Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp - STORIES FOR BEGINNERS
A long time ago, in Persia, a poor boy called Aladdin was playing with his friends in the streets of his city. A stranger came up to him and asked him if he was the son of Mustapha the Tailor. “I am, sir,” replied Aladdin, “but he died a long while ago.” When the stranger heard this, he embraced Aladdin saying: “My boy – I am your long lost uncle.” Aladdin ran home and told his mother all about this newly found relative, and she prepared supper for them all.The next day, the uncle led Aladdin out far beyond the city gates. They journeyed onwards until late afternoon, but Aladdin did not feel tired because his uncle told him so many interesting stories. Eventually they reached the foot of a mountain.
“We will go no farther,” said the false uncle – for in truth he was not Aladdin’s relative, but an African magician in disguise. “I will show you something wonderful,” he said. The magician lit a fire and threw some powder on it while saying some magical words. The earth trembled a little and a large boulder rolled to one side. Aladdin saw a flight of steps leading down into a dark cave.
The opening was just large enough for a boy to pass through, but plainly the magician, who was rather fat, would not have managed to enter the cave himself. “Go down,” commanded the magician, “at the foot of those steps you will find an open door leading into three large halls. Pass through them without touching anything, or you will die instantly. These halls lead into a garden of fine fruit trees. Walk on until you come to a table upon which stands a lighted lamp.
Pour out the oil it contains, and bring it to me.”
Aladdin was afraid to disobey the magician, and went down the stairs into the cave. On the ground he found a ring, and despite the magician’s order not to touch anything, he picked it up and slipped it onto his finger. He did not die. Then he passed through the garden where he picked fruit from the trees. Later on, he found the lamp, just as the magician had said, and he went back up the stairs to the mouth of the cave. The magician cried out: “Make haste and give me the lamp.”
Aladdin was afraid to disobey the magician, and went down the stairs into the cave. On the ground he found a ring, and despite the magician’s order not to touch anything, he picked it up and slipped it onto his finger. He did not die. Then he passed through the garden where he picked fruit from the trees. Later on, he found the lamp, just as the magician had said, and he went back up the stairs to the mouth of the cave. The magician cried out: “Make haste and give me the lamp.”
But Aladdin saw through his trick and understood that as soon as he handed over the lamp, the magician would replace the stone and he would be shut inside the cave, never to leave. And so Aladdin called out: “Let me out first, and only then will
I give you the lamp.” The magician flew into a terrible rage, and throwing some more powder on to the fire, he said some more magic words, and the stone rolled back into its place.
For two days Aladdin remained trapped inside the cave. At last he clasped his hands in prayer, and in so doing rubbed the ring that he had picked off the ground. Immediately an enormous and frightful genie rose out of the earth, saying:
For two days Aladdin remained trapped inside the cave. At last he clasped his hands in prayer, and in so doing rubbed the ring that he had picked off the ground. Immediately an enormous and frightful genie rose out of the earth, saying:
“What wouldst thou with me? I am the slave of the ring, and will obey thee in all things.” Aladdin fearlessly replied: “Deliver me from this place!” Whereupon the earth opened, and he found himself back at home. “Alas! child,” said his mother when she noticed him. “I have nothing to eat in the house.
We will go hungry tonight.” Aladdin soothed her saying he would sell the lamp to get some money for food. As it was very dirty his mother began to rub it, that it might fetch a higher price. Instantly a hideous genie appeared, and asked what she would have. She fainted away, but Aladdin, snatching the lamp, said boldly:
“Fetch me something to eat!” The genie returned with a silver bowl, twelve silver plates containing rich meats, two silver cups, and two bottles of wine. Aladdin’s mother, when she came to herself, said: “Where did you get this splendid feast?”
“Ask not, but eat,” replied Aladdin.
One day the Sultan who ruled the city ordered that everyone was to stay at home and close his shutters while the princess, his daughter, went to and from the bath. Aladdin was seized by a desire to see her face, which was very difficult, as she always went veiled. He hid himself behind the door of the bath, and peeped through a chink. The princess looked so beautiful that Aladdin fell in love with her at first sight. He went home and told his mother that he loved the princess so deeply that he could not live without her.
One day the Sultan who ruled the city ordered that everyone was to stay at home and close his shutters while the princess, his daughter, went to and from the bath. Aladdin was seized by a desire to see her face, which was very difficult, as she always went veiled. He hid himself behind the door of the bath, and peeped through a chink. The princess looked so beautiful that Aladdin fell in love with her at first sight. He went home and told his mother that he loved the princess so deeply that he could not live without her.
His mother burst out laughing, but Aladdin at last persuaded her to go to the Sultan and request his daughter’s hand in marriage for her son.
She fetched a napkin and laid in it the magic fruits from the enchanted garden, which sparkled and shone like the most beautiful jewels. She took these with her to please the Sultan. After waiting several days at the palace, she was admitted to see the him. She threw herself down at the foot of the throne and waited for several minutes until the Sultan said to her: “Old woman, tell me what you want.”
She hesitated, then told him of her son’s love for the princess, only at the last moment remembering to open the napkin that contained the magical jewels. When the Sultan saw this wonderful present he was thunderstruck, and turning to his chief adviser, the grand Vizier, he said: “Ought I not to give the princess to one who values her at such a price?” The Vizier, who was hoping that his own son would marry the princess, begged the Sultan to delay the wedding for three months, during which time he hoped to make him a richer present.
The Sultan agreed.Aladdin waited patiently for his wedding day in three months time, but after two months his mother, going into the city to buy oil, found everyone rejoicing, and asked what was going on. “Do you not know,” was the answer,
“that the son of the grand Vizier is to marry the Sultan’s daughter tonight?” Aladdin, who was stunned when he heard the news. but presently he took down the lamp and rubbed it.
The genie appeared, saying, “What is thy will?” Aladdin replied:
The genie appeared, saying, “What is thy will?” Aladdin replied:
“The Sultan has broken his promise to me, and the Vizier’s son is to marry the princess. My command is that that you bring the princess here so that the scoundral can’t have her.” “Your wish is my command” said the genie, and in an instant the princess was sitting in Aladdin’s room still wearing her wedding dress. He told her not to be afraid, but she was utterly confused and quite terrified. The next morning, the genie took her back to the palace.
The princess told her mother how she had been carried by magic to some strange house. Her mother did not believe her in the least, and the Sultan ordered that the wedding should take place that evening instead.
The following night exactly the same thing happened. The Sultan was furious and even considered having his daughter’s head cut off. He summoned the Vizier’s son. “Plainly my daughter is hiding from you,” he said. “Do you still wish to marry her?”
“Well” said the young man who was very proud and arrogant: “If the princess does not obey her father, the great Sultan, what hope is that she will make me a good wife? I give up my claim over her. Better that she marry the poorest beggar if that’s what she wants.”
When the three months were over, Aladdin sent his mother to remind the Sultan of his promise. She stood in the same place as before, and the Sultan, on seeing her poverty felt less inclined than ever to keep his word. The Vizier advised him to set so high a value on the princess that no man living could come up to it. The Sultan then turned to Aladdin’s mother, saying: “Good woman, a Sultan must remember his promises, and I will remember mine, but your son must first send me forty basins of gold full of jewels. Tell him that I await his answer.”
When he heard this, Aladdin summoned up his genie and soon eighty slaves, splendidly dressed, were waiting in the alleyway outside his house.
The princess told her mother how she had been carried by magic to some strange house. Her mother did not believe her in the least, and the Sultan ordered that the wedding should take place that evening instead.
The following night exactly the same thing happened. The Sultan was furious and even considered having his daughter’s head cut off. He summoned the Vizier’s son. “Plainly my daughter is hiding from you,” he said. “Do you still wish to marry her?”
“Well” said the young man who was very proud and arrogant: “If the princess does not obey her father, the great Sultan, what hope is that she will make me a good wife? I give up my claim over her. Better that she marry the poorest beggar if that’s what she wants.”
When the three months were over, Aladdin sent his mother to remind the Sultan of his promise. She stood in the same place as before, and the Sultan, on seeing her poverty felt less inclined than ever to keep his word. The Vizier advised him to set so high a value on the princess that no man living could come up to it. The Sultan then turned to Aladdin’s mother, saying: “Good woman, a Sultan must remember his promises, and I will remember mine, but your son must first send me forty basins of gold full of jewels. Tell him that I await his answer.”
