Aladdin And The Wonderful Lamp

Once upon a time there lived a poor tailor who had a son named Aladdin. Aladdin was a careless, lazy boy who did nothing but play ball in the streets all day with other lazy boys. This made his father so sad that he died. Even after his father's death, Aladdin did not change his ways, despite his mother's tears and prayers.

One day, while Aladdin was playing in the streets, a stranger stopped him and asked, "How old are you, boy? Are you not Mustapha the tailor's son?"

"Yes, sir," Aladdin replied. "But he died a long time ago."

The stranger was actually a famous African magician. He threw his arms around Aladdin and kissed him, saying, "I am your uncle. I recognized you because you look just like my brother. Go to your mother and tell her I am coming."

Aladdin ran home and told his mother about his newly found uncle. "Indeed, child," she said, "your father did have a brother, but I always thought he was dead."

She prepared supper and told Aladdin to go find his uncle. The magician came laden with wine and fruit. He fell down and kissed the spot where Mustapha used to sit, and asked Aladdin's mother not to be surprised that she had never seen him before, since he had been living abroad for forty years.

Then he turned to Aladdin and asked him what trade he had learned. Aladdin hung his head in shame, and his mother burst into tears. When the magician learned that Aladdin was idle and would learn no trade, he offered to set up a shop for him and stock it with goods.

The next day he bought Aladdin a fine suit of clothes and took him all over the city, showing him the sights. He brought him home at nightfall to his mother, who was overjoyed to see her son looking so fine.

The next day the magician led Aladdin into some beautiful gardens far outside the city gates. They sat down by a fountain, and the magician pulled a cake from his belt and divided it between them. visual id: 01-aladdin-and-the-wonderful-lamp-late-10 kind: illustration status: ready caption: Eventyrscene fra 8 % av fortellingen prompt: | Boka er Aladdin And The Wonderful Lamp. Behold de tilbakevendende personene med samme alder, ansikt, hår, klær og rolle som i tidligere bilder; ikke finn på en konge, dronning eller andre erstatningsfigurer. Tidligere karakterreferanse: Illustrer oppdagelsen av en fryktelig hemmelighet indirekte: en forskrekket person ved døren til et mørkt, forbudt rom, en nøkkel som har falt på gulvet, lange skygger og tildekkede portretter. Ikke vis mennesker inne i rommet, kropper, blod, sår eller selve døden. La fare og sorg bare antydes gjennom lys, miljø og kroppsspråk.

Tekststed: When the fire was lit, the magician threw a powder on it and spoke some magical.

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Aladdin was so tired that he begged to go back, but the magician amused him with pleasant stories and led him on, even though Aladdin did not want to go. At last they came to two mountains separated by a narrow valley. "We will go no further," said the false uncle.

"I will show you something wonderful. First, gather some sticks while I light a fire."

When the fire was lit, the magician threw a powder on it and spoke some magical words. The earth trembled a little and opened up in front of them, revealing a flat stone with a brass ring in the middle. Aladdin tried to run away, but the magician caught him and hit him so hard that he fell down.

"What have I done, uncle?" Aladdin asked pitifully.

"Fear nothing," the magician said more kindly. "Just obey me. Beneath this stone lies a treasure that is meant for you. No one else may touch it, so you must do exactly as I say."

When Aladdin heard the word 'treasure', he forgot his fear. He grabbed the ring as he was told, saying the names of his father and grandfather. The stone came up easily, and stone steps appeared.

"Go down," said the magician. "At the bottom of the steps you will find an open door leading into three large halls. Tuck up your robe and walk through them without touching anything, or you will die instantly. These halls lead into a garden of beautiful fruit trees. Walk on until you come to a niche in a terrace where a lighted lamp stands. Pour out the oil it contains and bring the lamp to me."

The magician took a ring from his finger and gave it to Aladdin, wishing him good luck.

Aladdin found everything just as the magician had described. He gathered some fruit from the trees, took the lamp, and returned to the mouth of the cave. The magician called out impatiently, "Hurry up and give me the lamp!"

