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This so grieved the father that he died, yet, inspite of his mother's tears and prayers, Aladdindid not mend his ways.
One day, when he was playing in the streets asusual, a stranger asked him his age, and if hewere not the son of Mustafa the tailor.
I am, sir, replied Aladdin, but he died a longwhile ago.
On this the stranger, who was a famous Africanmagician, fell on his neck and kissed him, saying,
I am your uncle, and knew you from your likenessto my brother. Go to your mother and tell her I amcoming.
Aladdin ran home, and told his mother of his newlyfound uncle.
Indeed, child, she said, your father had abrother, but I always thought he was dead.
However, she prepared supper, and bade Aladdinseek his uncle, who came laden with wine andfruit.
He presently fell down and kissed the place whereMustafa used to sit, bidding Aladdin's mother notto be surprised at not having seen him before, ashe had been forty years out of the country.
He then turned to Aladdin, and asked him histrade, at which the boy hung his head, while hismother burst into tears.
On learning that Aladdin was idle and would learnno trade, he offered to take a shop for him andstock it with merchandise.
Next day he bought Aladdin a fine suit of clothes,and took him all over the city, showing him thesights, and brought him home at nightfall to hismother, who was overjoyed to see her son so fine.
Next day the magician led Aladdin into somebeautiful gardens a long way outside the citygates.
They sat down by a fountain, and the magicianpulled a cake from his girdle, which he dividedbetween them.
They then journeyed onwards till they almostreached the mountains.
Aladdin was so tired that he begged to go back,but the magician beguiled him with pleasantstories, and led him on in spite of himself.
At last they came to two mountains divided by anarrow valley.
We will go no farther, said the false uncle. Iwill show you something wonderful, only do yougather up sticks while I kindle a fire.
When it was lit the magician threw on it a powderhe had about him, at the same time saying somemagical words.
The earth trembled a little and opened in front ofthem, disclosing a square flat stone with a brassring in the middle to raise it by.
Aladdin tried to run away, but the magician caughthim and gave him a blow that knocked him down.
What have I done, uncle? he said piteously, whereupon the magician said more kindly, Fear nothing,but obey me.
Beneath this stone lies a treasure which is to beyours, and no one else may touch it, so you mustdo exactly as I tell you.
At the word treasure, Aladdin forgot his fears andgrasped the ring as he was told, saying the namesof his father and grandfather.
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The stone came up quite easily and some stepsappeared.
Go down, said the magician, at the foot of thosesteps you will find an open door leading intothree large halls.
Tuck up your gown and go through them withouttouching anything, or you will die instantly.
These halls lead into a garden of fine fruittrees.
Walk until you come to a niche in a terrace wherestands a lighted lamp.
Pour out the oil it contains and bring it to me.
He drew a ring from his finger and gave it toAladdin, bidding him prosper.
Aladdin found everything as the magician had said,gathered some fruit off the trees, and, having gotthe lamp, arrived at the mouth of the cave.
The magician cried out in a great hurry.
Make haste and give me the lamp.
This Aladdin refused to do until he was out of thecave.
The magician flew into a terrible passion, andthrowing some more powder on the fire, he saidsomething, and the stone rolled back into itsplace.
The magician left Persia forever, which plainlyshowed that he was no uncle of Aladdin's, but acunning magician who had read in his magic booksof a wonderful lamp, which would make him the mostpowerful man in the world.
Though he alone knew where to find it, he couldonly receive it from the hand of another.
He had picked out the foolish Aladdin for thispurpose, intending to get the lamp and kill himafterwards.
For two days Aladdin remained in the dark, cryingand lamenting.
At last he clasped his hands in prayer, and in sodoing rubbed the ring, which the magician hadforgotten to take from him.
Immediately an enormous and frightful genie roseout of the earth, saying,
What wouldst thou with me? I am the slave of thering, and will obey thee in all things.
Aladdin fearlessly replied, Deliver me from thisplace.
Whereupon the earth opened, and he found himselfoutside.
