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 lived in a large 
 town in China, 
 a poor tailor of 
 the name of 
 Mustapha, who 
 had an idle and care- 
 less son called Alad- 
 din. 
 
 When Aladdin grew 
 up, his father wished 
 to teach him his own 
 trade, but Aladdin 
 would learn nothing, 
 and at last Mustapha 
 was so grieved at his 
 son's bad conduct, that he became ill and 
 died in a few months. Aladdin would do 
 nothing to help his mother, but left her to 
 work for her own support, and vexed her 
 sadly by bis evil habits. 
 
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 Aladdin, now a lad of fifteen years of age, was 
 at play in the street one day, when a Stranger stood 
 still to observe him. This stranger, who had just 
 come from Africa, was a man who dealt in magic. 
 After looking at Aladdin for some time, and ask- 
 ing the people who stood near, who he was, and 
 about his family, and what sort of youth he was, he 
 took Aladdin aside and told him that he was his 
 uncle, the brother of Mustapha. 
 
 He gave Aladdin a purse with money, and 
 said he would call on his mother next day. 
 Next day the magician sard' to Aladdin's mother 
 that, as he meant to take a shop for him on the day 
 following, he would take Aladdin that day to see 
 the fine gardens near the city, where people of 
 fashion walk about. 
 
 The magician took Aladdin a great waj^into the 
 country, and at last they came to a narrow valley 
 between two mountain?. " We shall go no farther 
 now," said he to Aladdin ; " L shall shew you here 
 a great many wonders which no one ever saw 
 before ; but while I strike alight, do you gather up 
 all the loose sticks you can see, to kindle a fire 
 with." 
 
 Aladdin brought some sticks, and the magician 
 set them in a blaze, and cast some incense into the 
 flame, which raised a great cloud of smoke. When 
 he had said some strange words, the earth opened, 
 and they saw a stone lying flat, with a brass ring 
 fixed in the middle of it. 
 
 The magician knew that there was a cave 
 under the stone, and that in the cave there were 
 many rich treasures, the chief of which was a 
 wonderful lamp ; if he could get this lamp, he 
 knew that he would become more powerful than 
 any king in the whole world. The magician knew 
 
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 that if he touched the stone, or entered the cave, 
 the lamp would vanish, and therefore he wished 
 Aladdin to lift the stone, go into the cave, and 
 bring out the lamp to him. 
 
 He told Aladdin to lift up the flat stone by the 
 brass ring, and Aladdin did so. They then saw 
 some steps down to a little door. The magician 
 told Aladdin to go down these steps, and to enter 
 by the door, when he would get into a large 
 vaulted place, divided into three great halls ; that 
 L he must not stop in the first or second hall, nor 
 
 allow his clothes to -touch the walls or the floor ; 
 but go to the end of the third hall, where he would 
 find a door leading into a garden planted with fine 
 trees loaded with fruit ; that in the garden he 
 would find a path leading to five steps, and that 
 he must go up these steps to a terrace, and in a 
 niche there he would find a lighted lamp. He was 
 to take this lamp down, put it out, throw away the 
 wick, pour out the liquor, put the lamp in his 
 breast, and carry it to the magician. The magician 
 also told him, that if he wished to gather any of 
 the fiuit of the garden, he might take as much as 
 he pleased. He then put a ring upon Aladdin's 
 finger, telling him that it would keep him from all 
 evil, as long as he did exactly what he had told 
 him ; and added, " Go down boldly, child, and we 
 shall both be rich all our lives." 
 
 Aladdin jumped into the cave, went down the 
 steps, and found everything just as the magician 
 had described. As he came back by the garden 
 he looked at the fruit, and found that it was of a 
 wonderful kind. No two trees bore the same kind 
 of fruit. Some bore fruit quite white, some pale 
 red, others deep red ; some green, blue, and 
 purple, and others yellow. The white were pearls, 
 
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 the red were rubies, the green emeralds, the blue 
 turquoises, the purple amethysts, and the yellow 
 sapphires. Aladdin thought that they were only 
 pieces of coloured glass, but the colours were so 
 beautiful that he gathered as many as he could 
 carry. 
 
