things bring good sometimes." "The oldster cheered up, forgot to hold on and tumbled down." "He forgot about me and went on fooling around like a comedian." "He got wiped out by the wine" "And I felt good." "As if I got rid of the weight of a mountain" "My lucky star hadn't left me yet." "Castaways accepted me like one of them" "And we set for the sea towards new adventures." "I always longed for adventures but in the end I learnt" "That happiness is as fickle as a butterfly" "Only sea has never let me down." "It lead me to the greatest adventures of my life." "The sea was always my faithful friend." "My faithful mate." "When the sky cleared up we sailed to a large rocky island." "We hoped it wasn't a wasteland." "We needed some help and went in search of good people." "It was a terrible discovery." "We had been caught by a human eating giant." "Alas!" "What a destiny!" "We had to escape whatever it takes otherwise we would serve as his dinner." "Lucky for us that he couldn't see us." "He begun to destroy all the castle" "He wanted to kill us, destroy us" "Smash us apart" "He wanted his revenge and he nearly succeeded" "It was a close call." "We managed to sail away just out the giant's reach." "But then he heard the splash of our paddles..." "He could tell our position" "And it was the end for us." "Nobody but I survived all that horror." "Here I was again sailing like a poor castaway" "In an old cramped cask." "It was my ship now." "My last rickety hope" "I was sailing hungry and thirsty through all those days and nights." "I was saying goodbye to life already." "I felt my death coming" "So I felt asleep weak and desolate." "The sea didn't let me down." "It helped me as usual." "During my big sleep seahorses pulled me to a little bay." "And I was sleeping and sleeping" "After waking up I couldn't believe my eyes" "Instead of endless sea I saw a marvelous garden." "I have never seen so much beauty put together." "I was stupefied by the scent of flowers and sweet music." "I begun to think I had come into the world beyond." "Into paradise." "It was a paradise for real" "But a forbidden one." "Probably paradise of some sultan." "I would have hard time if caught." "I mustn't show up" "Now this was too much." "I couldn't watch this." "I was starving to death...and here..." "such beautiful apples" "I must have at least one even if they cut me up." "Now I had here a sultan's dancer instead of the apple!" "What a mess!" "Could I let her go?" "She would reveal my presence." "But then the little dancer started to like me." "However I had a huge fear of the sultan." "The little dancer recognized the sultan's ring." "He must have lost it during his bath." "She explained to me that this ring has an evil power." "A man pointed at with a finger wearing the ring looses his head." "The power of the cruel sultan was built upon this." "And now we own the ring." "We needn't to worry and hide anymore." "She was dancing with joy so long that we were found." "It was the end." "I was so scared that I completely forgot the ring." "I was dragged right in front of the sultan..." "Who was sitting on the throne with a hand in plaster..." "So the suitors wouldn't see..." "He had lost his evil power." "In the last moment I recalled..." "The ring's magic power and gave it a try." "Then I was elected to be the governor of the whole country" "I gave my first command." "I ordered a huge banquet of the most delicious dishes" "So I, a hungry sailor, only on the throne could eat my fill" "Then I gave my second and last order" "I wanted a new ship for a long sailing." "Why, I wouldn't sit on the throne when the sails could bring me wherever I like" "When the ship was finished I said goodbye to the city and the people" "Let them rule themselves without the magic ring" "For a last time I waved goodbye to the dancer who wouldn't leave her home." "On the wide open sea I threw the ring into the water" "No one would find it there and that was good." "Now I was happy... having a nice new ship and sailing for another adventure." "My native land..." "That meant music and singing of nightingales." "as well as the scent of juicy meadows and charming flowers" "I believed I wouldn't find more delightful place in the world than this one." "Nonetheless all that beauty didn't beat" "My desire for sea." "The sea, it was my greatest love." "We were astonished" "Our ship was going through waves like mad rushing forth pulled by the force of a magnet mountain." "When we understood it was too late" "We weren't the only ones whose destiny was to be smashed by the horrible island's shore." "And the magnet mountain had never spared a castaway." "With determined effort we fought the mountain" "Soon we saw it was a pointless battle." "We threw out the anchor in a last hopeless attempt." "Maybe..." "The sea will have mercy for the faithful sailor Sinbad" "Really!" "A huge old turtle" "The strongest creature in the sea..." "Dragged our ship out of reach of the lethal power of the mountain." "And we were saved." "Once out of harm's way I realized it was no miracle but a display of friendship" "Oh what would an old sailor do without friends?" "Dear good turtle, we will never forget." "We raised the sails again and set them to friendly winds." "A few days later the sea brought us to another island" "None of us knew this mountain." "And it was a funny mountain." "The air full of sounds of bugles and drums" "Swords and spears everywhere like in an upset wasp nest" "I felt that we should avoid this place." "But my curiosity was stronger." "I ordered to anchor at a safe distance." "An old sultan ruled over the island" "He was then angry with the