But Aladdin refused to hand it over until he was out of the cave. The magician flew into a terrible rage and threw more powder on the fire. He spoke some words, and the stone rolled back into its place, trapping Aladdin inside.

The magician left Persia forever, which clearly showed that he was not Aladdin's uncle at all, but a cunning magician who had read in his magic books about a wonderful lamp that would make him the most powerful man in the world. He knew where to find the lamp, but only someone else could take it from the cave. He had chosen the foolish Aladdin for this task, planning to take the lamp and then kill him.

For two days Aladdin remained in the dark, crying and lamenting. At last he clasped his hands in prayer and in doing so rubbed the ring that the magician had forgotten to take from him. Immediately a huge and frightening genie rose from the ground and said, "What do you wish? I am the Slave of the Ring and will obey you in all things."

Aladdin fearlessly replied, "Get me out of here!" The earth opened, and he found himself outside. As soon as his eyes could bear the light, he went home, but he fainted on the doorstep. When he came to, he told his mother everything that had happened and showed her the lamp and the fruit he had gathered from the garden, which were actually precious stones. Then he asked for something to eat.

"Alas, my child," she said, "I have nothing in the house. I have spun a little cotton and will go and sell it."

Aladdin told her to keep the cotton, because he would sell the lamp instead. Since the lamp was very dirty, she began to rub it to make it shine brighter and fetch a higher price. Instantly a hideous genie appeared and asked what she wanted. She fainted in fright, but Aladdin snatched the lamp and said boldly, "Bring us something to eat!"

The genie returned with a silver bowl, twelve silver plates filled with delicious meats, two silver cups, and two bottles of wine. When Aladdin's mother came to herself, she asked, "Where did this splendid feast come from?"

"Don't ask, just eat," Aladdin replied. So they sat down to breakfast and ate until dinner time. Aladdin told his mother about the lamp. She begged him to sell it and have nothing to do with devils. But Aladdin said, "No, since chance has shown us its powers, we will use it. And the ring too, which I will always wear on my finger."

When they had eaten everything the genie had brought, Aladdin sold one of the silver plates, then another, until none were left. Then he called on the genie again, who gave him another set of plates. Thus they lived for many years.

One day Aladdin heard a proclamation from the Sultan that everyone must stay indoors and close their shutters while the Princess, his daughter, went to and from the bath. Aladdin desperately wanted to see her face, which was difficult because she always went veiled. He hid behind the door of the bath and peeped through a crack. As the Princess entered, she lifted her veil, and she was so beautiful that Aladdin fell in love with her at first sight.

He went home so changed that his mother was frightened. He told her he loved the Princess so deeply that he could not live without her, and he meant to ask the Sultan for her hand in marriage. His mother burst out laughing when she heard this, but Aladdin eventually convinced her to go before the Sultan and present his request. She fetched a napkin and placed in it the magic fruits from the enchanted garden, which sparkled like the most beautiful jewels. She took these to please the Sultan and set out, trusting in the lamp.

The Grand Vizier and the council had just entered the hall as she came in. She placed herself in front of the Sultan, but he paid no attention to her. She came every day for a week and stood in the same place. On the sixth day, when the council ended, the Sultan said to his Vizier, "I see a certain woman in the audience chamber every day carrying something in a napkin. Call her next time so I can find out what she wants."

The next day, at a sign from the Vizier, she went up to the foot of the throne and remained kneeling until the Sultan said, "Rise, good woman, and tell me what you want."

She hesitated, so the Sultan sent everyone away except the Vizier and told her to speak freely, promising to forgive her in advance for anything she might say. She told him about her son's great love for the Princess. "I begged him to forget her," she said, "but in vain. He threatened to do something desperate if I did not come and ask for the Princess's hand. Now I pray you to forgive not only me, but my son Aladdin."

The Sultan asked her kindly what she had in the napkin. She unfolded the jewels and presented them. The Sultan was astonished and said to the Vizier, "What do you think? Should I not give the Princess to one who values her so highly?"