As soon as his eyes could bear the light he wenthome, but fainted on the threshold.
When he came to himself he told his mother whathad passed, and showed her the lamp and the fruitshe had gathered in the garden, which were inreality precious stones.
He then asked for some food.
Alas! Child, she said, I have nothing in thehouse, but I have spun a little cotton and will goand sell it.
Aladdin bade her keep her cotton, for he wouldsell the lamp instead.
As it was very dirty she began to rub it, that itmight fetch a higher price.
Instantly a hideous genie appeared, and asked whatshe would have.
She fainted away, but Aladdin, snatching the lamp,said boldly,
Fetch me something to eat.
The genie returned with a silver bowl, twelvesilver plates containing rich meats, two silvercups, and two bottles of wine.
Aladdin's mother, when she came to herself, said,
Whence comes this splendid feast?
Ask not, but eat, replied Aladdin.
So they sat at breakfast till it was dinnertime,and Aladdin told his mother about the lamp.
She begged him to sell it, and have nothing to dowith devils.
No, said Aladdin, since chance has made us awareof its virtues, we will use it and the ringlikewise, which I shall always wear on my finger.
When they had eaten all the genie had brought,Aladdin sold one of the silver plates, and so ontill none were left.
He then had recourse to the genie, who gave himanother set of plates, and thus they lived formany years.
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One day Aladdin heard an order from the sultanproclaimed that everyone was to stay at home andclose his shutters while the princess, hisdaughter, 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 lifted her veil as she went in, andlooked so beautiful that Aladdin fell in love withher at first sight.
He went home so changed that his mother wasfrightened.
He told her he loved the princess so deeply thathe could not live without her, and meant to askher in marriage of her father.
His mother, on hearing this, burst out laughing,but Aladdin at last prevailed upon her to gobefore the sultan and carry his request.
She fetched a napkin and laid in it the magicfruits from the enchanted garden, which sparkledand shone like the most beautiful jewels.
She took these with her to please the sultan, andset out, trusting in the lamp.
The grand vizier and the lords of council had justgone in as she entered the hall and placed herselfin front of the sultan.
He, however, took no notice of her.
She went every day for a week, and stood in thesame place.
When the council broke up on the sixth day the sultan said to his vizier,
I see a certain woman in the audience chamberevery day carrying something in a napkin.
Call her next time, that I may find out what shewants.
Next day, at a sign from the vizier, she went upto the foot of the throne and remained kneelingtill the sultan said to her,
Rise, good woman, and tell me what you want.
She hesitated, so the sultan sent away all but thevizier, and bade her speak freely, promising toforgive her beforehand for anything she might say.
She then told him of her son's violent love forthe princess.
I prayed him to forget her, she said, but in vain,he threatened to do some desperate deed if Irefused to go and asked your majesty for the handof the princess.
Now I pray you to forgive not me alone, but my sonAladdin.
The sultan asked her kindly what she had in thenapkin, whereupon she unfolded the jewels andpresented them.
He was thunderstruck, and turning to the viziersaid, What sayest thou? Ought I not to bestow theprincess on one who values her at such a price?
The vizier, who wanted her for his own son, beggedthe sultan to withhold her for three months, inthe course of which he hoped his son would contrive to make him a richer present.
The sultan granted this, and told Aladdin's motherthat, though he consented to the marriage, shemust not appear before him again for three months.
Aladdin waited patiently for nearly three months,but after two had elapsed his mother, going intothe city to buy oil, found everyone rejoicing, andasked what was going on.
Do you not know, was the answer, that the son ofthe grand vizier is to marry the sultan's daughtertonight?
Breathless, she ran and told Aladdin, who wasoverwhelmed at first, but presently bethought himof the lamp.
He rubbed it, and the genie appeared, saying, Whatis thy will?
Aladdin replied, The sultan, as thou knowest, hasbroken his promise to me, and the vizier's son isto have the princess.
My command is that tonight to bring hither thebride and bridegroom.
Master, I obey, said the genie.
