The hero of the story "The Copper Pot" — a young London architect Horace Ventimore — accidentally releases an ancient Arab djinn, who has been trapped for six thousand years. In exchange for his freedom, the djinn promises to fulfill all the wishes of his new master. But in the end, he brings more harm than good, and Horace dreams of getting rid of the restless spirit forever…

The uptight British businessman Paul Balthitude is seeing off his son to a private boarding school. The boy doesn't want to go at all, while Paul, who is nostalgic for his carefree school days, would gladly switch places with him. Suddenly, his wish comes true: father and son swap bodies! But it turns out that living someone else's life is not so simple…