whole world." "His daughter had disappeared had got lost..." "Had been kidnapped or escaped with someone" "For there's no anchor that could hold a girl's heart... when it's affected by love." "But it wasn't what sultan wanted to hear" "He had ordered to catch her, bring her, and punish her" "So all the guardians and soldiers were hunting for fugitives in every which place" "The sultan was so furious that he went searching for the daring kidnapper himself" "He had chosen the most competent helper in the palace and the skillful tracker didn't hesitate to answer the call of duty" "But the pursuers couldn't get a glimpse of this mysterious stranger" "What was this old pilgrim looking for here?" "Why is he hiding." "The sultan not having trust in anybody except his four-legged snooper was walking and searching, searching and walking... from sunset till sundown through the whole island" "They didn't skip anything" "There was no single house or court they didn't search" "The crafty couple couldn't disappear just like that" "They searched each hole and slit" "They searched also places nobody else would." "When the night came and the dark shrouded the miserable island at our gallon" "There the mysterious stranger appeared" "I was curious and a bit scared" "For I didn't like at all the events on the island" "This funny old man wanted to buy my ship" "The whole ship!" "No way" "I won't sell my vessel for nothing" "Not even for a bag of gold coins but this wasn't an ordinary bag" "It would throw out gold coins with a secret sign" "A waterfall of gold, an endless goldmine" "And only by another sign the gold steam stopped" "I couldn't resist this" "And I traded the old ship for the magic bag" "You may encounter an opportunity like that only once in a century" "This was the only missing item!" "The sultan's daughter and her kidnapper himself" "They were running away on my ship" "And I stayed on a poor bark in the angry sultan's empire" "The only thing to give me some courage was the magic bag" "I hoped I wouldn't be lost even there with all those gold coins." "I payed to my devoted mates..." "From now on everyone would have to be on his own." "I was led to the sultan like a criminal." "To save myself I offered him the gold" "It was wrong to think that a few coins would appease him" "While the sultan was rejoicing in my gold" "I managed to hide on the island" "Oh, how much I longed for my old ship" "But it was carrying away the mysterious stranger and the pretty princess" "The next day I was woken up by a gold rain" "I understood at once" "They can't stop the magic bag" "But they're happy" "They are all rich now" "But the golden flood brought happiness to nobody not even to the sultan" "The gold rush seized all the people on the island" "And everyone wanted everything" "The more gold there was the more they wanted" "And the gold was growing so the mountain was covered with glittering metal" "The shining gold became the brightest lighthouse on the sea" "It attracted the pirates from the whole world" "They were coming from far away for the appealing power of gold... was stronger still than the one of the magnet mountain as well as the magnet mountain the gold one meant disaster and perdition" "Everyone coming by it became addicted to the gold rush" "This terrible disease seized the whole island" "What was the matter with people?" "I asked myself unable to believe my own eyes" "And the gold stream... rolling through the island like a lava on a vulcano wouldn't stop." "What more would I have witnessed..." "If the ever growing mountain didn't suddenly start to go down to the sea" "For the land didn't bear the weight of all the gold" "So the island disappeared in the waves" "The terrible doom was inevitable" "When the sea quieted down again" "Only birds and swimming quadrupeds remained in the place where the proud island had been towering to the sky" "Among the castaways there I came up" "Maybe only because I did not wear a money belt filled with gold" "I was swimming like no other sailor had been before" "And I was wondering apprehensively" "Where my live galleon would bring me" "After many hard and long days and longer still nights" "My high bred steed and I reached an island and we were saved" "There I was alone again with my desire for unknown accompanied only by the caws of seagulls" "But their call didn't lure me back to the deep sea this time." "I had my fill of the sea already and was grateful to be on dry land." "What a surprise!" "A city in the middle of a jungle" "The gate was wide opened so I didn't hesitate" "I was astonished to see men running from me as from the plague" "Then I understood" "My pony was the cause of their dismay" "They had never seen a horse on this island..." "And may have taken it for some bloodthirsty beast" "Even the master of the island himself recoiled from my four-legged mate..." "And ordered to his human team to haste away" "The fearful sultan sent for the heavy artillery to chase away the aliens" "I didn't even think of running away... realizing that my good pony was the cause of this misunderstanding" "I stepped in front of the sultan to explain" "I gave him my respects as everyone coming in peace... and wanting no harm" "The pacified sultan send away the artillery... and wanted to please us." "He gave to my pony the most exquisite delicacies possible... as a peace offering." "It wasn't so easy to persuade him that horses don't live on meat and carry patiently men on their back... so they needn't to go on foot." "The sultan was more and more delighted by my horse" "Suddenly he offered the greatest treasure for the horse" "Yes!" "The really magic carpet I had