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+The Project Gutenberg Etext of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
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+There once lived a poor tailor, who had a son called Aladdin,
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+a careless, idle boy who would do nothing but play all day long in
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+the streets with little idle boys like himself. This so grieved the
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+father that he died; yet, in spite of his mother's tears and prayers,
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+Aladdin did not mend his ways. One day, when he was playing in the
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+streets as usual, a stranger asked him his age, and if he was not
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+the son of Mustapha the tailor. "I am, sir," replied Aladdin;
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+"but he died a long while ago." On this the stranger, who was
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+a famous African magician, fell on his neck and kissed him saying:
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+"I am your uncle, and knew you from your likeness to my brother.
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+Go to your mother and tell her I am coming." Aladdin ran home
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+and told his mother of his newly found uncle. "Indeed, child," she
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+said, "your father had a brother, but I always thought he was dead."
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+However, she prepared supper, and bade Aladdin seek his uncle,
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+who came laden with wine and fruit. He fell down and kissed the
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+place where Mustapha used to sit, bidding Aladdin's mother not to
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+be surprised at not having seen him before, as he had been forty
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+years out of the country. He then turned to Aladdin, and asked
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+him his trade, at which the boy hung his head, while his mother
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+burst into tears. On learning that Aladdin was idle and would
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+learn no trade, he offered to take a shop for him and stock it with
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+merchandise. Next day he bought Aladdin a fine suit of clothes and
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+took him all over the city, showing him the sights, and brought him home
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+at nightfall to his mother, who was overjoyed to see her son so fine.
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+Next day the magician led Aladdin into some beautiful gardens a
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+long way outside the city gates. They sat down by a fountain and
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+the magician pulled a cake from his girdle, which he divided
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+between them. Then they journeyed onwards till they almost reached
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+the mountains. Aladdin was so tired that he begged to go back,
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+but the magician beguiled him with pleasant stories and lead him
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+on in spite of himself. At last they came to two mountains
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+divided by a narrow valley. "We will go no farther," said
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+his uncle. "I will show you something wonderful; only do you
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+gather up sticks while I kindle a fire." When it was lit the
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+magician threw on it a powder he had about him, at the same time
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+saying some magical words. The earth trembled a little in front
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+of them, disclosing a square flat stone with a brass ring in the
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+middle to raise it by. Aladdin tried to run away, but the
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+magician caught him and gave him a blow that knocked him down.
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+"What have I done, uncle?" he said piteously; whereupon the
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+magician said more kindly: "Fear nothing, but obey me. Beneath
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+this stone lies a treasure which is to be yours, and no one else
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+may touch it, so you must to exactly as I tell you." At the word
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+treasure Aladdin forgot his fears, and grasped the ring as he was
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+told, saying the names of his father and grandfather. The stone
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+came up quite easily, and some steps appeared. "Go down," said
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+the magician; "at the foot of those steps you will find an open
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+door leading into three large halls. Tuck up your gown and go
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+through them without touching anything, or you will die instantly.
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+These halls lead into a garden of fine fruit trees. Walk on till
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+you come to niche in a terrace where stands a lighted lamp. Pour
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+out the oil it contains, and bring it me." He drew a ring from
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+his finger and gave it to Aladdin, bidding him prosper.
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+Aladdin found everything as the magician had said, gathered some
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+fruit off the trees, and, having got the lamp, arrived at the
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+mouth of the cave. The magician cried out in a great hurry:
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+"Make haste and give me the lamp." This Aladdin refused to do until
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+he was out of the cave. The magician flew into a terrible passion,
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+and throwing some more powder on to the fire, he said something,
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+and the stone rolled back into its place.
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+The man left the country, which plainly showed that he was no
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+uncle of Aladdin's but a cunning magician, who had read in his
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+magic books of a wonderful lamp, which would make him the most
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+powerful man in the world. Though he alone knew where to find it,
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+he could only receive it from the hand of another. He had picked
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+out the foolish Aladdin for this purpose, intending to get the
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+lamp and kill him afterwards.