 Aladdin returned through the three halls to the 
 mouth of the cave, where the magician was wait- 
 ing for him with great impatience. As soon as 
 Aladdin saw him, he cried out, " Pray, uncle, lend 
 me your hand to help me out." " Give me the 
 lamp first," said the magician. Aladdin's hands 
 were so full of the fruit which he had brought with 
 him, that he could not climb out of the cave with- 
 out help, but the magician wished to get the lamp 
 from him before he got out. Aladdin could not 
 get at the lamp without taking out some of the 
 fruit which he had put in his bosom, so he refused 
 to give the lamp until he got out of the cave. The 
 magician was very angry, and in his rage threw a 
 little incense into the fire, and said some magical 
 words : and so the stone, that had closed the 
 mouth of the cave, moved into its place with the 
 earth over, just as it lay when the magician and 
 Aladdin came to it. The magician immediately 
 set off that same day for Africa, and forgot all 
 about the ring which he had given to Aladdin to 
 keep him from evil. 
 
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 Aladdin was in great fear when the earth closed 
 over him, and he cried till he was quite weary. 
 He remained in this state two days, neither eating 
 nor drinking, and on the third day, when he was 
 ready to die, he began to wring his hands in 
 
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 despair. As he did this, he rubbed the ring which 
 the magician had put on his finger, when all at 
 once a fairy rose out of the earth and said to him, 
 " What do you want with me ? I am ready to 
 obey you, as the slave of the ring which you have 
 on your finger — I and the other slaves of that 
 ring." Aladdin quickly answered, "Whoever you 
 are, get me out of this place, if you are able." 
 He had no sooner said this, than the earth opened, 
 and he found himself on the very spot where the 
 magician had spoken the magical words which had 
 closed the cave. 
 
 Aladdin soon made his way home, and found 
 his mother in great distress at his long absence. 
 She had given him up for lost, but was full of joy 
 when she saw him. He told her all that had hap- 
 pened, and she was very angry with the false 
 uncle who had been so cruel. He showed his 
 mother the fruits he had gathered, but she knew 
 no more of their value than himself. Next morn- 
 ing, when he awoke, he asked his mother for some- 
 thing to eat ; but she had not a bit of bread in the 
 house, as Aladdin had eaten up all the food when 
 he came home on the previous day. Aladdin then 
 thought of the lamp which he had got in the cave, 
 and said he would go and sell it, and with the 
 money, buy both breakfast and dinner. Aladdin's 
 mother took fhe lamp, and as it was very dirty, 
 and might sell for a higher sum if it were clean, 
 she began to rub it. She had no sooner done so 
 than a great fairy appeared, and said, "What do 
 you want with me ? I am ready to obey you as 
 the slave of the lamp which you have in your 
 hands — I and the other slaves of that lamp." 
 
 Aladdin's mother fainted at the sight of the 
 fairy ; but Aladdin, who had seen one in the cave, 
 
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 snatched the lamp out of his mother's hands, and 
 said boldly, " I am hungry, bring me something to 
 eat." The fairy went off at once, but soon came 
 back with a large silver basin on his head, twelve 
 silver plates on which were some very fine meats, 
 six large white loaves on two other plates, and two 
 bottles of wine and two silver cups in each hand. 
 After placing these on a table, the fairy disappeared. 
 When Aladdin's mother came out of her swoon, 
 s&e was in great wonder at the sight of all these 
 things. Both mother and son sat down and ate 
 very heartily, and when they had finished, there 
 was still a great deal left, which served them for 
 two days. On the third day, when they had no 
 more to eat, Aladdin took one of the silver plates 
 under his coat, and went out early to sell it. He 
 went to a Jew, who observed that Aladdin did not 
 know its value, and gave him only one piece of 
 gold for it, while it was worth sixty pieces. 
 
 When all the money he got in this way was spent, 
 Aladdin took another plate and went to sell it. 
 This time he met with an honest goldsmith, who 
 weighed the plate, and finding it was worth sixty 
 pieces of gold, paid that sum to Aladdin. 
 
 One day, as Aladdin was walking near the 
 palace, he saw the Emperor's daughter going to her 
 bath-room, along with a great crowd of ladies and 
 slaves who waited upon her. Aladdin took up his 
 place near the entrance to the bath, and as the 
 Princess came near he got a full view of her face. 
 He was quite dazzled by the beauty of the young 
 andlovely Princess, and fell in love with her at once. 
 
