简介：GoodsoldierJakobexpectthepromisedpayotopofgloryafteravictoriouswar,butkingKarlgivesonlyhisstandardspeechandworthlessmedals.returninghomewoundedandpenniless,Jacobpassesouttryingtoboilhiswreckedshoesintheforest.he'sspottedbythewitch,whoseduceshimasafoxywomanand,ashesmellsaratandseekstorun,trickshimaslastfavortofetchfromherwellanever-shiningbluelamp.Notgullibleenoughtohanditoverfirst,he'sdroppeddown,butfindslighteningthelampawakesastylishEuropeanequivalentofajinn,Lampman,whocangivehimanything.Seekingrevenge,hedemandsKarl'smostprizedpossession.InitiallydispleasedwiththecrownprincessAugustine,promisedinmarriagetosealawarlikedynasticalliance,Jacobandshesoonfallinlove.TheirplanstoliberatehergetsJacobonthegallowsatherarrangedweddingdaywithwarriorprincePhilipp,theonlyhopebeingthelampwhichonlythievingbeggarknaveJohann,whichhesparedarrest,knowsenoughabout.…