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+For two days Aladdin remained in the dark, crying and lamenting.
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+At last he clasped his hands in prayer, and in so doing rubbed
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+the ring, which the magician had forgotten to take from him.
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+Immediately an enormous and frightful genie rose out of the earth,
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+saying: "What wouldst thou with me? I am the Slave of the Ring,
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+and will obey thee in all things." Aladdin fearlessly replied,
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+"Deliver me from this place!" whereupon the earth opened, and he
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+found himself outside. As soon as his eyes could bear the light
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+he went home, but fainted on the threshold. When he came to
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+himself he told his mother what had passed, and showed her the
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+lamp and the fruits he had gathered in the garden, which were in
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+reality precious stones. He then asked for some food. "Alas!
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+child," she said, "I have nothing in the house, but I have spun a
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+little cotton and will go sell it." Aladdin bade her keep her
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+cotton, for he would sell the lamp instead. As it was very dirty,
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+she began to rub it, that it might fetch a higher price.
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+Instantly a hideous genie appeared, and asked what she would have.
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+She fainted away, but Aladdin, snatching the lamp, said boldly:
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+"Fetch me something to eat!" The genie returned with a silver
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+bowl, twelve silver plates containing rich meats, two silver cups,
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+and two bottles of wine. Aladdin's mother, when she came to herself,
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+said: "Whence comes this splendid feast?" "Ask not, but eat,"
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+replied Aladdin. So they sat at breakfast till it was dinner-time,
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+and Aladdin told his mother about the lamp. She begged him to sell it,
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+and have nothing to do with devils. "No," said Aladdin, "since chance
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+hath made us aware of its virtues, we will use it, and the ring likewise,
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+which I shall always wear on my finger." When they had eaten all the
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+genie had brought, Aladdin sold one of the silver plates, and so on
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+until none were left. He then had recourse to the genie, who gave him
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+another set of plates, and thus they lived many years.
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+One day Aladdin heard an order from the Sultan proclaimed that
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+everyone was to stay at home and close his shutters while the
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+Princess his daughter went to and from the bath. Aladdin was
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+seized by a desire to see her face, which was very difficult,
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+as she always went veiled. He hid himself behind the door of
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+the bath, and peeped through a chink. The Princess lifted her veil
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+as she went in, and looked so beautiful that Aladdin fell in love
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+with her at first sight. He went home so changed that his mother
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+was frightened. He told her he loved the Princess so deeply he
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+could not live without her, and meant to ask her in marriage of
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+her father. His mother, on hearing this, burst out laughing, but
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+Aladdin at last prevailed upon her to go before the Sultan and
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+carry his request. She fetched a napkin and laid in it the magic
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+fruits from the enchanted garden, which sparkled and shone like
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+the most beautiful jewels. She took these with her to please the
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+Sultan, and set out, trusting in the lamp. The Grand Vizier and
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+the lords of council had just gone in as she entered the hall and
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+placed herself in front of the Sultan. He, however, took no
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+notice of her. She went every day for a week, and stood in the
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+same place. When the council broke up on the sixth day the Sultan
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+said to his Vizier: "I see a certain woman in the audience-chamber
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+every day carrying something in a napkin. Call her next time,
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+that I may find out what she wants." Next day, at a sign from
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+the vizier, she went up to the foot of the throne and remained
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+kneeling until the Sultan said to her: "Rise, good woman, and
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+tell me what you want." She hesitated, so the Sultan sent away
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+all but the Vizier, and bade her speak freely, promising to
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+forgive her beforehand for anything she might say. She then told
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+him of her son's violent love for the Princess. "I prayed him to
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+forget her," she said, "but in vain; he threatened to do some
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+desperate deed if I refused to go and ask your Majesty for the
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+hand of the Princess. Now I pray you to forgive not me alone,
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+but my son Aladdin." The Sultan asked her kindly what she had in
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+the napkin, whereupon she unfolded the jewels and presented them.
