Stories – Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
Once upon a time, a young man’s father died. Aladdin, the young man’s name, had replaced his father in running the family store alongside his mother. One day, a stranger entered the store.
“I am your uncle,” the stranger said to Aladdin. “I came to see you.”
“But my father never mentioned his brother,” said Aladdin.
Aladdin’s mother returned. “My husband doesn’t have a brother,” she told the stranger, narrowing her eyes.
“I assure you it is true,” said the stranger. “Years ago, your husband and I agreed that if anything happened to him since I was fortunate, I would help bring the same luck to your family.”
The mother appeared concerned. “What you’re thinking?” she speaks.
“I know a secret place that holds a lot of wealth,” said the stranger. “I will marry your son. With the wealth he will find there, you and he will settle down.”
And so my mother agreed. The older man and the boy traveled for many days throughout the desert. Finally, they came to a cave. “You must know that in my life, I have learned a little magic,” the old man told Aladdin. “Don’t be surprised by anything you may see.”
They entered the cave. The sky is dark as ink. The older man swung his fist, and a ball of light suddenly appeared, lighting up the entire cave.
Under the light, with a long finger, he drew a circle on the ground. He took some red dust from his pocket and threw it onto the ring, saying a few chants simultaneously. The earth shook a little before them. The cave floor cracked, and the cracks became more expansive and profound. Then, a giant white quartz crystal rose from the ground, and it filled the circle.
“Don’t be alarmed,” said the magician. “Under this giant white crystal lies a treasure that will be yours.”
He chanted a few magic words, and the giant crystal rose a few feet into the air, moved to the side, and landed. Aladdin looked into the hole. He saw stairs leading down to a dark spot.
“Don’t be afraid,” the magician said to Aladdin. “But obey me. Go down and to the bottom of the stairs, follow a long hallway. You will walk through an orchard. It would help if you did not touch any of them. Continue until you reach a large flat rock, and a lighted lamp will be on the rock. Fill the lamp with oil and bring it to me. Go now!”
Aladdin slowly walked down the stairs. Through the magical orchard, the trees produced fruit that sparkled and shone. He couldn’t help but reach out and touch someone.
Then – too late – he remembered what his uncle had said. But nothing terrible happened. So he thought he should put that precious pearl in his vest pocket. Then he picked another treasure fruit until all his bags were packed.
Aladdin went to a large flat rock, on which was a lighted lamp, just as his uncle had said.
He poured out the oil and carried it back to the mouth of the cave.
Aladdin called out: “Uncle, it’s me!”
The magician quickly called out: “Give me the lamp!”
“As soon as I wake up,” said Aladdin, wondering why the magician seemed so hurried.
“No, give me the light NOW!” cried the old man, reaching down. You see, the only way the lamp could get out of the cave was as a gift from one person to another.
The magician knew this and wanted to take the lamp from the boy as soon as possible and then kill him. Aladdin felt a chill in the air. There is something wrong. Somehow, he knew he couldn’t give up that lamp.
“Let me go first,” said Aladdin. “Then I will give you the lamp.”
Aladdin felt a chill in the air. Something was wrong.
The magician was furious. He flew into a rage and barked out more magical words. The giant white quartz crystal flew up, hovered over the hole, and landed. Everything is dark below. Aladdin is trapped!
For two days, Aladdin was in despair. “Why don’t I hand over this old lamp? Who cares about it? Whatever may happen, it can’t get any worse than this! What am I thinking?”
Rubbing the lamp, he groaned: “Oh, I wish I could get out of here!”
Immediately, a giant God rose into the air. “You are my master!” Genie exploded. “Is that your first wish – to get out of this cave? Three wishes are yours to command.
Aladdin gasped in surprise. He mumbled yes, of course! More than anything, he wanted to get out of the cave and go home! Soon, Aladdin was outside his house, still holding the lamp and all the jewels in his vest pocket.
His mother could not believe the story her son told. “God light?” she laughed. “Is that the old one?” She took the lamp, grabbed a rag, and cleaned it. “If there is a Genie in this old lamp, I will say to it, ‘Genie, make a feast for me and my son, and serve it on golden plates!'”
You can imagine the mother’s surprise! The genie rose from the lamp, and a feast fit for a king weighed heavily on her kitchen table on glistening golden plates.
Mother and daughter enjoyed a party like no other. After that, my mother washed and sold the gold plates and bought the necessary things for living. From then on, Aladdin and his mother lived well.
One day, Aladdin thought to himself: “Why think small? With my precious fruit, I can marry the princess and become the prince of this land!”
His mother laughed loudly. “You can’t just go to a palace with fancy gifts and expect to marry a princess!” But Aladdin urged her to try. They wrapped some precious fruits in silk cloth, and Mother entered the palace.
The guards stopped her immediately. But they let her in because she claimed she had something precious to the Sultan.
They wrapped some of the jewel-fruits in silk cloth.
The King said: “What have you brought me in that silk pile?”
She showed him the precious fruits.
The King was very impressed. “But if your son is worthy of my daughter as you say, he must bring me 40 golden trays containing the same precious stones brought by servants.”