The Vizier, who wanted the Princess for his own son, begged the Sultan to wait three months, hoping that his son could prepare an even richer gift. The Sultan agreed and told Aladdin's mother that he consented to the marriage, but she must not appear before him again for three months.

Aladdin waited patiently for nearly three months. But after two months had passed, his mother went into the city to buy oil and found everyone rejoicing. She asked what was happening and was told, "Do you not know? The son of the Grand Vizier is to marry the Sultan's daughter tonight!"

She ran breathlessly to tell Aladdin. He was shocked at first, but then he thought of the lamp. He rubbed it, and the genie appeared and said, "What is your will?"

Aladdin replied, "The Sultan has broken his promise to me, and the Vizier's son is to marry the Princess. My command is that tonight you bring the bride and bridegroom here."

"Master, I obey," said the genie.

At midnight, the genie transported the bed containing the Vizier's son and the Princess into Aladdin's chamber. Aladdin said, "Take this new husband and put him outside in the cold, and return at daybreak." The genie took the Vizier's son out of bed, leaving Aladdin with the Princess.

"Fear nothing," Aladdin said to her. "You are my wife, promised to me by your unjust father. No harm will come to you."

The Princess was too frightened to speak. She passed a miserable night, while Aladdin lay down beside her and slept soundly. At the appointed hour, the genie brought the shivering bridegroom back, laid him in his place, and transported the bed back to the palace.

The next morning, the Sultan came to wish his daughter good morning. The unhappy Vizier's son jumped up and hid himself, while the Princess would not say a word and looked very sad. The Sultan sent her mother to her, who asked, "What is wrong, child? Why will you not speak to your father? What has happened?"

The Princess sighed deeply and finally told her mother how the bed had been carried into a strange house during the night and what had happened there. Her mother did not believe her at all and told her to get up and consider it an idle dream.

The same thing happened the next night. The next morning, when the Princess refused to speak again, the Sultan threatened to cut off her head. Then she confessed everything and told him to ask the Vizier's son if it was not true. The Sultan told the Vizier to ask his son, who admitted the truth and added that, even though he loved the Princess dearly, he would rather die than go through another such fearful night. He wished to be separated from her. His wish was granted, and the wedding celebrations ended.

When the three months were over, Aladdin sent his mother to remind the Sultan of his promise. She stood in the same place as before, and the Sultan, who had forgotten about Aladdin, remembered him and sent for her. Seeing her poverty, the Sultan felt even less inclined to keep his word.

He asked his Vizier's advice, who suggested setting such a high price on the Princess that no one could meet it. The Sultan then said to Aladdin's mother, "Good woman, a Sultan must remember his promises, and I will remember mine.

But your son must first send me forty basins of gold brimful of jewels, carried by forty black slaves, led by as many white slaves, all splendidly dressed. Tell him I await his answer."

Aladdin's mother bowed low and went home, thinking all was lost. She gave Aladdin the message, adding, "He may wait a long time for your answer!"

"Not as long as you think, mother," her son replied. "I would do much more than that for the Princess." He summoned the genie, and in a few moments the eighty slaves arrived, filling the small house and garden.

Aladdin made them set out for the palace, two by two, followed by his mother. They were so richly dressed, with such splendid jewels, that everyone crowded to see them and the basins of gold they carried on their heads.

They entered the palace and, after kneeling before the Sultan, stood in a half-circle around the throne with their arms crossed, while Aladdin's mother presented them. The Sultan hesitated no longer. He said, "Good woman, return and tell your son that I wait for him with open arms."

She lost no time in telling Aladdin and urged him to hurry. But first, Aladdin called the genie. "I want a scented bath," he said, "a richly embroidered outfit, a horse finer than the Sultan's, and twenty slaves to attend me. Besides that, six beautifully dressed slaves to wait on my mother, and lastly, ten thousand pieces of gold in ten purses."