heard so much about" "First I believed it was a jest" "But the sultan really wanted to trade..." "For he was just too heavy for the little carpet" "But I lifted off with it like a bird" ""The horse!" "Bring the horse!" as if I heard the sultan" "Luckily I didn't see what was next" "I would have felt for the poor horse." "I didn't need to envied birds their freedom now." "I myself had wings and all the world below" "Let the carpet bring me where it likes to and if there's an adventure" "I will pass it" "The days took turns with the nights" "And I woke up there like in a cradle" "One day the carpet brought me to the shores of some unknown country." "And soon above towers and roofs of a nice city." "I had never seen so marvelous palaces before." "As if attracted by the fabulous beauty" "I decided to visit the city" "I started to look for a proper place to land" "No!" "This wasn't a friendly welcoming" "I won't let my carpet get ruined." "Nor will I be discouraged." "Other means than force were needed in this proud city." "I flew away to think it all over in peace." "While the guards were still trying to find me above," "I slipped through right under them." "I didn't arouse the slightest suspicion" "A piece of luck... the friend of the courageous was on my side" "The streets were then full with people watching... the noble procession of an Indian prince who came for wooing" "But what a funny wooing!" "I heard that the sultan's daughter... was bewitched by an unknown spell" "Each night when all fell asleep, she disappeared from her room and no one knew what happened to her then." "The people felt sorry for the sad girl living locked up in the highest tower, watched by armed guards, but in vain." "So the sultan had declared that she would be the wife of the one who would save her from all that magic." "This night too, the princess was sleeping behind bars and 10 locks." "Even the Indian prince was on watch with a specially trained falcon" "Now!" "The mystery begins!" "Princess changes into a dove to slip through the bars." "But where is she heading?" "What will happen next?" "I decided that I would solve this." "I tried in vain to find the dove after the flight" "She disappeared in the deep night" "Only in the morning, when the last shreds of dark dissolved... did I find her again, and understood everything." "It was love what had given her wings and brought her as a dove to her beloved." "I never hesitated" "They escaped at the last moment." "I had no regrets." "Let the magic carpet serve them and bring them to a place..." "Where they wouldn't need to hide their love." "Now I had only a boat again" "And it wasn't bad anyway" "Even the birds above were happy with the good ending..." "In which a faithful love won" "And a sailor came back to where he belonged." "I liked the peace on the wide open sea at sunset." "I played lullabies then" "Calling sleep for me as well as for the waves" "Really?" "!" "The sea sultan" "The master of all seas" "Almighty lord of all castaways' fates" "Why was I invited?" "Had I perhaps made him mad with my lute?" "I had sung so many songs without any consequences." "Why am I now here in the depth of the underwater sultan's empire?" "I soon had the answers" "Play a lullaby," "Right away!" "I want to sleep, he ordered me." "There was no other choice." "So I was playing for the sultan and his daughter" "What a fate?" "The lute always my savior before will be my perdition now" "I'm not a fish, I can't breath under the water" "I was suffocating" "It really was time to do something." "While I was escaping from the sultan's watery empire a cruel battle was finishing at the surface" "The blood-colored sea was rocking one last ship" "Which I found the most beautiful one in the world when I could breath again" "I didn't find a living soul in the whole wreck." "I was alone." "Next day when I said hello to the sun again, refreshed by the sleep, I raised the only remaining sail" "And I put my trust in the friendly wind." "I sailed slowly, waiting patiently for my ship to bring me somewhere." "After a few days there was an island in front of me." "A green one and, I guessed, also a huge one." "I turned towards it with a new hope." "I entered a peaceful bay and encouraged by my curiosity I threw the anchor there." "After just a few steps in my exploration of the island" "I became a captive of funny people" "Then I understood that this is a kingdom of apes avoided by all proper sailors." "First I couldn't complain." "They were very hospitable." "They brought me all that their island offered." "They insisted they I had to stand with them and learn their way of life." "A very easy way that all little monkeys are able to learn" "I saw well that they weren't going to ever let me go," "That they were serious about it." "I could only obey them." "One night with a bright moon my decision was made." "I was sick of it all here" "The bigger was my humiliation the stronger was my desire to escape." "Silently I set for the bay" "Where my ship was still anchored." "In vain did the ship wait" "And there were even harder ape lessons for me" "My protests that the living in branches isn't worthy of a sailor didn't help" "No sailor bussiness, squawked they, this is an ape's empire" "I thought then they must take me for an ape." "But the truth was even worse." "I was only a toy for the amusement of those scoundrels." "No!" "I will no longer be all the jungle's laughing stock" "But I didn't know how to trick the tricky apes" "Only when I saw a bunch of grapes" "I had a wonderful idea" "They had wanted to teach me the ape's ways" "I would pay back with teaching them something of human