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Aladdin then went to his chamber, where, sureenough at midnight the genie transported the bedcontaining the vizier's son and the princess.
Take this new married man, he said, and put himoutside in the cold, and return at daybreak.
Whereupon the genie took the vizier's son out ofbed, leaving Aladdin with the princess.
Fear nothing, Aladdin said to her, you are mywife, promised to me by your unjust father, and noharm shall come to you.
The princess was too frightened to speak, andpassed the most miserable night of her life, whileAladdin lay down beside her and slept soundly.
At the appointed hour the genie fetched in the shivering bridegroom, laid him in his place, andtransported the bed back to the palace.
Presently the sultan came to wish his daughtergood morning.
The unhappy vizier's son jumped up and hidhimself, while the princess would not say a word,and was very sorrowful.
The sultan sent her mother to her, who said, Howcomes it, child, that you will not speak to yourfather? What has happened?
The princess sighed deeply, and at last told hermother how, during the night, the bed had beencarried into some strange house, and what hadpassed there.
Her mother did not believe her in the least, but bade her rise and consider it an idle dream.
The following night exactly the same thinghappened, and next morning, on the princess'srefusing to speak, the sultan threatened to cutoff her head.
She then confessed all, bidding him ask the vizier's son if it were not so.
The sultan told the vizier to ask his son, whoowned the truth, adding that, dearly as he lovedthe princess, he had rather die than go throughanother such fearful night, and wish to beseparated from her.
His wish was granted, and there was an end offeasting and rejoicing.
When the three months were over, Aladdin sent hismother to remind the sultan of his promise.
She stood in the same place as before, and the sultan, who had forgotten Aladdin, at onceremembered him, and sent for her.
On seeing her poverty the sultan felt lessinclined than ever to keep his word, and asked thevizier's advice, who counseled him to set so higha value on the princess that no man living couldcome up to it.
The sultan then turned to Aladdin's mother,saying, Good woman, a sultan must remember hispromises, and I will remember mine, but your sonmust first send me forty basins of gold brimful ofjewels, carried by forty black slaves, led by asmany white ones, splendidly dressed.
Tell him that I await his answer.
The mother of Aladdin bowed low and went home,thinking all was lost.
She gave Aladdin the message, adding, He may waitlong enough for your answer.
Not so long, mother, as you think, her son repliedI would do a great deal more than that for theprincess.
He summoned the genie, and in a few moments theeighty slaves arrived, and filled up the smallhouse and garden.
Aladdin made them set out to the palace, two andtwo, followed by his mother.
They were so richly dressed, with such splendidjewels in their girdles, that everyone crowded tosee them and the basins of gold they carried ontheir heads.
They entered the palace, and, after kneelingbefore the sultan, stood in a half-circle roundthe throne with their arms crossed, while Aladdin's mother presented them to the sultan.
He hesitated no longer, but said, Good woman,return and tell your son that I wait for him withopen arms.
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She lost no time in telling Aladdin, bidding himmake haste.
But Aladdin first called the genie.
I want a scented bath, he said, a richly embroidered habit, a horse surpassing the sultan's, andtwenty slaves to attend me.
Besides this, six slaves, beautifully dressed, towait on my mother, and lastly, ten thousand piecesof gold in ten purses.
No sooner said than done.
Aladdin mounted his horse and passed through thestreets, the slaves strewing gold as they went.
Those who had played with him in his childhoodknew him not, he had grown so handsome.
When the sultan saw him he came down from histhrone, embraced him, and led him into a hallwhere a feast was spread, intending to marry himto the princess that very day.
But Aladdin refused, saying, I must build a palacefit for her, and took his leave.
Once home he said to the genie, Build me a palaceof the finest marble, set with jasper, agate, andother precious stones.
In the middle you shall build me a large hall witha dome, its four walls of massy gold and silver,each side having six windows, whose lattices, allexcept one, which is to be left unfinished, mustbe set with diamonds and rubies.
There must be stables and horses and grooms andslaves, go and see about it.
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