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+He was thunderstruck, and turning to the vizier, said: "What
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+sayest thou? Ought I not to bestow the Princess on one who
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+values her at such a price?" The Vizier, who wanted her for his
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+own son, begged the Sultan to withhold her for three months, in
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+the course of which he hoped his son could contrive to make him a
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+richer present. The Sultan granted this, and told Aladdin's
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+mother that, though he consented to the marriage, she must not
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+appear before him again for three months.
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+Aladdin waited patiently for nearly three months, but after two
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+had elapsed, his mother, going into the city to buy oil, found
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+everyone rejoicing, and asked what was going on. "Do you not
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+know," was the answer, "that the son of the Grand Vizier is to
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+marry the Sultan's daughter tonight?" Breathless she ran and told
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+Aladdin, who was overwhelmed at first, but presently bethought
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+him of the lamp. He rubbed it and the genie appeared, saying:
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+"What is thy will?" Aladdin replied: "The Sultan, as thou knowest,
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+has broken his promise to me, and the vizier's son is to have
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+the Princess. My command is that to-night you bring hither
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+the bride and bridegroom." "Master, I obey," said the genie.
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+Aladdin then went to his chamber, where, sure enough, at
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+midnight the genie transported the bed containing the vizier's
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+son and the Princess. "Take this new-married man," he said, "and
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+put him outside in the cold, and return at daybreak." Whereupon
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+the genie took the vizier's son out of bed, leaving Aladdin with
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+the Princess. "Fear nothing," Aladdin said to her; "you are my
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+wife, promised to me by your unjust father, and no harm will come
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+to you." The Princess was too frightened to speak, and passed
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+the most miserable night of her life, while Aladdin lay down
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+beside her and slept soundly. At the appointed hour the genie
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+fetched in the shivering bridegroom, laid him in his place,
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+and transported the bed back to the palace.
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+Presently the Sultan came to wish his daughter good-morning.
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+The unhappy Vizier's son jumped up and hid himself, while the
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+Princess would not say a word and was very sorrowful. The Sultan
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+sent her mother to her, who said: "How comes it, child, that you
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+will not speak to your father? What has happened?" The Princess
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+sighed deeply, and at last told her mother how, during the night,
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+the bed had been carried into some strange house, and what had
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+passed there. Her mother did not believe her in the least,
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+but bade her rise and consider it an idle dream.
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+The following night exactly the same thing happened, and next
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+morning, on the Princess's refusing to speak, the Sultan
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+threatened to cut off her head. She then confessed all, bidding
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+him ask the Vizier's son if it were not so. The Sultan told the
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+Vizier to ask his son, who owned the truth, adding that, dearly
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+as he loved the Princess, he had rather die than go through
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+another such fearful night, and wished to be separated from her.
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+His wish was granted, and there was an end of feasting and rejoicing.
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+
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+When the three months were over, Aladdin sent his mother to
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+remind the Sultan of his promise. She stood in the same place as
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+before, and the Sultan, who had forgotten Aladdin, at once
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+remembered him, and sent for her. On seeing her poverty the
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+Sultan felt less inclined than ever to keep his word, and asked
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+his Vizier's advice, who counselled him to set so high a value on
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+the Princess that no man living would come up to it. The Sultan
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+than turned to Aladdin's mother, saying: "Good woman, a sultan
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+must remember his promises, and I will remember mine, but your
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+son must first send me forty basins of gold brimful of jewels,
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+carried by forty black slaves, led by as many white ones,
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+splendidly dressed. Tell him that I await his answer." The
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+mother of Aladdin bowed low and went home, thinking all was lost.
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+She gave Aladdin the message adding, "He may wait long enough for
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+your answer!" "Not so long, mother, as you think," her son replied.
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+"I would do a great deal more than that for the Princess."
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+He summoned the genie, and in a few moments the eighty slaves arrived,
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+and filled up the small house and garden. Aladdin made them to set
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+out to the palace, two by two, followed by his mother. They were so
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+richly dressed, with such splendid jewels, that everyone crowded
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+to see them and the basins of gold they carried on their heads.