When he heard this, Aladdin summoned up his genie and soon eighty slaves, splendidly dressed, were waiting in the alleyway outside his house.
The slaves were carrying forty golden basins, brimming with jewels.
Aladdin mounted his horse and passed through the streets, the slaves strewing gold as they went. When the Sultan saw him he came down from his throne, embraced him, and led him into a hall where a feast was spread, intending to marry him to the princess that very day. But Aladdin refused, saying: “I must build a palace fit for her,” and took his leave. Once home, he said to the genie: “Build me a palace of the finest marble, with four and twenty windows set with jasper, agate, and other precious stones.
At night the princess said goodbye to her father, and set out for Aladdin’s palace, with his mother at her side, and followed by the hundred slaves. She was charmed at the sight of Aladdin, who ran to receive her. “Princess,” he said, “blame your beauty for my boldness if I have displeased you.” After the wedding had taken place, Aladdin led her into the hall, where a feast was spread, and she suppered with him, after which they danced till midnight.
But far away in Africa the magician remembered Aladdin, and by his magic arts discovered that instead of perishing miserably in the cave, he had escaped, and had married a princess. He travelled night and day until he reached the city of Persia where Aladdin lived. Half mad with rage, he was determined to get hold of the lamp, and again plunge Aladdin into the deepest poverty.
Unluckily, Aladdin had gone hunting for eight days, which gave the magician plenty of time. He bought a dozen copper lamps, put them into a basket, and went to the palace, crying: “New lamps for old!” Followed by a jeering crowd, laughing to see an old fool offering to exchange fine new lamps for old ones?One of the palace slaves said to the princess: “There is an old lamp on the cornice there which he can have.”
Aladdin mounted his horse and passed through the streets, the slaves strewing gold as they went. When the Sultan saw him he came down from his throne, embraced him, and led him into a hall where a feast was spread, intending to marry him to the princess that very day. But Aladdin refused, saying: “I must build a palace fit for her,” and took his leave. Once home, he said to the genie: “Build me a palace of the finest marble, with four and twenty windows set with jasper, agate, and other precious stones.
At night the princess said goodbye to her father, and set out for Aladdin’s palace, with his mother at her side, and followed by the hundred slaves. She was charmed at the sight of Aladdin, who ran to receive her. “Princess,” he said, “blame your beauty for my boldness if I have displeased you.” After the wedding had taken place, Aladdin led her into the hall, where a feast was spread, and she suppered with him, after which they danced till midnight.
But far away in Africa the magician remembered Aladdin, and by his magic arts discovered that instead of perishing miserably in the cave, he had escaped, and had married a princess. He travelled night and day until he reached the city of Persia where Aladdin lived. Half mad with rage, he was determined to get hold of the lamp, and again plunge Aladdin into the deepest poverty.
Unluckily, Aladdin had gone hunting for eight days, which gave the magician plenty of time. He bought a dozen copper lamps, put them into a basket, and went to the palace, crying: “New lamps for old!” Followed by a jeering crowd, laughing to see an old fool offering to exchange fine new lamps for old ones?One of the palace slaves said to the princess: “There is an old lamp on the cornice there which he can have.”
Now this was the magic lamp, which Aladdin had left there, as he could not take it out hunting with him. The princess, not knowing its value, went and said to the magician: “Give me a new lamp for this.” He snatched it amid the jeers of the crowd. Little he cared. He went out of the city gates to a lonely place where he pulled out the lamp and rubbed it. The genie appeared, and at the magician’s command carried him, together with the palace and the princess in it, to far off Africa.
Next morning the Sultan looked out of the window toward Aladdin’s palace and rubbed his eyes, for it was gone. The Vizier put the strange disappearance of the palace and his daughter down to black magic, and this time the Sultan believed him. He and sent thirty men on horseback to fetch Aladdin in chains. “False wretch!” said the Sultan. “Where is my palace and my daughter?” Aladdin had no answer, but begged to be given forty days to discover the cause of the disaster. This the Sultan granted. For three days Aladdin wandered about like a madman, asking everyone what had become of his palace, but they only laughed and pitied him.
Next morning the Sultan looked out of the window toward Aladdin’s palace and rubbed his eyes, for it was gone. The Vizier put the strange disappearance of the palace and his daughter down to black magic, and this time the Sultan believed him. He and sent thirty men on horseback to fetch Aladdin in chains. “False wretch!” said the Sultan. “Where is my palace and my daughter?” Aladdin had no answer, but begged to be given forty days to discover the cause of the disaster. This the Sultan granted. For three days Aladdin wandered about like a madman, asking everyone what had become of his palace, but they only laughed and pitied him.
He came to the banks of a river, and knelt down to say his prayers before throwing himself in. In so doing he rubbed the magic ring he still wore. The genie appeared, and asked his will. “Save my life, Genie,” said Aladdin, “bring my palace back.” “That is not in my power,” said the genie. “I am only the slave of the ring; you must ask him of the lamp.” “Even so,” said Aladdin, “but thou canst take me to the palace, and set me down under my dear wife’s window.” He at once found himself in Africa, under the window of the princess.
That morning the princess rose early and opened the window, and at the noise she made, Aladdin looked up. She was astonished and delighted to see her dear husband’s face. After he had kissed her, Aladdin said: “I beg of you, Princess, in God’s name, tell me what has become of my old lamp. “Alas!” she said, “I am the innocent cause of our sorrows,” and she told him of the exchange of the lamp.
Aladdin comforted her, and gave her a small bottle containing a certain powder. “Put on your most beautiful dress,” he said to her “and receive the magician with smiles, leading him to believe that you have forgotten me. Invite him to supper with you, and say you wish to taste the wine of his country. He will go for some and while he is gone I will tell you what to do.”
That evening she received the magician, saying, to his great amazement:
That morning the princess rose early and opened the window, and at the noise she made, Aladdin looked up. She was astonished and delighted to see her dear husband’s face. After he had kissed her, Aladdin said: “I beg of you, Princess, in God’s name, tell me what has become of my old lamp. “Alas!” she said, “I am the innocent cause of our sorrows,” and she told him of the exchange of the lamp.
Aladdin comforted her, and gave her a small bottle containing a certain powder. “Put on your most beautiful dress,” he said to her “and receive the magician with smiles, leading him to believe that you have forgotten me. Invite him to supper with you, and say you wish to taste the wine of his country. He will go for some and while he is gone I will tell you what to do.”
That evening she received the magician, saying, to his great amazement:
“I have made up my mind that Aladdin is dead, and that all my tears will not bring him back to me, so I am resolved to mourn no more, and have therefore invited you to supper with me, but let us try some wine of Africa.” The magician flew to his cellar, and the princess put the powder that Aladdin had given her into his cup.
When he returned the magician made her a speech in praise of her beauty, but
the princess cut him short, saying: “Let us drink first, and you shall say what you will afterward.” She set her cup to her lips and kept it there, while the magician drained his to the dregs and fell back lifeless. Aladdin came into the room, went to the dead magician, took the lamp out of his clothes, and bade the genie carry the palace and all in it back to Persia. This was done in an instant.
The Sultan, who was sitting in his chamber, mourning for his lost daughter, happened to look up, and rubbed his eyes, for there stood the palace as before! He hastened over to it, and Aladdin received him with the princess at his side. He told him what had happened, and showed him the dead body of the magician, that he might believe. A ten days’ feast was proclaimed, and it seemed as if Aladdin might now live the rest of his life in peace; but it was not to be.
The African magician had a younger brother, who was, if possible, more wicked
The Sultan, who was sitting in his chamber, mourning for his lost daughter, happened to look up, and rubbed his eyes, for there stood the palace as before! He hastened over to it, and Aladdin received him with the princess at his side. He told him what had happened, and showed him the dead body of the magician, that he might believe. A ten days’ feast was proclaimed, and it seemed as if Aladdin might now live the rest of his life in peace; but it was not to be.