No sooner said than done. Aladdin mounted his horse and rode through the streets, while the slaves scattered gold as they went. Those who had played with him in his childhood did not recognize him, for he had grown so handsome. When the Sultan saw him, he came down from his throne, embraced him, and led him into a hall where a feast was spread, intending to marry him to the Princess that very day. But Aladdin refused, saying, "I must build a palace fit for her," and took his leave.

Once home, he said to the genie, "Build me a palace of the finest marble, set with jasper, agate, and other precious stones. In the middle, build a large hall with a dome, its four walls of solid gold and silver, each with six windows. All but one window must have lattices set with diamonds and rubies. There must be stables, horses, grooms, and slaves. Go and see to it!"

The palace was finished by the next day. The genie carried Aladdin there and showed him that all his orders were faithfully carried out, even to the laying of a velvet carpet from Aladdin's palace to the Sultan's.

Aladdin's mother dressed herself carefully and walked to the palace with her slaves, while he followed on horseback. The Sultan sent musicians with trumpets and cymbals to meet them, so that the air was filled with music and cheers. Aladdin's mother was taken to the Princess, who greeted her with great honor.

At night, the Princess said goodbye to her father and walked on the carpet to Aladdin's palace, with his mother at her side and followed by a hundred slaves. She was charmed by Aladdin, who ran to receive her.

"Princess," he said, "blame your beauty for my boldness if I have displeased you."

She told him that, having seen him, she willingly obeyed her father in this matter. After the wedding, Aladdin led her into the hall, where a feast was spread. They ate together, then danced until midnight. The next day, Aladdin invited the Sultan to see the palace. When the Sultan entered the hall with the twenty-four windows, set with rubies, diamonds, and emeralds, he cried, "It is a wonder of the world! Only one thing surprises me: was it by accident that one window is unfinished?"

"No, by design," replied Aladdin. "I wished Your Majesty to have the honor of finishing this palace."

The Sultan was pleased and sent for the best jewelers in the city. He showed them the unfinished window and ordered them to fit it up like the others. "Sir," their spokesman said, "we cannot find enough jewels." The Sultan had his own jewels brought, but they soon used them and the work was not half done in a month.

Aladdin, knowing their task was hopeless, told them to undo their work and return the jewels. Then the genie finished the window at Aladdin's command. The Sultan was surprised to receive his jewels back and visited Aladdin, who showed him the finished window.

The Sultan embraced him, while the jealous Vizier hinted that it was all done by magic.

Aladdin won the hearts of the people with his gentle manner. He was made captain of the Sultan's armies and won several battles for him, but he remained modest and courteous as before. He lived in peace and contentment for several years.

But far away in Africa, the magician remembered Aladdin. By his magic arts, he discovered that Aladdin had not died in the cave but had escaped, married a princess, and was living in great wealth and honor. The magician knew that the poor tailor's son could only have achieved this with the help of the lamp. He traveled day and night until he reached the capital of China, determined to ruin Aladdin. As he walked through the town, he heard people everywhere talking about a marvelous palace.

"Forgive my ignorance," he asked, "what palace are you speaking of?"

"Have you not heard of Prince Aladdin's palace?" came the reply. "It is the greatest wonder of the world. I will direct you if you wish to see it."

The magician thanked the man and went to see the palace. He recognized that it had been built by the Genie of the Lamp and became almost mad with rage. He decided to get hold of the lamp and plunge Aladdin into the deepest poverty.

Unluckily, Aladdin had gone hunting for eight days, which gave the magician plenty of time. He bought a dozen copper lamps, put them in a basket, and went to the palace, crying, "New lamps for old!" A jeering crowd followed him. The Princess, sitting in the hall of twenty-four windows, sent a slave to find out what the noise was about. The slave came back laughing, and the Princess scolded her.

"Madam," replied the slave, "who can help laughing at an old fool offering to exchange fine new lamps for old ones?"

Another slave said, "There is an old lamp on the cornice that he can have." This was the magic lamp, which Aladdin had left there because he could not take it hunting. The Princess, not knowing its value, laughingly told the slave to take it and make the exchange.

