A musician from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra ran across an old lamp one day at a garage sale,took it home, washed it up, and out popped at genie.

"Thank you kind sir for releasing me from this old lamp." said the genie, "I regret to say that you have encountered a poor, less powerful genie, and I can only grant you one wish, but wish away."

"Oh that's wonderful. I think I would really like to make a difference in the world with my one wish", said the musician. He thought for a moment and then reached for his atlas. "Here's a map of the Middle East. The people who live there have been fighting for thousands of years. For my one wish, I would like to bring peace to this land."

The genie, a little caught off guard, said "Oh, well, ah ... that's a little bit too much for even this old master to handle. Aah, ya see, these people ... they're involved in that touchy religious stuff, and aah, the kids, aah, they begin fighting when they're just teenagers. I'm afraid you're going to have to make another wish."

"Well, okay." said the musician, "I suppose I was getting a little over the top there! For my one wish, I would just once like to hear the Chicago Symphony viola section play in tune."

The genie thought for a moment and replied, "Um, let me take a look at those maps again."