The mother went home and told her son the King’s request. “No problem,” said Aladdin. “Call the Genie and make your second wish.” So his mother rubbed the lamp and made her second wish. Before long, she arrived at the steps of the King’s palace with 40 golden trays containing pearls, carried by many servants.
The King was satisfied. “But you can’t think this is enough to win my daughter’s hand!” he says. “To win my favor, your son must build a golden palace for him and my daughter to live in.”
Mom also brought this news home. So, Mother’s third wish asked the Genie to create a palace of gold. Right outside the King’s bedroom the following day, a giant golden palace appeared, sparkling in the sunlight.
Meanwhile, at Aladdin’s house, his mother said: “My son, it’s time for you to meet your princess.” Her wishes gone, she gave him the lamp.
The following day, the Sultan called his daughter. “Look at this palace!” He said and pointed out the window. “This is the husband for you!”
“What do you mean, father?” said his daughter. “What do you know about this man? Have you met him before?”
“What do you need to know?” The king said. “He can make a golden palace appear overnight. He is even stronger than my royal advisor, the Vizier.”
“What do you need to know?” The king said. “He can make a golden palace appear overnight.”
“Yesterday, your Vizier was the most powerful man in the kingdom,” his daughter said, “and I married him. This stranger is the most powerful person today, and I will marry him. Why do you think it matters to me who is the strongest?”
“It matters to ME!” The king said. He said in a deeper voice, “Daughter, you are so happy to have such a good husband.”
“I can not believe this!” The princess raised her hands in despair and left.
In the dressing room, the princess groaned. To Nadia, her maid, she said: “My father is determined to marry me no matter what!”
“But, ma’am,” said Nadia, “isn’t this wonderful stranger very suitable for you?”
The princess sighed. She looked at her servant. “You don’t know how lucky you are,” she said. “I would rather live your life than be abandoned this way.”
“And I’d rather live yours,” Nadia said. The two of them looked at each other for a moment. They have the same height and the same hair color. With all the scarves that young women like them wear…
“Let’s do it!” they said together.
And the two changed clothes.
At that moment, Aladdin was riding a white horse to the Sultan’s palace, ready to meet his bride. The King warmly welcomed him.
“Stay at my palace until your wedding preparations are complete,” he said. Aladdin can only meet the princess on their wedding day. He saw Nadia from afar, wrapped in a scarf, thinking she was an actual princess. Aladdin, the Sultan, and everyone in the palace eagerly awaits the wedding day.
Except for one person. The King’s Prime Minister was the wizard uncle who trapped Aladdin in the cave.
He recognized Aladdin immediately. He knew there was only one reason the young man could present all this magic to the King. Aladdin must have escaped from the cave and taken the lamp with him!
“I will revenge!” swore to the Vizier. “If anyone has the lamp, it’s ME!” Using his magic, he found out where Aladdin hid the lamp. While Aladdin was sleeping, the Vizier sneaked in and took it away.
The Vizier made his first wish in a quiet place: “Genie, do as I say. I want you to take Aladdin’s palace to a remote site in the desert where no one can find it!
The Vizier didn’t know that, at that time, Nadia was exploring Aladdin’s palace. And there was one more thing the Vizier didn’t know. The Genie thought the Vizier had also ordered him to be taken from the court. So the Genie sent the Vizier, the Golden Palace, and Nadia to a remote desert place.
The following day, the Sultan woke up and saw nothing outside his bedroom window, where Aladdin’s palace was located the day before. Just then, his servant ran in to report that the princess had disappeared. Furious, he called Aladdin.
“What did you do?” He shouted in rage. “Because of your magic trick, I lost my daughter! You must bring her back to me in three days, or you will pay dearly!
“What have you done?” he yelled in a rage.
Aladdin thinks he needs to make the second wish, and Genie will return the princess and castle. But his magic lamp is gone – he’s looking everywhere!
In despair, Aladdin could do nothing but leave the Sultan’s palace on the white horse he had been riding. Sadly, he rode from town to town, but no one knew anything about a court that appeared overnight, let alone a palace with a princess inside.
You might be wondering, where has the princess been all this time? Dressed as a maid, she snuck out of the palace the same day she swapped clothes with Nadia. She went down to the market and met an old merchant there.
The old merchant told her he was tired of riding from town to town for many years selling medicine and perfume.
The princess dresses simply but still looks royal. She gained the old merchant’s trust, and when she offered to ride his camel train for him and share what she earned, he was delighted. That’s why our princess has to wander around the desert, selling medicine and perfume from town to town.
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Two days he was passed. It is almost impossible for Aladdin to find his lost palace compared to before he left the Sultan. Kneeling before his tent, Aladdin held his head in his hands.
“Why is your face so sad?” The princess was passing by on horseback and stopped her camel caravan. “Maybe a dose of medicine will make you feel better.”
“No, thank you,” said Aladdin. “The only thing that can help is if I can bring back a princess and find my lost palace. You see, my palace disappeared overnight and went to a place I don’t know where. Maybe the princess is in there. Oh, this is an impossible task!”