The slave went and said to the magician, "Give me a new lamp for this." He snatched the old lamp and told the slave to choose any new one from his basket, while the crowd jeered. He did not care.

He stopped crying his lamps and went out of the city gates to a lonely place, where he waited until nightfall. Then he pulled out the lamp and rubbed it. The genie appeared, and at the magician's command, carried him, together with the palace and the Princess inside it, to a lonely place in Africa.

The next morning, the Sultan looked out of the window toward Aladdin's palace and rubbed his eyes, for it was gone. He sent for the Vizier and asked what had happened to the palace. The Vizier looked out too and was astonished.

He again said it was magic, and this time the Sultan believed him. He sent thirty men on horseback to fetch Aladdin in chains. They met him riding home, bound him, and forced him to walk with them.

But the people, who loved Aladdin, followed with weapons to see that he came to no harm. He was brought before the Sultan, who ordered the executioner to cut off his head. The executioner made Aladdin kneel down, bandaged his eyes, and raised his sword to strike.

Just then, the Vizier saw that the crowd had forced their way into the courtyard and were climbing the walls to rescue Aladdin. He called to the executioner to stop. The people looked so threatening that the Sultan gave in and ordered Aladdin to be unbound, pardoning him in front of the crowd.

Aladdin then begged to know what he had done. "False wretch!" said the Sultan. "Come here." He showed Aladdin from the window the place where his palace had stood. Aladdin was so amazed he could not say a word.

"Where is my palace and my daughter?" demanded the Sultan. "I am not so concerned about the palace, but I must have my daughter back. You must find her or lose your head."

Aladdin begged for forty days to find her, promising that if he failed, he would return and accept whatever punishment the Sultan desired. His request was granted, and he left the Sultan's presence sadly. For three days he wandered like a madman, asking everyone what had become of his palace. But they only laughed and pitied him. He came to the banks of a river and knelt down to pray before throwing himself in. In doing so, he rubbed the magic ring he still wore. The genie he had seen in the cave appeared and asked his will.

"Save my life, genie!" said Aladdin. "Bring my palace back!"

"That is not in my power," said the genie. "I am only the Slave of the Ring. You must ask the Slave of the Lamp."

"Even so," said Aladdin, "but you can take me to the palace and set me down under my dear wife's window." He immediately found himself in Africa, under the Princess's window, and fell asleep from sheer exhaustion.

He was awakened by the singing of birds, and his heart felt lighter. He clearly understood that all his misfortunes were caused by the loss of the lamp, and he wondered who had stolen it.

That morning, the Princess rose earlier than usual. Since being brought to Africa by the magician, she had to endure his company once a day, but she treated him so harshly that he dared not stay there all the time. As she was dressing, one of her maids looked out and saw Aladdin. The Princess ran to the window and opened it. At the noise, Aladdin looked up. She called to him to come to her, and great was the joy of these two lovers at seeing each other again.

After he had kissed her, Aladdin said, "I beg you, Princess, for God's sake, before we speak of anything else, tell me: what happened to the old lamp I left on the cornice in the hall of twenty-four windows when I went hunting?"

"Alas!" she said. "I am the innocent cause of our sorrows." She told him about exchanging the lamp.

"Now I know!" cried Aladdin. "This is the work of the African magician! Where is the lamp now?"

"He carries it with him," said the Princess. "I know because he pulled it out of his pocket to show me. He wants me to break my promise to you and marry him. He says you were beheaded by my father's order. He speaks ill of you constantly, but I only reply with tears. If I persist in refusing him, I am sure he will use force."

Aladdin comforted her and left for a while. He changed clothes with the first person he met in town, bought a certain powder, and returned to the Princess. She let him in through a little side door.

"Put on your most beautiful dress," he said to her, "and receive the magician with smiles. Make him believe you have forgotten me. Invite him to dinner and say you wish to taste the wine of his country. He will go to get some. While he is gone, I will tell you what to do."