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+They entered the palace, and, after kneeling before the Sultan,
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+stood in a half-circle round the throne with their arms crossed,
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+while Aladdin's mother presented them to the Sultan. He hesitated
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+no longer, but said: "Good woman, return and tell your son that I
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+wait for him with open arms." She lost no time in telling Aladdin,
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+bidding him make haste. But Aladdin first called the genie.
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+"I want a scented bath," he said, "a richly embroidered habit,
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+a horse surpassing the Sultan's, and twenty slaves to attend me.
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+Besides this, six slaves, beautifully dressed, to wait on my mother;
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+and lastly, ten thousand pieces of gold in ten purses." No sooner said
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+then done. Aladdin mounted his horse and passed through the streets,
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+the slaves strewing gold as they went. Those who had played with
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+him in his childhood knew him not, he had grown so handsome.
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+When the sultan saw him he came down from his throne, embraced him,
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+and led him into a hall where a feast was spread, intending
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|
470
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+to marry him to the Princess that very day. But Aladdin refused,
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+saying, "I must build a palace fit for her," and took his leave.
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+Once home, he said to the genie: "Build me a palace of the finest
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+marble, set with jasper, agate, and other precious stones. In the
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+middle you shall build me a large hall with a dome, its four walls
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+of massy gold and silver, each side having six windows, whose lattices,
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+all except one which is to be left unfinished, must be set with diamonds
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+and rubies. There must be stables and horses and grooms and slaves;
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+go and see about it!"
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+
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+The palace was finished the next day, and the genie carried him
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+there and showed him all his orders faithfully carried out, even
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+to the laying of a velvet carpet from Aladdin's palace to the Sultan's.
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+Aladdin's mother then dressed herself carefully, and walked to the
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+palace with her slaves, while he followed her on horseback.
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+The Sultan sent musicians with trumpets and cymbals to
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+meet them, so that the air resounded with music and cheers.
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+She was taken to the Princess, who saluted her and treated her with
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+great honour. At night the princess said good-bye to her father,
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+and set out on the carpet for Aladdin's palace, with his mother
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+at her side, and followed by the hundred slaves. She was charmed
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+at the sight of Aladdin, who ran to receive her. "Princess," he
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+said, "blame your beauty for my boldness if I have displeased you."
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+She told him that, having seen him, she willingly obeyed
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+her father in this matter. After the wedding had taken place,
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+Aladdin led her into the hall, where a feast was spread, and she
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+supped with him, after which they danced till midnight.
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+
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+Next day Aladdin invited the Sultan to see the palace. On
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+entering the hall with the four-and-twenty windows with their
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+rubies, diamonds and emeralds, he cried, "It is a world's wonder!
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+There is only one thing that surprises me. Was it by accident
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+that one window was left unfinished?" "No, sir, by design,"
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+returned Aladdin. "I wished your Majesty to have the glory of
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+finishing this palace." The Sultan was pleased, and sent for the
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+best jewelers in the city. He showed them the unfinished window,
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+and bade them fit it up like the others. "Sir," replied their
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507
|
+spokesman, "we cannot find jewels enough." The Sultan had his own
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|
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+fetched, which they soon used, but to no purpose, for in a month's
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+time the work was not half done. Aladdin knowing that their task
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|
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+was vain, bade them undo their work and carry the jewels back, and
|
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511
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+the genie finished the window at his command. The Sultan was
|
|
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|
+surprised to receive his jewels again, and visited Aladdin, who
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+showed him the window finished. The Sultan embraced him, the
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+envious vizier meanwhile hinting that it was the work of enchantment.
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+Aladdin had won the hearts of the people by his gentle bearing.
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+He was made captain of the Sultan's armies, and won several
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+battles for him, but remained as courteous as before, and lived
|
|
519
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+thus in peace and content for several years.