The African magician had a younger brother, who was, if possible, more wicked
and more cunning than himself. He travelled to Persia to avenge his brother’s death, and disguised himself in skirts and veils so that he looked exactly like a famous holy woman called Fatima. Then he went toward the palace of Aladdin,
and all the people, thinking he was the holy woman, gathered round him, kissing his hands and begging his blessing. The princess, who had long desired to see Fatima, sent for her. She showed Fatima the palace, and asked what she thought of it.
“It is truly beautiful,” said the false Fatima. “In my mind it wants but one thing.”
“And what is that?” said the princess. “If only a roc’s egg,” replied he,
“were hung up from the middle of this dome, it would be the wonder of the world.”
After this the princess could think of nothing but the roc’s egg, and when Aladdin returned from hunting he found her in a very ill mood. She told him that all her pleasure in the hall was spoiled for the want of a roc’s egg hanging from the dome. “If that is all,” replied Aladdin, “you shall soon be happy.” He left her and rubbed the lamp, and when the genie appeared commanded him to bring a roc’s egg.
After this the princess could think of nothing but the roc’s egg, and when Aladdin returned from hunting he found her in a very ill mood. She told him that all her pleasure in the hall was spoiled for the want of a roc’s egg hanging from the dome. “If that is all,” replied Aladdin, “you shall soon be happy.” He left her and rubbed the lamp, and when the genie appeared commanded him to bring a roc’s egg.
The genie gave such a loud and terrible shriek that the hall shook. “Wretch!” he cried, “is it not enough that I have done everything for you, but you must command me to bring my master and hang him up in the midst of this dome? You and your wife and your palace deserve to be burnt to ashes, but this request does not come from you, but from the brother of the African magician, whom you destroyed.
He is now in your palace disguised as the holy woman. He, it was who put that wish into your wife’s head. Take care of yourself, for he means to kill you.”
So saying, the genie disappeared.
Aladdin went back to the princess, saying his head ached, and requesting that the holy Fatima should be fetched to lay her hands on it. But when the magician came near, Aladdin, seizing his dagger, pierced him to the heart. “What have you done?” cried the princess. “You have killed the holy woman!” “Not so,” replied Aladdin,
Aladdin went back to the princess, saying his head ached, and requesting that the holy Fatima should be fetched to lay her hands on it. But when the magician came near, Aladdin, seizing his dagger, pierced him to the heart. “What have you done?” cried the princess. “You have killed the holy woman!” “Not so,” replied Aladdin,
“but a wicked magician,” and told her of how she had been deceived.
After this Aladdin and his wife lived in peace. He succeeded the Sultan when he died, and reigned for many years, leaving behind him a long line of kings.
After this Aladdin and his wife lived in peace. He succeeded the Sultan when he died, and reigned for many years, leaving behind him a long line of kings.
— THE END –
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Aladdin je lidová pohádka z Blízkého východu. Je to jeden z nejznámějších příběhů spojených s Arabskou nocí. Aladdin je zbídačený mladý nezbedník, kterého naverbuje čaroděj, který se vydává za bratra Aladinova zesnulého otce. Čarodějovým skutečným motivem je přesvědčit mladého Aladdina, aby získal báječnou olejovou lampu z kouzelné jeskyně. Byla zahrnuta do sbírky Tisíc a jedna noc a vyšla v roce 1710.
Chapter one
Help from a rich man
Many years ago, in a city in Arabia, there was a boy called Aladdin. He lived with his mother in a little house near the market, and they were very poor. Aladdin’s mother worked all day, and sometimes half the night, but Aladdin never helped her.
He was a lazy boy and he did not like to work. He only wanted to play all the time. Every morning he ran through the streets to the market. There, he talked and laughed and played with his friends all day. Then in the evening he went home for his dinner.
And every night his mother said to him: ‘Oh, Aladdin, Aladdin! You are a lazy
boy- a good-for-nothing! When are you going to do some work, my son?’
But Aladdin never listened to his mother.
One day in the market there was an old man in a long black coat. Aladdin did not see him, but the old man watched Aladdin very carefully. After some minutes he went up to an orange-seller and asked:
‘That boy in the green coat — who is he?’
‘Aladdin, son of Mustafa,’ was the answer.
The old man moved away. ‘Yes,’ he said quietly. ‘Yes, that is the boy. The right name, and the right father.’ Then he called out to Aladdin: ‘Boy!
But Aladdin never listened to his mother.
One day in the market there was an old man in a long black coat. Aladdin did not see him, but the old man watched Aladdin very carefully. After some minutes he went up to an orange-seller and asked:
‘That boy in the green coat — who is he?’
‘Aladdin, son of Mustafa,’ was the answer.
The old man moved away. ‘Yes,’ he said quietly. ‘Yes, that is the boy. The right name, and the right father.’ Then he called out to Aladdin: ‘Boy!
Come here for a minute. Is your name Aladdin? Aladdin, son of Mustafa?’
Aladdin left his friends and came to the old man. ‘Yes,’ he said, ‘
Aladdin left his friends and came to the old man. ‘Yes,’ he said, ‘
I am Aladdin, son of Mustafa. But my father is dead. He died five years ago.’
‘Dead!’ said the old man. ‘Oh, no!’ He put his face in his hands and began to cry.
‘Why are you crying?’ asked Aladdin. ‘Did you know my father?’
The old man looked up. ‘Mustafa was my brother!’ he said. ‘I wanted to see him again, and now you tell me he is dead. Oh, this is not a happy day for me!’ Then he put his hand on Aladdin’s arm. ‘But here is my brother’s son, and I can see Mustafa in your face, my boy. Aladdin, I am your uncle, Abanazar.’
‘My uncle?’ said Aladdin. He was very surprised. ‘Did my father have a brother?
‘Dead!’ said the old man. ‘Oh, no!’ He put his face in his hands and began to cry.
‘Why are you crying?’ asked Aladdin. ‘Did you know my father?’
The old man looked up. ‘Mustafa was my brother!’ he said. ‘I wanted to see him again, and now you tell me he is dead. Oh, this is not a happy day for me!’ Then he put his hand on Aladdin’s arm. ‘But here is my brother’s son, and I can see Mustafa in your face, my boy. Aladdin, I am your uncle, Abanazar.’
‘My uncle?’ said Aladdin. He was very surprised. ‘Did my father have a brother?
I didn’t know that.’
‘I went away before you were born, my boy,’ said the old man. ‘Look.’ He took ten pieces of gold out of his bag, and put them into Aladdin’s hands. ‘Go home to your mother and give this money to her. Tell her about me, and say this: “Her husband’s brother wants to meet her, and he is going to visit her tomorrow.’”
Ten pieces of gold is a lot of money and Aladdin was very happy.
‘I went away before you were born, my boy,’ said the old man. ‘Look.’ He took ten pieces of gold out of his bag, and put them into Aladdin’s hands. ‘Go home to your mother and give this money to her. Tell her about me, and say this: “Her husband’s brother wants to meet her, and he is going to visit her tomorrow.’”
Ten pieces of gold is a lot of money and Aladdin was very happy.
He ran home quickly and gave the gold to his mother. At first she was afraid.
‘Where did you get this, Aladdin? Did you find it? It isn’t our money.
‘Where did you get this, Aladdin? Did you find it? It isn’t our money.
You must give it back.’
‘But it is our money, Mother,’ said Aladdin. ‘My uncle, my father’s brother, gave the money to us. Uncle Abanazar is coming to visit us tomorrow.’
‘Who? You don’t have an uncle Abanazar.’
‘But he knows my name, and my father’s name,’
Aladdin said. ‘And he gave ten pieces of gold to me. He’s very nice.
‘But it is our money, Mother,’ said Aladdin. ‘My uncle, my father’s brother, gave the money to us. Uncle Abanazar is coming to visit us tomorrow.’
‘Who? You don’t have an uncle Abanazar.’
‘But he knows my name, and my father’s name,’
Aladdin said. ‘And he gave ten pieces of gold to me. He’s very nice.
You must make a good dinner for him.’
The next day Abanazar arrived at Aladdin’s house. ‘My sister!’ he said and smiled.
The next day Abanazar arrived at Aladdin’s house. ‘My sister!’ he said and smiled.
‘My dead brother’s wife! I am happy to find you and Aladdin.’
‘Sit down, Abanazar. We’re happy to see you in our poor home,’ Aladdin’s mother said.