ways" "As I had expected the apes became easily my good pupils" "My revenge was slowly coming together." "When the barrel was full" "The sun and time completed the work" "They even drank the wine without needing to be taught" "After all that fun and dance the ape's nation fell asleep" "It was the time I had been waiting for so long" "Nothing could stop my going to the bay now" "Just away as fast as possible from this unbearable island" "Not wanting to loose any time" "I set off a little boat and went to the wide sea" "Where I always felt the most free despite all dangers" "Goodbye green island!" "And let your inhabitants sleep well." "Once more I was welcomed by the sea-gulls" "I was happy about their yelling about the splashing of paddles and waves and about the new voyage" "Dear mercy sleep capable of injecting a divine relief even into the biggest suffering" "I don't know how long I had been sailing hungry and thirsty lost and alone" "Only tricky dreams and phantoms... those companions of exhausted castaways... brought me into the world of plenty letting me forget the cruel reality" "I was happy at least for a little while" "But how dreadful was each awakening." "I felt my end coming" "The old friends and faithful mates of my journeys helped me" "They didn't let me starve to death" "After refreshing myself I fought the sea with a new hope" "Before long I saw an island" "It was desolate and parched" "Not a single straw of grass" "Anyway I went looking for water to ease my terrible thirst" "I didn't find a spring but a jug" "An ordinary corked jug made of clay" "I hoped some drops were left for a sailor dying of thirst" "Now what's this surprise?" "A horror" "I've released a daemon!" "He had been locked in there ages ago and since had to wait for his liberator" "Instead of being grateful he got mean" "There was no kind of death he wouldn't promise me... for being imprisoned so long" "While he was preparing to fulfill his threats..." "A trick occurred to me" "I told him, I just couldn't believe that... he, being so big, could fit into such a little vessel" "And the big boaster displayed his skills for me" "It was my moment" "Then all I needed to do was to cork up the jug." "The imprisoned daemon bagged and moaned" "But I didn't trust him anymore" "Until he had promised me to fulfill all my wishes..." "As long as I own the jug of clay..." "I wouldn't agree to release him." "And I gave him the first order right away" "I wanted him to get me out of this desolate island" "After a long journey above the sea a shore appeared" "Soon I desired a wealthy city an by it" "There was a huge well" "That's where I ordered to land" "After fulfilling my wish the daemon went back to the jug obediently" "I felt relief" "So he can keep his word" "Refreshed I realized I was among the people again" "Also my curiosity woke up again" "Who is hidden in that hilarious sedan?" "I had never seen such a beautiful face" "No wonder that I lost my head" "I made a point to be the helper of that pretty face" "And right away I started" "But instead of a comely girl I got acquainted only with... the capers and jailers of her father" "For she was the daughter of the sultan himself ...of the lord of this country" "I had been honored to meet lots of sultans before so this one wasn't too surprising for me and when standing right in front of him" "I asked him for his daughter's hand" "The sultan hadn't any understanding for my heart" "But why is he so mad?" "Am I not an honest sailor?" "I was to perish in his prison for my daring" "I was thinking it over the whole night in the dungeon" "If only I could have the jug" "But it was in the well" "I was lost" "I said goodbye to princess and begged her to be patient" "I didn't dare to reveal who is my companion" "I was rushing towards my secret" "By sunset I reached my goal" "Fortunately the jug was intact" "Now I will show to the princess and the sultan" "I'm not an ordinary sailor" "And I gave orders to the daemon" "I want a prince's dress" "I want a knight's horse" "I want servants and suitors gold" "Jewels and treasures that make one dazzle" "And then dressed like a magnifico I went to the sultan's palace to surprise and dazzle the old master as well as my future bride" "The sultan couldn't get over his ecstasy" "He approved the wedding without thinking without even seeing me" "Stupefied as he was by the blaze of gold and the shine of the precious stones" "But the princess said no!" "When I had made my plan it didn't occur to me" "That princess in love with an ordinary sailor would refuse a rich wooer" "The sultan threw a fit" "What manners are these?" "Disobeying the father and the sultan equals a rebellion" "I give death penalty for that" "Marry him or I will make you loose your head" "When the princess recognized me there was nothing more to think about" "Without hesitation I took her out of the palace" "We were going accompanied with servants carrying things..." "A princess can't do without." "We were traveling through mountains led by sea-gulls in the sky" "I knew it was a good sign" "I was grateful to them in my thoughts" "Why, the sea had always meant happiness for me" "When I glanced around I said to my bride" "There in the highest place I will take care of everything to you" "I will built there a beautiful palace with a golden roof worthy of you, my love" "The jug!" "The daemon is free!" "He's no longer my servant" "The magic vanished" "What will I do now?" "I was desperate" "I had wanted to build a palace with a golden roof for my love" "But the bright blue sky was enough... for our happiness." "So we lived happily... under the most beautiful roof in the world."