“Perhaps not,” said the princess. “During my travels, I heard about a desert palace that appeared out of nowhere not long ago.”
“Actually?” said Aladdin. He looked up. “Do you know where?”
“I think so. I can take you there. If we leave now, we can get there tomorrow morning.”
“I would be very grateful!” said Aladdin. He left all the precious fruits to Mother except one. He gave this money to the camel rider as payment.
“Oh, keep it,” she said, waving her hand. “There’s no trouble. Bring your horse along with my camel.”
Walking all night, the two told each other many things.
Aladdin was amazed by the young girl’s easygoing personality and generous spirit. Somehow, he knew she could be trusted. Not long after, he told her how he discovered the magic lamp in the cave and how it was stolen from him, along with the palace.
When dawn broke, they were riding between two very high stone walls, pink, with thin strips of white and blue. Suddenly, the stone walls ended, and they came to a clearing.
“Look!” the princess said and pointed forward. “That is it?”
“That is!” Aladdin exclaimed with joy when he recognized his palace. “I hope the princess is still there!” I said. “Even though there is no light, I cannot get them both back in time.”
At that moment, as you surely remember, Nadia, who had been carried away with the palace, was looking out the window at the new guests. To her surprise, she realized the camel rider was none other than her beloved ex-lover. She waved them both out the front door.
The servant let the guest in. Nadia took them into the living room and closed the door. She said: “Miss! How happy I am to meet you!”
“I’m happy to meet you too, Nadia.”
Aladdin was surprised. “Do you two know each other?”
But the princess told Nadia, “Tell me, how does it feel to be a princess?”
“At first, the dresses were amazing,” she said. “Everything I dreamed of! And I also like all the attention I get. But when I became enamored with this palace, the Prime Minister also followed it. For the past two days, he’s done nothing but rage and destroy things. He locked me here!”
“That was terrible!” said the princess.
“There’s more,” Nadia said. “He held the lamp and said that tomorrow we will return to the Sultan’s land, and I will have to marry him!”
“He said…to his lamp?” Aladdin and the princess looked at each other.
The princess turned to Nadia. “Wait a minute! I have a plan.”
The princess gives Nadia one of the sleeping potions in her inventory. She tells Nadia that when the Vizier returns that night, she must pour sleeping pills into his wine. He will fall into such a deep sleep that any noise will not awaken him. That’s what she did.
While the villain was snoring, Nadia, the princess, and Aladdin searched everywhere for the magic lamp. They finally found it!
Holding the lamp in his hand again, Aladdin said: “Now I can make my second wish. I will wish this castle and everyone in it to return to the Sultan’s kingdom – except the Vizier.”
“Wait!” said the princess. “Let me stay.”
Aladdin urged her to go with him, but the princess disagreed. She enjoys the free life she lives. Aladdin did not like that he was left behind with the Vizier. But she assured him that the Vizier would not wake up for many hours and that she would have plenty of time to get far away.
So Aladdin rubbed the lamp and stated his wish to the Genie.
In a moment, Aladdin, the palace, and Nadia were all transported back to the same place where the castle had stood before.
The Sultan was delighted to see his daughter back, or you could say, the young woman he believed to be his daughter, covered with a scarf. “We’re getting married in three days!” The Sultan said to Aladdin.
However, sadness is growing in Aladdin’s heart. Nadia is a lovely young woman, but there is something about the woman who rides camels and sells perfume and poisons. He couldn’t forget her laugh, her intelligence, and the comfort of being with her.
Finally, he rubbed the lamp.
“Master,” said the Genie, “Is it the mountains of precious gems that you want for your third wish, power over all the neighboring lands or the power of 100 people?”
“There is no such thing,” said Aladdin. “I wish you would take me to see the young woman I met, the camel rider, the seller of perfume and poison.”
“But Master, this is your third and final wish!” said the genie. “What if you give your heart to this woman, and she doesn’t choose you back? You will miss your chance to marry the Sultan’s daughter and become a prince.”
“I don’t care!” said Aladdin. “I had to share with her what was in my heart. Whatever happens, go.”
So Aladdin makes his third and final wish and is taken to meet the actual princess. During her travels, it turned out that she was just a short distance from the Sultan’s lands. Aladdin shared his true feelings with her, and she returned the same feelings.
She tells him her story – that she was born a princess but is now happier living as a traveling merchant. Aladdin said he wanted to spend the rest of his days with her. So they agreed to get married and together rode camels to sell medicine and perfume from town to town.
Then – surprising news! Aladdin and the princess learned that the King had suddenly passed away. Aladdin told his new bride: “Since your father is dead, will you now return to your father’s palace? We can rule the kingdom together, together.”
As a final goodbye to their life on the camel train, Aladdin and the princess brewed a special magic potion. In the smoke, a magic carpet appeared! And on this magic carpet, Aladdin and the princess returned to the palace.
Nadia was happy to see them. She happily stepped down to serve again as a maid to the princess.
Aladdin and the princess ruled the kingdom wisely and well for the rest of their lives. And they lived happily ever after, and so did you.
