...and finds an empty, dirty bottle.
He's fairly poor, and is travelling to the nearest city to trade. He figures the bottle has some value, maybe a tourist will buy it, and examines it. He takes a good look at it, and rubs it.
Suddenly, a genie appears! He tells the traveler that he will grant him two, and only two, wishes.
The traveler is running low on supplies, and hasn't seen his family in months; maybe years. He wishes to be brought to his family, and the place where they live.
The genie makes a door appear, and the traveler walks through it.
He appears in a modest street in Modern-Day Cairo, and walks to his family's house.
They're glad he's home, and welcome him back with food and drink.
The genie, invisible to everybody but the traveler, reminds him that he has one more wish.
The traveler thinks, and wishes for a bridge to be built over the Atlantic Ocean. He hates airplanes, and would like to visit America without fear of throwing up.
The genie apologizes, and says that that specific task would be too much for him.
The traveler asks the genie to wait a few moments, while he eats some dinner with his family.
Over an hour or so, he notices that his mother is unhappy. On the verge of tears, even. He asks around to wonder what's wrong, but they don't know.
The traveler calls the genie again, and asks him to tell him what's wrong with his mother.
The genie thinks.
"You know what, I'll take you up on your previous offer. Will that be a two lane bridge, or a four lane bridge?"
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