A salamander lived on an island in the Black Sea. He was held captive by the magician, who used the salamander to control the citizens living on the island. The magician came to the salamander every night and told him a story. The salamander then dreamt that story and, unknown to him, his dream controlled the activities of all the islanders the next day. The salamander had not always been a salamander. The magician found him as a boy begging for food in the town square of a