‘Sit down, Abanazar. We’re happy to see you in our poor home,’ Aladdin’s mother said.
She put meat, rice and fruit on the table. ‘But I don’t understand.
Why did my husband never speak about you?’
‘I’m sorry, my sister. When we were young, my brother and I were not friends for many years. Then I went away to a far country. I am an old man now and wanted to see my brother again and take his hand. But the is dead, and I cannot speak to him or say goodbye to him now!’
Abanazar had tears in his eyes and Aladdin’s mother began to cry too.
‘But I am home again now,’ the old man said, ‘and I can help my brother’s wife and his son, because I am a rich man.’ He looked at Aladdin. ‘Aladdin, my boy, what work do you do?’ Aladdin did not answer and his face was red.
‘Oh, don’t ask Aladdin questions about work!’ his mother said. ‘He never works.
‘I’m sorry, my sister. When we were young, my brother and I were not friends for many years. Then I went away to a far country. I am an old man now and wanted to see my brother again and take his hand. But the is dead, and I cannot speak to him or say goodbye to him now!’
Abanazar had tears in his eyes and Aladdin’s mother began to cry too.
‘But I am home again now,’ the old man said, ‘and I can help my brother’s wife and his son, because I am a rich man.’ He looked at Aladdin. ‘Aladdin, my boy, what work do you do?’ Aladdin did not answer and his face was red.
‘Oh, don’t ask Aladdin questions about work!’ his mother said. ‘He never works.
He plays with his friends all day, and only comes home when he is hungry.’
‘Well, my boy, tomorrow we must get a new coat for you. Then we can talk about work.
‘Well, my boy, tomorrow we must get a new coat for you. Then we can talk about work.
Would you like to have a shop in the market perhaps?’
Aladdin smiled. ‘A shop,’ he thought, ‘and me, a rich market-seller. Why not?’
Aladdin smiled. ‘A shop,’ he thought, ‘and me, a rich market-seller. Why not?’
Chapter two
A walk to nowhere
A walk to nowhere
Early the next morning, Abanazar arrived at Aladdin’s house and then he and Aladdin walked to the market.‘First of all we must look at coats,’ Abanazar said.
Soon Aladdin had an expensive new coat and he felt very happy. Then Abanazar and Aladdin walked through the market and looked at the shops. They drank coffee, talked to people, and had a very good dinner. It was a wonderful day for Aladdin.
On Friday, when the market was closed, Abanazar took Aladdin to the beautiful gardens in the city. They walked under the trees and talked about a shop for Aladdin.
Soon Aladdin had an expensive new coat and he felt very happy. Then Abanazar and Aladdin walked through the market and looked at the shops. They drank coffee, talked to people, and had a very good dinner. It was a wonderful day for Aladdin.
On Friday, when the market was closed, Abanazar took Aladdin to the beautiful gardens in the city. They walked under the trees and talked about a shop for Aladdin.
‘You are very good to me, Uncle,’ Aladdin said.
Abanazar smiled. ‘But of course,’ he said. ‘You are my brother’s son. Now, let us leave the city and go up into the hills. There is something wonderful there, and you must see it.’
They left the gardens, walked past the Sultan’s palace, and out of the city up into the hills. They walked for a long time and Aladdin began to feel tired.
‘It’s not far now,’ said Abanazar. ‘We’re going to see a beautiful garden —
Abanazar smiled. ‘But of course,’ he said. ‘You are my brother’s son. Now, let us leave the city and go up into the hills. There is something wonderful there, and you must see it.’
They left the gardens, walked past the Sultan’s palace, and out of the city up into the hills. They walked for a long time and Aladdin began to feel tired.
‘It’s not far now,’ said Abanazar. ‘We’re going to see a beautiful garden —
more beautiful than the garden of the Sultan’s palace.’
At last Abanazar stopped. ‘Here we are,’ he said. Aladdin looked, but he could see no gardens on the hills. ‘Where is this garden, Uncle?’ he said.
‘First we must make a fire,’ said Abanazar.
Aladdin did not understand, but he made a fire for his uncle on the ground.
At last Abanazar stopped. ‘Here we are,’ he said. Aladdin looked, but he could see no gardens on the hills. ‘Where is this garden, Uncle?’ he said.
‘First we must make a fire,’ said Abanazar.
Aladdin did not understand, but he made a fire for his uncle on the ground.
Then Abanazar took some powder out of a small box, and put it on the fire.
He closed his eyes and said, ‘Abracadabra/’
At once, the sky went dark. Black smoke came from the fire, and the ground under the fire began to open.Then the smoke went away, and in the ground there was now a big white stone with a ring in it.Aladdin was very afraid. He began to run away, but Abanazar took his arm and hit him on the head.For a minute or two Aladdin could not speak or move.
At once, the sky went dark. Black smoke came from the fire, and the ground under the fire began to open.Then the smoke went away, and in the ground there was now a big white stone with a ring in it.Aladdin was very afraid. He began to run away, but Abanazar took his arm and hit him on the head.For a minute or two Aladdin could not speak or move.
Then he cried, ‘Why did you do that, Uncle?’
‘You must be a man now, not a child,’ said Abanazar. ‘I am your father’s brother, and you must obey me. Don’t be afraid. In a short time you’re going to be a rich man. Now, listen carefully.’ He took Aladdin’s hand. ‘Only you can move this stone.
‘You must be a man now, not a child,’ said Abanazar. ‘I am your father’s brother, and you must obey me. Don’t be afraid. In a short time you’re going to be a rich man. Now, listen carefully.’ He took Aladdin’s hand. ‘Only you can move this stone.
Put your hand on the ring and say your name and your father’s name.’
Very afraid, Aladdin put his hand on the ring. It was not hot, but very cold.
Very afraid, Aladdin put his hand on the ring. It was not hot, but very cold.
‘I am Aladdin, son of Mustafa,’ he said. The stone moved easily, and now Aladdin could see stairs under the ground.
‘Go down those stairs,’ Abanazar said, ‘and then through four big rooms. In the last room there is a door into a garden, and under one of the trees there is a lamp.
‘Go down those stairs,’ Abanazar said, ‘and then through four big rooms. In the last room there is a door into a garden, and under one of the trees there is a lamp.
You can take some fruit from the trees, but first you must find the lamp.
Bring the lamp to me.’‘Please come with me, Uncle!’ Aladdin said.
‘No. Only you can do this, my boy.’ Abanazar took a gold ring off his finger and gave it to Aladdin. ‘This ring is magic and can protect you,’ he said.
‘No. Only you can do this, my boy.’ Abanazar took a gold ring off his finger and gave it to Aladdin. ‘This ring is magic and can protect you,’ he said.
‘Be careful, and bring me the lamp quickly!’
Aladdin put the ring on the little finger of his left hand and began to go down
Aladdin put the ring on the little finger of his left hand and began to go down
the stairs. It was dark and he was afraid, but he was more afraid of Abanazar.
And Aladdin was right to be afraid, because Abanazar was not his uncle.
And Aladdin was right to be afraid, because Abanazar was not his uncle.
He was a magician from Morocco, and he wanted this lamp very much. It was
a magic lamp, and only a poor boy from the city could get it for him -a boy called Aladdin.
Aladdin went down a hundred stairs and into the first room. Down here, it was not dark and he went quickly through the rooms to the door into the garden. There were trees in the garden, with beautiful fruit of different colours — white, red, green, and yellow.
He soon found the lamp, under one of the trees. ‘Why does my uncle want this dirty old lamp?’ he thought. He put it in his pocket. Then he began to take fruit from the trees, and to put it in every pocket of his coat. After that he went back to the stairs and began to go up. Soon he could see Abanazar and the blue sky.
‘Give the lamp to me,’ Abanazar said, and put out his hand. ‘Quickly, boy, the lamp!’
Aladdin could not get the lamp out of his pocket because it was under the fruit.
Aladdin went down a hundred stairs and into the first room. Down here, it was not dark and he went quickly through the rooms to the door into the garden. There were trees in the garden, with beautiful fruit of different colours — white, red, green, and yellow.
He soon found the lamp, under one of the trees. ‘Why does my uncle want this dirty old lamp?’ he thought. He put it in his pocket. Then he began to take fruit from the trees, and to put it in every pocket of his coat. After that he went back to the stairs and began to go up. Soon he could see Abanazar and the blue sky.
