the fisherman and the jinni

A Poor old fisherman finds a pot in the ocean. The jinni initially believes that he has been released by King Solomon, the jinni king who had imprisoned him in the pot. He fears Solomon means to kill him, but then learns from the old fisherman that Solomon has been dead for centuries. As a gift, the pot jinni offers to let the fisherman choose how he wants to die. This becomes the central conflict in the story.