 Aladdin went home, not able to think of anything 
 but of his love for the beautiful Princess. Pie told 
 his mother what a beautiful sight he had seen. She 
 heard all that he said, but could not help laugh- 
 
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 ing very loud when he told her that he thought of 
 asking the Emperor to allow him to marry the Prin- 
 cess. "Alas! child," said she, "what are you 
 thinking of ; you must be mad to talk so." " No 
 mother," replied Aladdin, "1 am not mad, but in my 
 right senses ; I mean to demand the Princess of the 
 Emperor in marriage, and nothing shall preventme." 
 " 1 can easily give you also a present to take to the 
 Emperor," said he, " for I have found out that 
 those things which we took for coloured glass are 
 very precious stones, and I know that the Emperor 
 will think highly of them, so let us put them in a 
 dish and arrange tnem according to the colours." 
 
 After they nad admired for some time the beauty 
 of the present, Aladdin said, " Now you cannot 
 excuse yourself from going to the Emperor, for 
 here is a present which is quite sure to make you 
 welcome." Aladdin's mother thought the jewels 
 were so beautiful that the Emperor might like to 
 have them, but she told Aladdin that she did not 
 think they would help him to get the Princess ; 
 and she was sure he would laugh at their request, 
 and perhaps give orders to kill both of them. 
 But Aladdin put her in mind that the lamp might 
 bring such riches as would enable him to keep 
 the Princess in great splendour. In short, his 
 mother found that nothing would change Alad- 
 din's mind, so at last she consented to try her 
 best to please him. She went to the palace for 
 several days, and, -at last, one day, the Emperor 
 sent to bid her come to him, for he had seen her 
 waiting many days, with something wrapped in a 
 napkin. 
 
 Aladdin's mother went forward to the foot of 
 the throne, and bowed her head down to the car- 
 pet which covered the steps, as she had seen 
 
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 others do, until the Emperor bade her rise. He 
 then said, " Good woman, I have seen you come 
 often to my court ; what business brings you 
 here?" Aladdin's mother now told the Em- 
 peror all about her soii having seen his daughter 
 and how much he loved her, and how he had 
 begged hard that she should go to the Em- 
 peror to ask him to consent to his marry- 
 ing the Princess. She also said that she had tried 
 to keep Aladdin from thinking of the Emperor's 
 daughter, as she thought her son was not worthy 
 of so great a Princess, and prayed the Emperor 
 to pardon them for their rashness in seeking such 
 a marriage. 
 
 The Emperor heard with a great deal of mild- 
 ness all that Aladdin's mother said ; but before 
 making any answer, he asked her what she had 
 brought tied up in that napkin. She then present- 
 ed before him the china dish with its beautiful 
 jewels. The Emperor could not speak, so much 
 did he admire the precious stones. At last he cried 
 out, full of joy, " How rich and how beautiful !" 
 The Emperor owned that this was a present worthy 
 of his daughter, and he told Aladdin's mother that 
 he would agree to the proposal that Aladdin should 
 marry the Princess ; but that the marriage could 
 not take place until some furniture should be got 
 ready, which would not be for three months ; " at 
 the end of that time," said he, " you may come 
 again." 
 
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 Aladdin's mother returned home in high spirits, 
 and when Aladdin heard the news, he thought him- 
 self the happiest man in the world. At last the 
 three months; came to an end, and Aladdin's 
 
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 mother went to the palace to remind the Emperor 
 of his promise. When the Emperor saw her he 
 was very much put about ; he was quite sure that 
 the Princess would not wish to marry the son of a 
 woman who was so poorly dressed. To put her off 
 "He said, good woman, I am ready to keep my 
 word. I will let your son have my daughter as 
 soon as he shall send me forty basins of massive 
 gold, full to the brim of the same things you have 
 already made me a present of ; and carried by 
 forty black slaves, who must be led by forty young 
 and handsome white slaves, all dressed very 
 grandly." 
 