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+
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+But far away in Africa the magician remembered Aladdin, and by
|
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|
+his magic arts discovered that Aladdin, instead of perishing
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+miserably in the cave, had escaped, and had married a princess,
|
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+with whom he was living in great honour and wealth. He knew that
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525
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+the poor tailor's son could only have accomplished this by means
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|
+of the lamp, and travelled night and day till he reached the
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+capital of China, bent on Aladdin's ruin. As he passed through
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+the town he heard people talking everywhere about a marvelous
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|
+palace. "Forgive my ignorance," he asked, "what is the palace you
|
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+speak of?" Have you not heard of Prince Aladdin's palace," was
|
|
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+the reply, "the greatest wonder in the world? I will direct you
|
|
532
|
+if you have a mind to see it." The magician thanked him who spoke,
|
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533
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+and having seen the palace knew that it had been raised by the Genie
|
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534
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+of the Lamp, and became half mad with rage. He determined to get
|
|
535
|
+hold of the lamp, and again plunge Aladdin into the deepest poverty.
|
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536
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+
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537
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+Unluckily, Aladdin had gone a-hunting for eight days, which gave
|
|
538
|
+the magician plenty of time. He bought a dozen lamps, put them
|
|
539
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+into a basket, and went to the palace, crying: "New lamps for old!"
|
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540
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+followed by a jeering crowd. The Princess, sitting in the hall of
|
|
541
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+four-and-twenty windows, sent a slave to find out what the noise
|
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542
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+was about, who came back laughing, so that the Princess scolded her.
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543
|
+"Madam," replied the slave, "who can help laughing to see an old fool
|
|
544
|
+offering to exchange fine new lamps for old ones?" Another slave,
|
|
545
|
+hearing this, said, "There is an old one on the cornice there which
|
|
546
|
+he can have." Now this was the magic lamp, which Aladdin had left there,
|
|
547
|
+as he could not take it out hunting with him. The Princess, not knowing
|
|
548
|
+its value, laughingly bade the slave take it and make the exchange.
|
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549
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+She went and said to the magician: "Give me a new lamp for this."
|
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550
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+He snatched it and bade the slave take her choice, amid the jeers
|
|
551
|
+of the crowd. Little he cared, but left off crying his lamps,
|
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552
|
+and went out of the city gates to a lonely place, where he remained till
|
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553
|
+nightfall, when he pulled out the lamp and rubbed it. The genie
|
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554
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+appeared, and at the magician's command carried him, together with
|
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555
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+the palace and the Princess in it, to a lonely place in Africa.
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+
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557
|
+Next morning the Sultan looked out of the window towards Aladdin's
|
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558
|
+palace and rubbed his eyes, for it was gone. He sent for the
|
|
559
|
+Vizier and asked what had become of the palace. The Vizier looked
|
|
560
|
+out too, and was lost in astonishment. He again put it down to
|
|
561
|
+enchantment, and this time the Sultan believed him, and sent
|
|
562
|
+thirty men on horseback to fetch Aladdin back in chains. They met
|
|
563
|
+him riding home, bound him, and forced him to go with them on foot.
|
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564
|
+The people, however, who loved him, followed, armed, to see
|
|
565
|
+that he came to no harm. He was carried before the Sultan, who
|
|
566
|
+ordered the executioner to cut off his head. The executioner made
|
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567
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+Aladdin kneel down, bandaged his eyes, and raised his scimitar to
|
|
568
|
+strike. At that instant the Vizier, who saw that the crowd had
|
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569
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+forced their way into the courtyard and were scaling the walls
|
|
570
|
+to rescue Aladdin, called to the executioner to stay his hand.
|
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571
|
+The people, indeed, looked so threatening that the Sultan gave
|
|
572
|
+way and ordered Aladdin to be unbound, and pardoned him in the
|
|
573
|
+sight of the crowd. Aladdin now begged to know what he had done.