‘Give the lamp to me,’ Abanazar said, and put out his hand. ‘Quickly, boy, the lamp!’
Aladdin could not get the lamp out of his pocket because it was under the fruit.
He looked at Abanazar’s angry face and was afraid.
‘First help me out, then you can have the lamp,’ he said. ‘Please, Uncle!’
‘First the lamp,’ cried Abanazar. ‘Give me the lamp!’
‘No!’ Aladdin said.
‘You good-for-nothing! You dog! You and the lamp can stay down there!’ Angrily, Abanazar ran to the fire and put more powder on it. ‘Abracadabra he called.
The big white stone moved again, and now Aladdin could not see the sky.
‘First help me out, then you can have the lamp,’ he said. ‘Please, Uncle!’
‘First the lamp,’ cried Abanazar. ‘Give me the lamp!’
‘No!’ Aladdin said.
‘You good-for-nothing! You dog! You and the lamp can stay down there!’ Angrily, Abanazar ran to the fire and put more powder on it. ‘Abracadabra he called.
The big white stone moved again, and now Aladdin could not see the sky.
He was in the dark, under the ground, and could not get out. Chapter three
‘Uncle Abanazar! Uncle!’ Aladdin hit the stone but nothing moved.
Chapter three
The ring and the lamp
‘Uncle Abanazar! Uncle!’ Aladdin hit the stone but nothing moved. ‘Don’t leave me here! Please!’
Aladdin put his ear to the stone, but he could hear nothing.
Aladdin put his ear to the stone, but he could hear nothing.
‘I am Aladdin, son of Mustafa,’ he said, and listened again. But the stone did not move.
Then Aladdin began to cry. ‘What am I going to do?’ he thought, and put his head in his hands.
After a time he began to feel hungry, and took some of the fruit out of his pocket.
Then Aladdin began to cry. ‘What am I going to do?’ he thought, and put his head in his hands.
After a time he began to feel hungry, and took some of the fruit out of his pocket.
He put some in his mouth, but he could not eat them.
‘These are stones, not fruit,’ he thought. ‘I’m going to die down here.’
For three days and three nights Aladdin sat on the stairs and waited, but no help came.
On the third day he remembered Abanazar’s ring on his finger — the ring to protect him.
He could not see the ring in the dark so he put his right hand on it.
WHOOSH!
There was a sudden noise, and blue smoke came out of the ring.
WHOOSH!
There was a sudden noise, and blue smoke came out of the ring.
And then, out of the smoke came a big jinnee.
‘I am here, master, I am here,’ the jinnee cried. ‘I am the slave of the ring.
‘I am here, master, I am here,’ the jinnee cried. ‘I am the slave of the ring.
What is your wish?’
Aladdin was very surprised, and very afraid. At first he could not speak, then he said,
Aladdin was very surprised, and very afraid. At first he could not speak, then he said,
‘Take me out of here.’
‘To hear is to obey,’ the jinnee said, and a second later Aladdin was back on the hills under the blue sky.
There was nobody there, and the fire was cold and black.
‘To hear is to obey,’ the jinnee said, and a second later Aladdin was back on the hills under the blue sky.
There was nobody there, and the fire was cold and black.
Happily, Aladdin began to walk home.
When he got there, his mother was very happy to see him. ‘Oh, Aladdin!’ she cried. ‘What happened to you? And where is your uncle?’
‘Abanazar is not my uncle, Mother. He is a magician and a bad man. He nearly killed me.’ Then Aladdin told his mother all about the fire, the magic stone, and the garden under the ground. ‘Oh, I am very tired, Mother,’ he said. ‘I must sleep.’
Aladdin closed his eyes and slept for many hours.
When he got there, his mother was very happy to see him. ‘Oh, Aladdin!’ she cried. ‘What happened to you? And where is your uncle?’
‘Abanazar is not my uncle, Mother. He is a magician and a bad man. He nearly killed me.’ Then Aladdin told his mother all about the fire, the magic stone, and the garden under the ground. ‘Oh, I am very tired, Mother,’ he said. ‘I must sleep.’
Aladdin closed his eyes and slept for many hours.
The next morning he opened his eyes and said: ‘Mother, I’m hungry!’
‘My son, I’m sorry,’ she said. ‘We have no rice or meat in the house.
‘My son, I’m sorry,’ she said. ‘We have no rice or meat in the house.
We have nothing. I must sell your new coat and get some rice with the money.’
Then Aladdin remembered the lamp from the garden.
‘Wait a minute, Mother,’ he said. ‘Take this lamp and sell that first.’
‘That dirty old thing?’ Aladdin’s mother said. ‘I must clean it first.’
Then Aladdin remembered the lamp from the garden.
‘Wait a minute, Mother,’ he said. ‘Take this lamp and sell that first.’
‘That dirty old thing?’ Aladdin’s mother said. ‘I must clean it first.’
She began to rub it and …
WHOOSH!
WHOOSH!
Noise, fire, and red smoke came from the lamp, and out of the smoke came a very big jinnee.
‘I am the slave of the lamp,’ cried the jinnee. ‘What is your wish, mistress?’
Aladdin’s mother was afraid and could not speak, but Aladdin said: ‘Bring rice and meat to us. We are hungry.’ The jinnee went away, and came back in a second with rice, meat, bread, and fruit on twelve gold plates. He put the plates in front of them and went away.
Aladdin and his mother ate and ate.
‘I am the slave of the lamp,’ cried the jinnee. ‘What is your wish, mistress?’
Aladdin’s mother was afraid and could not speak, but Aladdin said: ‘Bring rice and meat to us. We are hungry.’ The jinnee went away, and came back in a second with rice, meat, bread, and fruit on twelve gold plates. He put the plates in front of them and went away.
Aladdin and his mother ate and ate.
Then Aladdin took one of the plates to the market and sold it for two pieces of gold.
Every day after that, Aladdin rubbed the lamp. And when the jinnee came, Aladdin said:
Every day after that, Aladdin rubbed the lamp. And when the jinnee came, Aladdin said:
‘Bring us rice and meat.’ And every day he sold the gold plates.
Soon, Aladdin and his mother were rich.
Soon, Aladdin and his mother were rich.
Chapter four
Aladdin’s love
Five years later, Aladdin had a shop in the market and three market-sellers worked for him. The sellers liked Aladdin because he was good to them. The market children liked Aladdin too, because he gave them money when he walked past. Everybody liked Aladdin.
Aladdin’s mother never called her son a good-for-nothing now.
They had a nice house near the gardens and she had many beautiful things.
But only Aladdin and his mother knew about the magic lamp and the jinnee.
One day Aladdin heard a noise in the street and stopped to listen.
One day Aladdin heard a noise in the street and stopped to listen.
‘The Sultan’s daughter is coming,’ he heard. ‘Princess Badr-al-Budur is coming!’
Six slaves carried the Princess through the streets in a litter, and the people stopped to watch. ‘Princess! Princess Badr-al-Budur!’ they called.
Aladdin watched when the litter came past him, and he saw the Princess’s face.
Six slaves carried the Princess through the streets in a litter, and the people stopped to watch. ‘Princess! Princess Badr-al-Budur!’ they called.
Aladdin watched when the litter came past him, and he saw the Princess’s face.
She was beautiful, with big dark eyes — the most beautiful woman in Arabia.
The litter went past Aladdin, but for some minutes he did not move.
Then he ran home.
‘Mother! Mother! I saw the Sultan’s daughter, Princess Badr-al-Budur, in the street.’
‘Mother! Mother! I saw the Sultan’s daughter, Princess Badr-al-Budur, in the street.’
Aladdin’s face was white. ‘I must have the Princess for my wife!’
‘But, Aladdin …’ his mother began.
‘No “buts”, Mother. I love the Princess and I want to marry her.
‘But, Aladdin …’ his mother began.
‘No “buts”, Mother. I love the Princess and I want to marry her.
Go to the Sultan and ask for me.’
‘Me? Go to the Sultan’s palace? No, no, no,’ Aladdin’s mother said. ‘Listen, my son.