 On her return she told Aladdin, who speedily 
 summoned the Fairy, and within a brief time the 
 forty slaves and the presents were on their way to 
 the palace. The Emperor was so delighted that 
 he told her at once to make haste — the greater 
 haste he made the more the Princess would be 
 pleased. When Aladdin heard the news, by the 
 aid of the Fairy he attired himself in a dress 
 much richer than was ever worn by r. King, and 
 mounted a horse richly caparisoned. He was 
 followed by forty slaves, richly clothed, and he 
 took with him ten thousand pieces of gold, to 
 throw among the people, who ran after him with 
 shouts. 
 
 Aladdin told the Emperor how dearly he loved 
 the good and beautiful Princess, and how highly 
 he felt the honour which the Emperor had confer- 
 -red upon him, in not turning him away when he was 
 so bold as to ask her in marriage. The Emperor 
 embraced Aladdin, saying that his life was now 
 very dear to him, and that it pleased him very 
 much to sit and look upon him and hear him 
 speak. The Emperor then gave a signal, and 
 
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 there burst forth a concert of the sweetest music ; 
 he then led Aladdin into a splendid hall, where 
 there was spread out a noble feast. 
 
 After the feast, the Emperor asked Aladdin if 
 he would stay in the palace, and be married to the 
 Princess that day. Aladdin answered, that he 
 wished very much to marry the Princess at once ; 
 but that he hoped he Emperer would give him 
 leave to wait until he had built a palace fit for the 
 Princess to live in. 
 
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 Aladdin had no sooner returned home, than he 
 wcnt,to his own room, and taking the lamp, called 
 the fairy, who in the usual manner came and offer- 
 ed his services. " Fairy," said Aladdin, " 1 thank 
 you with my whole heart for doing ail that I have 
 yet asked you to do ; I would have you build for 
 me, as soon as you can, a palace near the Emper- 
 or's, fit to receive the Princess who is to be my 
 wife. It is to be built of the finest marble, and of 
 precious stones. In the highest storey there must 
 be a large hall with a dome, and four equal fronts ; 
 and instead of bricks, the walls must be made of 
 massive gold and silver ; each front must have six 
 windows, the lattices of all which must be built with 
 art and beauty, with diamonds, rubies, .and 
 emeralds, so that they shall excel all that has ever 
 been seen in the world." 
 
 By the time Aladdin had given all these orders 
 the sun was set. Next morning he was no soon- » 
 er up than the fairy came and said, " Sir. your 
 palace is finished : come and see how you like it." 
 
 When the porters opened the gates of the Em- 
 peror's palace, they were filled with wonder when 
 they saw a splendid palace before them, and a 
 
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 velvet carpet laid for a great way. The news was 
 quickly spread through the whole palace until it 
 reached the Emperor, who was much pleased 
 when he saw the grand palace Aladdin had built. 
 
 When the Princess arrived at the new palace, 
 Aladdin ran with joy to receive her, and said, 
 " Beautiful Princess, if you think I have been 
 bold in asking in marriage so lovely a Princess, 
 and the daughter of my Emperor, you must not 
 blame me, for who could keep from loving one so 
 handsome and so good." " Prince," said the 
 Princess, " I have only obeyed the will of my 
 father, and it is enough for me to have seen you, 
 to tell you that I could not wish for a better hus- 
 band than yourself." 
 
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 After several years had passed, the African 
 magician, who, without intending it, had been the 
 means of raising Aladdin to so high a pitch of 
 fortune, began to think about the lamp which he 
 had tried to get, and about Aladdin, to whom he 
 had been so cruel. He found out by his magic that 
 Aladdin had not died in the cave, but that he had 
 escaped, and was now very rich, and married to a 
 beautiful Princess. When the magician heard this 
 he cried out in a rage. So he set off at once and 
 never stopped till he came to the capital of China. 
 
