"The Story of the Baker and the Grateful Fish" Persian treasure-hunting story related to the Sinbad story " Valley of Diamonds " a story of a baker who would feed the fish in the river his burnt bread and spoiled dough every morning The fish became fond of the baker because he fed them While the baker worked he encountered a traveling merchant The merchant was looking for a servant offered to pay 100 tumans (a superunit of currency in Iran) a month The servant would not have to work for 40 days but on the 40th day he would have to do 2 hours worth of work the baker agreed to serve him The merchant kept good on the terms The baker did not work for 40 days and received his payment on the 40th day, the merchant gathered mule and sacks and slaughtered a cow, and gathered the meat and hide of the cow instructed the baker to "go to a certain place" traveled to the foot of a mountain merchant lit a fire and instructed the baker to take o...