Aladdin - part 4

A magic lamp


Aladdin began to climb the steps but then stopped. Suddenly he felt very frightened.

‘Give me the lamp!’ the magician shouted again.

Aladdin climbed two more steps. The magician put his hand out. Aladdin held out up the lamp but at the last moment pulled it back.

Suddenly he magician pulled out a big knife. ‘Give me the lamp!’

Aladdin moved back down he steps. ‘Why do you want the lamp, Uncle?’

‘I am not your uncle,’ said the magician. ‘I sent you into the cave to get the lamp.’

‘Because it’s a magic lamp. Only a boy of fifteen can take the lamp from the cave. That’s why I asked you to get it.’

'You will die in this cave'

The magician stopped shouting. He smiled ‘Aladdin, you clever boy! I can make you rich. Give me the lamp.’
Looking up, Aladdin saw the magician standing in front of the entrance. He was hiding the knife behind his back.

Shaking his head, Aladdin said, ‘No, I won’t give you it!’

The magician was very angry. ‘Then nobody shall have the lamp!’ he cried. ‘And you will die here in this cave.’

‘No!’ cried Aladdin. ‘Don’t leave me here!’

But the magician closed the entrance and walked away.

Aladdin sat down and cried.