 Having learned that Aladdin had gone hunting 
 three days before, and that he would not return for 
 five days, the magician made up his mind to make 
 the best use of the time. So he went to a maker 
 of lamps and gave orders for him to make a dozen 
 copper lamps, handsome and well polished. These 
 were ready for him on the next day, and the 
 
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 magician, having paid the man well for them, put 
 them in a basket, and with the basket hanging on 
 his arm, he went straight to Aladdin's palace. 
 When he came near it, he began to cry, Lamps! 
 lamps. 1 who will exchange old lamps for new f 
 He called this so often that the Princess, who 
 could not make out the words, at last sent out 
 one of her slaves to know what he cried. She 
 returned and told the Princess that he was 
 foolishly exchanging new lamps for old ones. 
 Another of the slaves who heard this, brought an 
 old lamp which she had found lying in a corner. 
 This was Aladdin's wonderful lamp, which he 
 had left in a corner of one of the rooms of the 
 palace. The Princess did not know the value of 
 this lamp, so she bade one of the slaves take it 
 and go and make the exchange. The slave went 
 at once to the magician and said, " Give me a new 
 lamp for this," who immediately snatched it out 
 of the slave's hand, and thrusting it into his 
 breast, bade the slave choose which of the new 
 lamps he liked best. 
 
 When it was quite dark, the magician pulled 
 the lamp out of his breast, and caused the fairy to 
 appear at once, and ask what he wanted. " Go," 
 said the magician, " take me at once, and the 
 palace which you and the other slaves of the lamp 
 have built in this town, just as it is, and with all 
 the people in it, to Palmia in Africa." The iairy 
 made no reply, but with thehelp of the other fairies' 
 the slaves of that lamp, carried the magician and 
 the palace at once to Palmia. 
 
 On rising next morning, the Emperor went to 
 have the pleasure of seeing and admiring Aladdin's 
 palace, When he looked that way, and instead of 
 a palace, saw an empty space, he could not believe 
 
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 his eyes ; as he thought of his daughter, he was 
 grieved that he had given her to Aladdin, who 
 must after all be a wicked magician, to build a 
 palace so quickly and then flee away with it. He 
 was very angry, and sent for his lords, crying out, 
 " Where is that imposter, that wicked wretch Alad- 
 din, that I may have his head cut off." When 
 Aladdin was brought in, the Emperor gave orders 
 at once that his head should be cut off. Just as 
 the executioner was about to lift his sword to strike 
 off Aladdin's head, one of the Emperor's officers 
 brought word that the people were breaking into 
 the palace. This made the Emperor so much 
 afraid, that he ordered Aladdin to be set free, and 
 caused it to be made known that the Emperor had 
 pardoned him. 
 
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 When Aladdin went out of the Emperor's pres- 
 ence, he was in a very low state. He went about 
 asking everybody he met with, if they could tell 
 him where his palace was, and what had become 
 of the princess his wife. 
 
 At last, after three days spent in this manner, 
 he went out of the city, and at night came to a 
 river. He was so wretched, that he could scarcely 
 keep from throwing himself into the river. He 
 still wore the ring which the African magician had 
 given him when he went into the cave. Now it 
 happened that the bank of the river was very steep, 
 and in holding on by the rock to keep from slipping 
 down, he rubbed the ring very hard. The fairy 
 appeared at once, and offered to serve him. Alad- 
 din was glad when he saw the fairy, and cried out 
 " Save my life, either by shewing me where my 
 palace is, or by bringing it back where it stood." 
 
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 The fairy said, " You must ask this of the slavcof 
 the lamp, I am the slave of the ring only." " If it 
 be so," said Aladdin, " I ask you by the power of 
 the ring to take me to the place where my palace 
 stands, and to set me down under the windows 
 of the Princess." He had no sooner spoken, than 
 the fairy took him to Africa, where the palace 
 stood, and set him down under the window of the 
 Princess's room. 
 
 When the Princess got up, one of her women, 
 who was dressing her, saw Aladdin from the win- 
 dow. The Princess could not believe the news, 
 but she ran to the window and opened it. When 
 Aladdin saw her he rushed in to the palace, and 
 he and the Princess were very happy at this 
 unexpected meeting. 
 
 She told him how she had exchanged the old 
 lamp for a new one, and as soon as he heard this 
 he knew who had brought them into all the trouble. 
 He told the Princess to put a certain powder which 
 he gave her into the magician's wine. This the 
 Princess did, and so the magician was poisoned. 
 Aladdin soon had the palace conveyed back to 
 China, and on the Emperor's death, he and the 
 Princess became his successors, and they and their 
 children lived together in peace, happiness, and 
 love. 
 
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