the young man aladdin is told by a sorcerer (magician), who is pretending to be his uncle, to get him an oil lamp from a cave. aladdin gets the lamp, but the sorcerer tries to trick him. so, aladdin keeps the lamp for himself. aladdin learns that inside the lamp there is a djinn. the djinn can fulfill every wish of the lamp's owner. with the djinn's help, aladdin becomes rich and powerful and marries a princess.