Aladdin
Final Part
Genie
For two days and nights Aladdin
sat in the dark without food or drink. He felt cold and
frightened.
‘I’m going to die!’ he cried, putting his
face in hands. He felt something hard on his finger. It was
the magician’s ring.
The ring made Aladdin angry. He tried to take it off. He
pulled and pulled. It would not come off. As he pulled the
ring he accidentally rubbed it.
Suddenly there was a puff of smoke. For a moment Aladdin
closed his eyes. When he opened them again he had a big
surprise.
A genie was standing in front of Aladdin. ‘I am the
genie of the ring,’ said the genie. ‘What do
you want from me?’
‘Take me out of this cave!’ cried Aladdin.
A moment later Aladdin was outside the cave. He looked
around for the genie. ‘Genie, where are you?’
he cried. ‘How did you do that?’
But no one answered.
Please throw the lamp
away.
Aladdin ran back to his
mother’s house.
‘Where have you been?’ she cried. ‘And
where is your uncle?’
‘He’s not my uncle,’ said Aladdin.
‘He only wanted this lamp.’
He showed the lamp to his mother. ‘It does not look
very nice,’ she said. ‘But perhaps we can use
the money to buy food.’
‘Why did the magician want it?’
Aladdin’s mother picked up the ladder. ‘I
don’t know,’ she said. ‘But it’s
very dirty. I’ll clean it.’
She began cleaning the lamp with a
cloth. Suddenly there was a puff of smoke. They both
closed their eyes. When they opened them again there
was a genie standing in front of them.
‘I am the master of land, sea and air,’ cried
the genie. ‘What do you want from me?’
Aladdin’s mother was too frightened to speak.
‘We are hungry,’ he said. ‘We want to
eat.’
Puff of smoke
The genie disappeared in a puff
of smoke. When Aladdin and his mother looked around they
saw gold plates on the table. They were full of food.
Aladdin and his mother sat down to eat. ‘This is
wonderful food,’ Aladdin’s mother said,
‘but I think this genie is a bad thing. Please throw
the lamp away.’
‘I won’t throw the lamp away,’ said
Aladdin. ‘But I won’t use it. I will hide it in
a safe place.’