She listened carefully. When Aladdin left, she dressed herself gaily for the first time since leaving China. She put on a girdle and a headdress of diamonds and, seeing in a mirror that she was more beautiful than ever, received the magician. To his great amazement, she said, "I have decided that Aladdin is dead and that all my tears will not bring him back. So I will mourn no more. I have invited you to dine with me, but I am tired of Chinese wines and would like to taste the wines of Africa."

The magician rushed to his cellar. The Princess put the powder Aladdin had given her into her cup. When the magician returned, she asked him to drink her health with the wine of Africa, handing him her cup in exchange for his as a sign of reconciliation. Before drinking, the magician began a speech praising her beauty, but the Princess interrupted him, saying, "Let us drink first, and then you may say what you wish." She raised her cup to her lips and held it there while the magician drained his to the dregs. Then he fell back lifeless.

The Princess opened the door for Aladdin and threw her arms around his neck. But Aladdin gently put her away and told her to leave him for a moment because he had more to do. He went to the dead magician, took the lamp from his vest, and ordered the genie to carry the palace and everything in it back to China. This was done instantly. The Princess, in her chamber, felt only two little shocks and had no idea she was home again.

The Sultan was sitting in his room, mourning for his lost daughter, when he happened to look up and rub his eyes. There stood the palace as before! He hurried over, and Aladdin received him in the hall of twenty-four windows with the Princess at his side. Aladdin told him everything that had happened and showed him the dead body of the magician so that he would believe. A ten-day feast was proclaimed, and it seemed as if Aladdin might now live the rest of his life in peace. But it was not to be.

The African magician had a younger brother, who was even more wicked and cunning. He traveled to China to avenge his brother's death. He went to visit a holy woman named Fatima, thinking she might be useful to him.

He entered her cell, held a dagger to her chest, and forced her to obey him on pain of death. He exchanged clothes with her, painted his face like hers, put on her veil, and then murdered her so that she could tell no tales. Then he went toward Aladdin's palace.

All the people, thinking he was the holy woman, gathered around him, kissing his hands and asking for his blessing.

When he reached the palace, there was such a commotion that the Princess told her maid to look out the window and ask what was happening. The maid said it was the holy woman, curing people by her touch. The Princess, who had long wanted to meet Fatima, sent for her.

When the magician came before the Princess, he offered a prayer for her health and prosperity. The Princess made him sit beside her and begged him to stay with her always. The false Fatima, who wanted nothing better, agreed but kept her veil down to avoid being discovered.

The Princess showed him the hall and asked him what he thought of it.

"It is truly beautiful," said the false Fatima. "But in my opinion, it wants one thing."

"And what is that?" asked the Princess.

"If only a roc's egg were hung from the center of this dome," he replied, "it would be the wonder of the world."

After this, the Princess could think of nothing but the roc's egg. When Aladdin returned from hunting, he found her in a very bad mood. He asked what was wrong, and she told him that all her pleasure in the hall was spoiled because there was no roc's egg hanging from the dome.

"If that is all," replied Aladdin, "you shall soon be happy." He left her and rubbed the lamp. When the genie appeared, Aladdin commanded him to bring a roc's egg. The genie gave such a loud and terrible shriek that the hall shook.

"You wretch!" he cried. "Is it not enough that I have done everything for you, but you command me to bring my master and hang him up in the middle of this dome? You and your wife and your palace deserve to be burned to ashes, but I know that this request does not come from you but from the brother of the African magician, whom you destroyed. He is now in your palace disguised as the holy woman, whom he murdered. He put that wish into your wife's head. Take care of yourself, for he means to kill you." Then the genie disappeared.

Aladdin went back to the Princess, saying that his head ached and asked that the holy Fatima be fetched to lay her hands on it. When the magician came near, Aladdin seized his dagger and stabbed him to the heart.

"What have you done?" cried the Princess. "You have killed the holy woman!"

"Not so," replied Aladdin. "This was a wicked magician." He told her how she had been deceived.

After that, Aladdin and his wife lived in peace. When the Sultan died, Aladdin succeeded him and ruled for many years, leaving behind a long line of kings.