‘Me? Go to the Sultan’s palace? No, no, no,’ Aladdin’s mother said. ‘Listen, my son.
The daughters of a Sultan do not marry poor boys from the city.’
‘But we are not poor now, Mother. And we can give the Sultan something for his daughter. Wait.’
Aladdin went away and got the fruit from the magic garden under the ground.
‘But we are not poor now, Mother. And we can give the Sultan something for his daughter. Wait.’
Aladdin went away and got the fruit from the magic garden under the ground.
Now, of course, he knew it was not fruit, but white, red, green, and yellow jewels.
‘Take these jewels, Mother, on a gold plate,’ he said, ‘and give them to the Sultan.’
So the next day Aladdin’s mother carried a gold plate with many beautiful jewels on it to the Sultan’s palace. She went into a long room, but when she saw the Sultan, his Vizier, and all his slaves, she was very afraid. So she waited quietly in the room and spoke to nobody. In
‘Take these jewels, Mother, on a gold plate,’ he said, ‘and give them to the Sultan.’
So the next day Aladdin’s mother carried a gold plate with many beautiful jewels on it to the Sultan’s palace. She went into a long room, but when she saw the Sultan, his Vizier, and all his slaves, she was very afraid. So she waited quietly in the room and spoke to nobody. In
the evening she went back home again with the jewels. Aladdin was very angry with her.
‘Mother, you must speak to the Sultan,’ he said. ‘I have no father to do this for me.
‘Mother, you must speak to the Sultan,’ he said. ‘I have no father to do this for me.
You must help me — I must marry the Princess. I love her!’
So the next day, and for many days after that,
So the next day, and for many days after that,
Aladdin’s mother went to the palace, but she was always afraid to speak.
In the end, the Sultan saw her and asked his Vizier: ‘Who is that woman?
In the end, the Sultan saw her and asked his Vizier: ‘Who is that woman?
Why does she come to the palace every day?’
The Vizier spoke to Aladdin’s mother: ‘Do you want to speak to the Sultan? Yes?
The Vizier spoke to Aladdin’s mother: ‘Do you want to speak to the Sultan? Yes?
Come with me.’
The Vizier took Aladdin’s mother to the Sultan, and she put her head on the ground at his feet.
‘Get up, woman. Why do you come here every day?’ the Sultan asked.
The Vizier took Aladdin’s mother to the Sultan, and she put her head on the ground at his feet.
‘Get up, woman. Why do you come here every day?’ the Sultan asked.
‘Speak, woman.’
‘Your Majesty,’ Aladdin’s mother said quietly, ‘I have a son, a good young man.
‘Your Majesty,’ Aladdin’s mother said quietly, ‘I have a son, a good young man.
He is called Aladdin. He loves your daughter, Princess Badr-al-Budur.
He cannot sleep or eat because of her. He wants to marry her.’
The Sultan laughed. ‘What? Marry my daughter? Your son?’
‘Your Majesty, these jewels are for you, from my son Aladdin.’
The Sultan laughed. ‘What? Marry my daughter? Your son?’
‘Your Majesty, these jewels are for you, from my son Aladdin.’
And Aladdin’s mother put the gold plate with the jewels in front of the Sultan’s feet.
Everybody looked at the jewels, and the long room was suddenly very quiet.
Everybody looked at the jewels, and the long room was suddenly very quiet.
Then the Sultan spoke.
‘These are very beautiful jewels,’ he said. ‘No man in Arabia has jewels more wonderful than these. Your son is a rich man — a good husband for my daughter.’
The Vizier did not like to hear this, because he wanted the Princess to marry his son.
‘Your Majesty,’ he said quietly in the Sultan’s ear, ‘my son is a rich man, too.
‘These are very beautiful jewels,’ he said. ‘No man in Arabia has jewels more wonderful than these. Your son is a rich man — a good husband for my daughter.’
The Vizier did not like to hear this, because he wanted the Princess to marry his son.
‘Your Majesty,’ he said quietly in the Sultan’s ear, ‘my son is a rich man, too.
Give him three months, and he can find better jewels than these.’
‘Very well,’ said the Sultan. And to Aladdin’s mother he said:
‘Very well,’ said the Sultan. And to Aladdin’s mother he said:
‘Your son must wait for three months, and then perhaps he can marry my daughter.’
Aladdin’s mother went home to tell Aladdin, and the Vizier went away to speak to his son.
Aladdin’s mother went home to tell Aladdin, and the Vizier went away to speak to his son.
And every day, for two months, the Vizier’s son came to the Sultan and gave him gold, and jewels, and many beautiful things.
For two months Aladdin waited happily, but one day his mother came home from the market and said:
‘Oh, Aladdin! Aladdin! The Princess is going to marry the Vizier’s son!
For two months Aladdin waited happily, but one day his mother came home from the market and said:
‘Oh, Aladdin! Aladdin! The Princess is going to marry the Vizier’s son!
I heard it in the market. Everybody’s talking about it.’
When Aladdin heard this, he was very unhappy. ‘What can I do?’ he thought.
When Aladdin heard this, he was very unhappy. ‘What can I do?’ he thought.
He put his head in his hands and thought for a long time.
And when night came, he took out the magic lamp and rubbed it…
WHOOSH!
WHOOSH!
‘
What is your wish, master?’ said the jinnee of the lamp.
‘Bring Princess Badr-al-Budur to me,’ said Aladdin.
‘To hear is to obey.’
In a second the jinnee was back with the Princess asleep in his arms.
‘Bring Princess Badr-al-Budur to me,’ said Aladdin.
‘To hear is to obey.’
In a second the jinnee was back with the Princess asleep in his arms.
He put her carefully on a bed, and then the Princess opened her eyes and saw Aladdin.
‘Who are you?’ she asked, afraid.
Aladdin took her hand and looked into her eyes. ‘My name is Aladdin, and I love you,’
‘Who are you?’ she asked, afraid.
Aladdin took her hand and looked into her eyes. ‘My name is Aladdin, and I love you,’
he answered. ‘I cannot live without you, and I want to marry you.’
Badr-al-Budur saw the love in his eyes, and smiled.
She closed her eyes again, then the jinnee carried her back to the Sultan’s palace.
Badr-al-Budur saw the love in his eyes, and smiled.
She closed her eyes again, then the jinnee carried her back to the Sultan’s palace.
The next morning she remembered Aladdin’s eyes. ‘There is no love in the eyes of the Vizier’s son,’ she thought. ‘He thinks only of gold and of jewels.’ So the Princess went to her father.
‘I do not want to marry the Vizier’s son,’ she said. ‘I want Aladdin for my husband.’
The Sultan was very surprised. ‘What can we do?’ he said to his Vizier.
‘I do not want to marry the Vizier’s son,’ she said. ‘I want Aladdin for my husband.’
The Sultan was very surprised. ‘What can we do?’ he said to his Vizier.
‘My daughter wants to marry this man Aladdin. He is a rich man, it is true — but who is he?’ ‘Ask him,’ said the Vizier quickly, ‘for more of those beautiful jewels, on forty gold plates.
And forty slave-girls, with forty slaves. Nobody is that rich.’
‘Very good,’ smiled the Sultan, and said to his slaves: ‘Bring Aladdin’s mother to me.’
When Aladdin’s mother arrived, the Sultan said: ‘So! Your son wants to marry my daughter. But first he must give me forty gold plates with jewels. Forty slave-girls, with forty slaves,
‘Very good,’ smiled the Sultan, and said to his slaves: ‘Bring Aladdin’s mother to me.’
When Aladdin’s mother arrived, the Sultan said: ‘So! Your son wants to marry my daughter. But first he must give me forty gold plates with jewels. Forty slave-girls, with forty slaves,
must carry the plates to me. Then my daughter can be his wife.’
Aladdin’s mother went home and told her son, and Aladdin smiled. This was easy for the jinnee of the lamp, of course, and the next day, when Aladdin went to the palace, everybody in the city came out to watch.
First came forty slave-girls in dresses of gold, and every girl carried a gold plate with wonderful jewels on it. After them walked forty slaves in coats of gold.
Aladdin’s mother went home and told her son, and Aladdin smiled. This was easy for the jinnee of the lamp, of course, and the next day, when Aladdin went to the palace, everybody in the city came out to watch.