|
|
574
|
+"False wretch!" said the Sultan, "come hither," and showed him from
|
|
575
|
+the window the place where his palace had stood. Aladdin was so
|
|
576
|
+amazed he could not say a word. "Where is your palace and my
|
|
577
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+daughter?" demanded the Sultan. "For the first I am not so deeply
|
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578
|
+concerned, but my daughter I must have, and you must find her or
|
|
579
|
+lose your head." Aladdin begged for forty days in which to find
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+her, promising if he failed to return at suffer death at the
|
|
581
|
+Sultan's pleasure. His prayer was granted, and he went forth
|
|
582
|
+sadly from the Sultan's presence.
|
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|
+
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+For three days he wandered about like a madman, asking everyone
|
|
585
|
+what had become of his palace, but they only laughed and pitied him.
|
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586
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+He came to the banks of a river, and knelt down to say his prayers
|
|
587
|
+before throwing himself in. In doing so he rubbed the ring he
|
|
588
|
+still wore. The genie he had seen in the cave appeared, and
|
|
589
|
+asked his will. "Save my life, genie," said Aladdin, "and bring
|
|
590
|
+my palace back." That is not in my power," said the genie;
|
|
591
|
+"I am only the Slave of the Ring; you must ask him of the lamp."
|
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592
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+"Even so," said Aladdin, "but thou canst take me to the palace,
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+and set me down under my dear wife's window." He at once found
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+himself in Africa, under the window of the Princess, and fell
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+asleep out of sheer weariness.
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+He was awakened by the singing of the birds, and his heart was lighter.
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+He saw plainly that all his misfortunes were owning to the loss of the lamp,
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+and vainly wondered who had robbed him of it.
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+That morning the Princess rose earlier than she had done since
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+she had been carried into Africa by the magician, whose company
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+she was forced to endure once a day. She, however, treated him
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+so harshly that he dared not live there altogether. As she
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+was dressing, one of her women looked out and saw Aladdin.
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+The Princess ran and opened the window, and at the noise she made,
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+Aladdin looked up. She called to him to come to her, and great
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+was the joy of these lovers at seeing each other again. After he
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+had kissed her Aladdin said: "I beg of you, Princess, in God's
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+name, before we speak of anything else, for your own sake and
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+mine, tell me what has become of an old lamp I left on the cornice
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+in the hall of four-and-twenty windows when I went a-hunting."
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+"Alas," she said, "I am the innocent cause of our sorrows," and
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+told him of the exchange of the lamp. "Now I know," cried
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+Aladdin, "that we have to thank the African magician for this!
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+Where is the lamp?" "He carries it about with him," said the
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+Princess. "I know, for he pulled it out of his breast to show me.
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+He wishes me to break my faith with you and marry him, saying that
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+you were beheaded by my father's command. He is forever speaking
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+ill of you, but I only reply by my tears. If I persist, I doubt
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+not but he will use violence." Aladdin comforted her, and left
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+her for a while. He changed clothes with the first person he met
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+in the town, and having bought a certain powder returned to the
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+Princess, who let him in by a little side door. "Put on your
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+most beautiful dress," he said to her, "and receive the magician
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+with smiles, leading him to believe that you have forgotten me.
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+Invite him to sup with you, and say you wish to taste the wine of
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+his country. He will go for some, and while he is gone I will tell
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+you what to do." She listened carefully to Aladdin and when he
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+left her, arrayed herself gaily for the first time since she left
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+China. She put on a girdle and head-dress of diamonds and seeing
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+in a glass that she was more beautiful than ever, received the
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+magician, saying, to his great amazement: "I have made up my mind
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+that Aladdin is dead, and that all my tears will not bring him
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+back to me, so I am resolved to mourn no more, and have therefore
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+invited you to sup with me; but I am tired of the wines of China,
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+and would fain taste those of Africa." The magician flew to his
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+cellar, and the Princess put the powder Aladdin had given her in
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+her cup. When he returned she asked him to drink her health in
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+the wine of Africa, handing him her cup in exchange for his, as a
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+sign she was reconciled to him. Before drinking the magician made
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+her a speech in praise of her beauty, but the Princess cut him
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+short, saying: "Let us drink first, and you shall say what you
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+will afterwards." She set her cup to her lips and kept it there,
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+while the magician drained his to the dregs and fell back lifeless.
