“I will get my revenge!” swore the Vizier. Aladdin must have escaped from the cave, and with the lamp! He knew there could be only one reason the young man could present all this magic to the Sultan. The uncle-magician who had left Aladdin trapped in the cave was also the Sultan’s Vizier. Aladdin, the Sultan, and everyone else in the palace waited with growing excitement for the wedding day.Įxcept for one person. He caught a glimpse of Nadia from a distance, covered in scarves, thinking she was the true princess. Aladdin could not meet the princess until their wedding day. “Stay here in my palace until the preparations for your wedding are complete,” he said. Just then, Aladdin was riding to the Sultan’s palace on a white horse, ready to meet his bride. With all the scarves maidens like them wore… They were about the same height, with the same color hair. The two of them stared at each other for a couple of moments. “And I would rather live yours,” said Nadia. “I would rather live your life than be handed off in this way.” “You don’t know how lucky you are,” she said. “But Madam,” said Nadia, “isn’t this wonderful stranger an excellent match for you?” To Nadia, her lady-in-waiting, she said, “My father is determined to marry me off, no matter what!” In her dressing room, the princess groaned. “I can’t believe this!” The princess threw her arms up in despair, and she left. In a lower voice he said, “Daughter, you’re just excited to get such a fine husband.” Why do you think it matters to me who’s the most powerful?” Today, this stranger is the most powerful one and I’m to marry him. “Yesterday, your Vizier was most powerful man in the kingdom," said his daughter, "and I was to marry him. "He can make a golden palace appear overnight." He’s even more powerful than my royal adviser, the Vizier.” “He can make a golden palace appear overnight. “What do you know about this man? Have you ever met him?” “What do you mean, Father?” said his daughter. ![]() ![]() “Look at this palace!” he said, pointing out the window. The next morning, the Sultan called for his daughter. Meanwhile back at Aladdin’s home, his Mother said, “It is time for you to go, my son, to meet your princess.” Her wishes spent, she gave him the lamp. You can imagine the mother’s surprise! The Genie rose up out of the lamp, and a feast fit for a king weighed down her kitchen table, on plates of glimmering gold. “If there were really a Genie in this old lamp, I would say to it, ‘Genie, make a feast for my son and me, and serve it on plates of gold!’” “That old thing?” She took the lamp, grabbed a rag, and started to clean it. His mother could not believe the tale her son told her. He mumbled yes, of course! More than anything he wanted to get out of the cave and go home! The very next moment, Aladdin was outside his own home, still holding the lamp and with all his jewel-fruits in his vest pockets. “Was that your first wish - to get out of this cave? Three wishes are yours to command.”Īladdin’s mouth fell open, amazed. Rubbing the lamp, he moaned, “Oh, how I wish I could get out of here!”Īt once, a huge Genie rose up into the air. “Why didn’t I just hand over this old lamp? Who cares about it, anyway? Whatever might have come of it, it couldn’t have been worse than this! What was I thinking?” He poured out the oil and took it back to the opening of the cave.įor two days, Aladdin despaired. Then he plucked another and another jewel-fruit, till all his pockets were filled.Īladdin came to the large flat stone, and on it was a lighted lamp, just as his uncle had said. ![]() So he figured he might as well put the fine jewel-fruit in his vest pocket. Then – too late – he remembered what his uncle had said. He could not help but reach out and touch one. Through the garden of fruit trees and marvelous to behold, the trees held fruits that sparkled and shone. Now go!”Īladdin slowly stepped down the stairs. Pour out the oil in the lamp and bring it to me. Walk on till you come to a large flat stone and on the stone will be a lighted lamp. You will walk through a garden of fruit trees. Go down, and at the foot of the steps, follow a long hall. “Fear nothing,” said the magician to Aladdin. He saw steps that led down to a dark hole. He chanted a few magic words and the giant crystal rose up several feet in the air, moved to the side and landed. “Under this giant white crystal lies a treasure that is to be yours.”
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