First came forty slave-girls in dresses of gold, and every girl carried a gold plate with wonderful jewels on it. After them walked forty slaves in coats of gold.
And last came Aladdin, on a beautiful white horse.
‘What do you say now?’ the Sultan said quietly to the Vizier, when he saw all these wonderful things. ‘Aladdin must marry my daughter. How can I say no?’ And the Sultan went to Aladdin and took his hands. ‘My son,’ he said. ‘You can marry my daughter tonight.’
‘Tomorrow, Your Majesty,’ said Aladdin. ‘Because, before I marry your daughter,
‘What do you say now?’ the Sultan said quietly to the Vizier, when he saw all these wonderful things. ‘Aladdin must marry my daughter. How can I say no?’ And the Sultan went to Aladdin and took his hands. ‘My son,’ he said. ‘You can marry my daughter tonight.’
‘Tomorrow, Your Majesty,’ said Aladdin. ‘Because, before I marry your daughter,
she must have a palace -the most beautiful palace in Arabia.’
The jinnee of the lamp worked all night, and the next morning the Sultan saw from his window a beautiful new palace, with gardens of fruit trees and flowers. ‘Wonderful!’ he said.
‘Black magic!’ said the Vizier quietly.
That night Aladdin married Badr-al-Budur and they lived happily in the new palace.
The jinnee of the lamp worked all night, and the next morning the Sultan saw from his window a beautiful new palace, with gardens of fruit trees and flowers. ‘Wonderful!’ he said.
‘Black magic!’ said the Vizier quietly.
That night Aladdin married Badr-al-Budur and they lived happily in the new palace.
Chapter five
New lamps for old
New lamps for old
Were was Abanazar all this time? When he could not get the lamp from Aladdin,
he went home to Morocco. He was very angry with Aladdin. ‘But the boy is dead now,’
he thought. ‘And perhaps next year I can go back and get the lamp.’
One day, he got out his seven black stones. These stones were magic, and when he put them in water, the water could tell him many things. Soon, he could see the magic lamp in the water, but it was not under the white stone in the Arabian hills.
It was in a palace.
‘How did this happen?’ said Abanazar. ‘I must go back to Arabia and find this palace.’
After some months he arrived again in the city in Arabia. Soon, he saw the new palace and asked a man in the street: ‘Who lives there?’
‘That’s Aladdin’s palace,’ was the answer. ‘Princess Badr-al-Budur’s husband,
a good man — and very rich!’
Abanazar said nothing and walked away. ‘That lazy, good-for-nothing boy!’
Abanazar said nothing and walked away. ‘That lazy, good-for-nothing boy!’
he thought angrily. ‘So he has the magic lamp, and he knows about the jinnee!
How can I get the lamp back?’
For the next week Abanazar watched Aladdin’s palace.
For the next week Abanazar watched Aladdin’s palace.
One day Aladdin and his friends left the palace to go hunting in the hills.
‘Good,’ Abanazar thought, ‘now I can get the lamp.’
After Aladdin left, Princess Badr-al-Budur went into the palace gardens.
‘Good,’ Abanazar thought, ‘now I can get the lamp.’
After Aladdin left, Princess Badr-al-Budur went into the palace gardens.
She sat under a tree and looked at the flowers.
Then she heard a noise in the street, and called her slave-girl, Fawzia.
‘What’s the matter? Who’s making that noise?’ she asked. ‘Fawzia, go and look in the street.’
When Fawzia came back, she had a smile on her face.
‘Mistress,’ she said, ‘the children in the street are laughing at an old man. He’s selling lamps, but not for money. “New lamps for old,” he cries. “Give me an old lamp, and you can have
‘What’s the matter? Who’s making that noise?’ she asked. ‘Fawzia, go and look in the street.’
When Fawzia came back, she had a smile on her face.
‘Mistress,’ she said, ‘the children in the street are laughing at an old man. He’s selling lamps, but not for money. “New lamps for old,” he cries. “Give me an old lamp, and you can have
a new lamp.” So everybody’s getting new lamps.’
Badr-al-Budur laughed. ‘Do we have an old lamp for him? Yes — my husband’s old lamp!
Badr-al-Budur laughed. ‘Do we have an old lamp for him? Yes — my husband’s old lamp!
Go and get it.’ The Princess knew nothing about the lamp or its magic.
Fawzia went into the palace and came back with Aladdin’s lamp. ‘Here it is, mistress,’
Fawzia went into the palace and came back with Aladdin’s lamp. ‘Here it is, mistress,’
she said.
‘Go and give it to the old man.’ The Princess laughed. ‘Aladdin can have a nice new lamp!’
Fawzia went out into the street with the lamp. ‘New lamps for old,’ the old man called,
‘Go and give it to the old man.’ The Princess laughed. ‘Aladdin can have a nice new lamp!’
Fawzia went out into the street with the lamp. ‘New lamps for old,’ the old man called,
and the children behind him laughed and called, ‘New lamps for old.’
The old man (it was Abanazar, of course) saw the lamp in Fawzia’s hands, and knew it at once, because of the picture in the water of his magic stones. He took the old lamp, gave
a new lamp to Fawzia, and then quickly walked away.
He walked out of the city into the hills. Then he took out the lamp and rubbed it.. .
WHOOSH! At once the jinnee of the lamp came to him. ‘I am here, master,’ he said.
WHOOSH! At once the jinnee of the lamp came to him. ‘I am here, master,’ he said.
‘What is your wish?’ ‘Carry Aladdin’s palace, the Princess, and me back to Morocco at once,’ Abanazar said. ‘The Sultan can kill Aladdin for me.’
‘To hear is to obey.’
In a second Abanazar, the palace, the gardens, and the Princess were in Morocco.
‘To hear is to obey.’
In a second Abanazar, the palace, the gardens, and the Princess were in Morocco.
And in front of the Sultan’s palace there was now only a little red smoke.
Chapter six
There and back again
There and back again
In the evening Aladdin and his friends finished hunting and began to go home.
Suddenly a friend said: ‘Aladdin, look! The Sultan’s men are coming, with swords in their hands. What do they want?’
‘I don’t know,’ Aladdin answered.
When the Sultan’s men arrived, they said: ‘Aladdin, we must take you to the Sultan.
‘I don’t know,’ Aladdin answered.
When the Sultan’s men arrived, they said: ‘Aladdin, we must take you to the Sultan.
He’s very angry.’
‘Why?’ asked Aladdin, but the men could not tell him.
In his palace the Sultan took Aladdin to a window. ‘Where is your palace?’
‘Why?’ asked Aladdin, but the men could not tell him.
In his palace the Sultan took Aladdin to a window. ‘Where is your palace?’
he cried angrily. ‘And where is my daughter? Answer me!’
Aladdin looked out of the window. There was only the ground and the sky — no palace, no gardens, nothing. He closed his eyes, opened them and looked again, and he had no answer for the Sultan.
‘It’s black magic. I always said that,’ the Vizier said quietly in the Sultan’s ear.
‘Your Majesty.’ Aladdin put his head at the Sultan’s feet. ‘Kill me now - I do not want to live without Badr-al-Budur.’ There were tears in his eyes.
‘Find her in forty days — or you die,’ the Sultan said.
‘I hear and obey, Your Majesty,’ Aladdin answered.
But without his magic lamp, what could Aladdin do? He went out from the city, and looked and looked for his wife and his palace, but of course he did not find them. After thirty-seven days he sat by a river and cried: ‘Oh, Badr-al-Budur, my love! Where are you? Where can I look now?’ He put his hands into the water of the river, and then he saw the magician’s ring on his little finger. He began to rub it…
Aladdin looked out of the window. There was only the ground and the sky — no palace, no gardens, nothing. He closed his eyes, opened them and looked again, and he had no answer for the Sultan.
‘It’s black magic. I always said that,’ the Vizier said quietly in the Sultan’s ear.
‘Your Majesty.’ Aladdin put his head at the Sultan’s feet. ‘Kill me now - I do not want to live without Badr-al-Budur.’ There were tears in his eyes.
‘Find her in forty days — or you die,’ the Sultan said.
‘I hear and obey, Your Majesty,’ Aladdin answered.