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+The Princess then opened the door to Aladdin, and flung her arms
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+around his neck; but Aladdin went to the dead magician, took the
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+lamp out of his vest, and bade the genie carry the palace and all
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+in it back to China. This was done, and the Princess in her chamber
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+felt only two little shocks, and little thought she was home again.
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+The Sultan, who was sitting in his closet, mourning for his lost
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+daughter, happened too look up, and rubbed his eyes, for there
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+stood the palace as before! He hastened thither, and Aladdin
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+received him in the hall of the four-and-twenty windows, with the
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+Princess at his side. Aladdin told him what had happened, and
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+showed him the dead body of the magician, that he might believe.
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+A ten days' feast was proclaimed, and it seemed as if Aladdin might
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+now live the rest of his life in peace; but it was not meant to be.
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+The African magician had a younger brother, who was, if possible,
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+more wicked and more cunning than himself. He travelled to China
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+to avenge his brother's death, and went to visit a pious woman
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+called Fatima, thinking she might be of use to him. He entered
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+her cell and clapped a dagger to her breast, telling her to rise
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+and do his bidding on pain of death. He changed clothes with her,
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+coloured his face like hers, put on her veil, and murdered her,
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+that she might tell no tales. Then he went towards the palace of
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+Aladdin, and all the people, thinking he was the holy woman,
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+gathered round him, kissing his hands and begging his blessing.
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+When he got to the palace there was such a noise going on round
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+him that the Princess bade her slave look out the window and ask
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+what was the matter. The slave said it was the holy woman, curing
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+people by her touch of their ailments, whereupon the Princess,
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+who had long desired to see Fatima, sent for her. On coming to
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+the Princess the magician offered up a prayer for her health and
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+prosperity. When he had done the Princess made him sit by her,
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+and begged him to stay with her always. The false Fatima, who
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+wished for nothing better, consented, but kept his veil down for
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+fear of discovery. The princess showed him the hall, and asked
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+him what he thought of it. "It is truly beautiful," said the
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+false Fatima. "In my mind it wants but one thing." And what is
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+that?" said the Princess. "If only a roc's egg," replied he,
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+"were hung up from the middle of this dome, it would be the
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+wonder of the world."
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+
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+After this the Princess could think of nothing but the roc's egg,
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+and when Aladdin returned from hunting he found her in a very ill
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+humour. He begged to know what was amiss, and she told him that
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+all her pleasure in the hall was spoilt or want of a roc's egg
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+hanging from the dome. "If that is all," replied Aladdin, "you
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+shall soon be happy." He left her and rubbed the lamp, and when
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+the genie appeared commanded him to bring a roc's egg. The genie
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+gave such a loud and terrible shriek that the hall shook.
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+"Wretch!" he cried, "is it not enough that I have done everything
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+for you, but you must command me to bring my master and hang him
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+up in the midst of this dome? You and your wife and your palace
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+deserve to be burnt to ashes, but that this request does not come
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+from you, but from the brother of the African magician, whom you
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+destroyed. He is now in your palace disguised as the holy woman,
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+whom he murdered. He it was who put that wish into your wife's head.
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+Take care of yourself, for he means to kill you." So saying, the
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+genie disappeared.
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+Aladdin went back to the Princess, saying his head ached,
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+and requesting that the holy Fatima should be fetched to
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+lay her hands on it. But when the magician came near,
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+Aladdin, seizing his dagger, pierced him to the heart.
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+"What have you done?" cried the Princess. "You have
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+killed the holy woman!" "Not so," replied Aladdin,
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+"but a wicked magician," and told her of how she had
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+been deceived.
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+
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+After this Aladdin and his wife lived in peace.
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+He succeeded the Sultan when he died, and reigned
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+for many years, leaving behind him a long line of kings.
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