In a state of absolute terror, Sinbad and his crew hurriedly climbed a nearby tree to the top, and waited all night in a state of sleepless terror as they watched it circle the trunk of the tree, waiting eagerly for one of them to lose their balance and fall into the depths of its agape mouth.

In the morning, Sinbad and the others noticed that the snake was gone. After crawling down the tree, the group of men approached the seashore once more in hope of finding a way out.

They were lucky enough to notice a ship sailing by, so they began to wave the colorful fabric of their turbans high in the air in hopes of catching the captain’s attention.

Luckily enough, the ship landed upon the shores of the desolate island and picked up Sinbad and his crew.

Sinbad explained to the sailors how they got to the isolated island in the first place, as well as the horrors they were confronted with, and they all listened in with keen fascination.

The captain of this boat approached Sinbad, and then offered him a box full of goods to trade upon hearing that he was a merchant.

“Once I travelled with many merchants, and one of them was accidentally abandoned on an island while he fell asleep. Assuming he is dead, I provide you with his goods,” said the captain.

Sinbad quickly realized that the captain was talking about him!

“Hey, I am the merchant that was abandoned on that island!” responded Sinbad.

“Thank the Lord for your survival! I felt so bad for abandoning you,” said the captain, “take your goods and prosper with them.”

And so, he did. Sinbad traded enough so that once he returned to Baghdad, he had so much money that he could not even count it. He gave even more to the poor this time and bought even more land.