But without his magic lamp, what could Aladdin do? He went out from the city, and looked and looked for his wife and his palace, but of course he did not find them. After thirty-seven days he sat by a river and cried: ‘Oh, Badr-al-Budur, my love! Where are you? Where can I look now?’ He put his hands into the water of the river, and then he saw the magician’s ring on his little finger. He began to rub it…
WHOOSH!
Out of the blue smoke came the jinnee of the ring. ‘What is your wish, master?’ he asked.
‘Find my wife and bring her back to me,’ answered Aladdin. ‘Please …’
‘Master, I cannot do that. The jinnee of the lamp took the Princess away, and only the jinnee of the lamp can bring her back. But I can take you to her.’
‘Take me then — quickly!’
‘To hear is to obey.’
It is many, many miles from Arabia to Morocco, but Aladdin was there in a second. And there was his palace, in front of him. He went into the gardens and looked up at the windows.
‘Badr-al-Budur,’ he cried, ‘are you there?’
In the palace Badr-al-Budur heard him. ‘Is that Aladdin?’ she thought. ‘But he is far away in Arabia.’ She went to the window, opened it, and looked out. ‘Aladdin!’ she cried. ‘Oh, my love!’
For the first time in many days, Aladdin smiled. ‘Come up, quickly!’ the Princess called.
‘Find my wife and bring her back to me,’ answered Aladdin. ‘Please …’
‘Master, I cannot do that. The jinnee of the lamp took the Princess away, and only the jinnee of the lamp can bring her back. But I can take you to her.’
‘Take me then — quickly!’
‘To hear is to obey.’
It is many, many miles from Arabia to Morocco, but Aladdin was there in a second. And there was his palace, in front of him. He went into the gardens and looked up at the windows.
‘Badr-al-Budur,’ he cried, ‘are you there?’
In the palace Badr-al-Budur heard him. ‘Is that Aladdin?’ she thought. ‘But he is far away in Arabia.’ She went to the window, opened it, and looked out. ‘Aladdin!’ she cried. ‘Oh, my love!’
For the first time in many days, Aladdin smiled. ‘Come up, quickly!’ the Princess called.
‘The magician is not here now.’
Her slave-girl ran down and opened a little door into the gardens. Aladdin ran up to the Princess’s rooms, and in a second she was in his arms.
‘Oh, my love,’ the Princess said. ‘A bad man carried me here.
Her slave-girl ran down and opened a little door into the gardens. Aladdin ran up to the Princess’s rooms, and in a second she was in his arms.
‘Oh, my love,’ the Princess said. ‘A bad man carried me here.
A magician. His name is—’
‘His name is Abanazar and I am going to kill him,’ said Aladdin.
‘His name is Abanazar and I am going to kill him,’ said Aladdin.
‘Tell me — does he have my old lamp?’
‘Yes,’ Badr-al-Budur said. ‘He always carries it with him.
‘Yes,’ Badr-al-Budur said. ‘He always carries it with him.
I know about its magic now, because he told me. Oh, why did I give it away?’
‘Listen, my love,’ said Aladdin. ‘I’m going to give you some sleeping-powder.
‘Listen, my love,’ said Aladdin. ‘I’m going to give you some sleeping-powder.
When he comes here again, you must give him a drink and put the powder in it.
When he is asleep, I can kill him. Don’t be afraid. I’m going to take you home very soon.
Now for some good magic.’
He began to rub his ring .. .
WHOOSH! ‘What is your wish, master?’ said the jinnee of the ring.
‘Bring me some sleeping-powder,’ said Aladdin.
‘To hear is to obey.’
In a second the jinnee was back with some sleeping-powder.
He began to rub his ring .. .
WHOOSH! ‘What is your wish, master?’ said the jinnee of the ring.
‘Bring me some sleeping-powder,’ said Aladdin.
‘To hear is to obey.’
In a second the jinnee was back with some sleeping-powder.
Then Aladdin and the Princess waited for Abanazar.
In the evening they heard him on the stairs.
‘Don’t be afraid,’ Aladdin said quietly to his wife. ‘I am in the next room and can be with you in a second.’ He went quickly into the next room and stood behind the door.
Abanazar opened the door of Badr-al-Budur’s room and came in. He smiled:
In the evening they heard him on the stairs.
‘Don’t be afraid,’ Aladdin said quietly to his wife. ‘I am in the next room and can be with you in a second.’ He went quickly into the next room and stood behind the door.
Abanazar opened the door of Badr-al-Budur’s room and came in. He smiled:
‘You are more beautiful every day, Badr-al-Budur,’ he said. ‘Your husband, that good-for-nothing Aladdin, is dead now. You must marry me. You can have gold, jewels, palaces, anything! But you must be my wife.’
For the first time the Princess smiled at Abanazar.
‘Why not?’ she said. ‘You are a rich man and I am happy here.
For the first time the Princess smiled at Abanazar.
‘Why not?’ she said. ‘You are a rich man and I am happy here.
Yes, let’s drink to that.’
And she gave him a tall gold cup with the drink and the powder in it.
‘Let us drink from one cup, Abanazar,’ she said, and smiled at him.
And she gave him a tall gold cup with the drink and the powder in it.
‘Let us drink from one cup, Abanazar,’ she said, and smiled at him.
‘You first, then me. In my country new husbands and wives always do this.’
‘To Badr-al-Budur, the most beautiful woman in Morocco,’ Abanazar said happily, ‘and my wife.’
He looked into Badr-al-Budur’s eyes and began to drink. Very afraid, the Princess watched him. But it was a good sleeping-powder, and after five seconds Abanazar’s eyes closed and he was asleep.
The Princess ran to the door of the next room.
‘Quick, Aladdin,’ she called.
Aladdin ran in with his sword and saw the sleeping magician. ‘Well done, my love!’ he said. ‘Now, go into the next room and do not watch.’
Badr-al-Budur ran to the next room and closed the door. Aladdin put his hand in Abanazar’s pocket took out the lamp. He put it carefully into the pocket his coat, and then stood up.
The sword did its work quickly, and Abanazar never opened his eyes again.
The Princess came back into the room, and ran to Aladdin. He took her in his arms.
‘The magician is dead,’ he said. ‘And now we can go home.’ He began to rub the lamp …
WHOOSH!
‘To Badr-al-Budur, the most beautiful woman in Morocco,’ Abanazar said happily, ‘and my wife.’
He looked into Badr-al-Budur’s eyes and began to drink. Very afraid, the Princess watched him. But it was a good sleeping-powder, and after five seconds Abanazar’s eyes closed and he was asleep.
The Princess ran to the door of the next room.
‘Quick, Aladdin,’ she called.
Aladdin ran in with his sword and saw the sleeping magician. ‘Well done, my love!’ he said. ‘Now, go into the next room and do not watch.’
Badr-al-Budur ran to the next room and closed the door. Aladdin put his hand in Abanazar’s pocket took out the lamp. He put it carefully into the pocket his coat, and then stood up.
The sword did its work quickly, and Abanazar never opened his eyes again.
The Princess came back into the room, and ran to Aladdin. He took her in his arms.
‘The magician is dead,’ he said. ‘And now we can go home.’ He began to rub the lamp …
WHOOSH!
Fire and red smoke came from the lamp. The Princess watched, afraid.
‘I am here, master,’ said the jinnee of the lamp. ‘What is your wish?’
‘Carry this palace, Badr-al-Budur, and me back to our city in Arabia.
‘I am here, master,’ said the jinnee of the lamp. ‘What is your wish?’
‘Carry this palace, Badr-al-Budur, and me back to our city in Arabia.
But leave that dog, Abanazar, here.’
‘To hear is to obey,’ said the jinnee.
When the Sultan looked out of his window and saw Aladdin’s palace again, he was a happy man. And when he took his daughter in his arms, he was the happiest man in Arabia.
From that day, Aladdin and Badr-al-Budur lived happily in their palace.
‘To hear is to obey,’ said the jinnee.
When the Sultan looked out of his window and saw Aladdin’s palace again, he was a happy man. And when he took his daughter in his arms, he was the happiest man in Arabia.
From that day, Aladdin and Badr-al-Budur lived happily in their palace.
They lived for many years, and had many children.
But Aladdin always carried the magic lamp with him, day and night.¨¨
— THE END –
