Reading Diary B : Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamps 1 

• Aladdin was the son of a poor tailor 
• Aladdin met his uncle one day in the street
• the uncle to Aladdin up to the mountains one day 
• the uncle was a magician and he started saying magical words and Aladdin was scared 
• the uncle kept giving him orders to go into the earth and grab things he started asking for a lamp that was there but Aladdin would not give it to him 
• at last the "uncle" fled and Aladdin realized that he was not his uncle but some magician who had read about the lamp and wanted to use Aladdin 
• Aladdin was crying after he realized the truth and accidentally rubbed on the lamp and a genie came out asking Aladdin what he needed 

                         Aladdin's Lamp

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 4 

• Aladdin is now referred to as the Prince 
• the magician has discovered that Aladdin did not die in the cave but escaped and is now married into royalty 
• the old man went to the streets crying out that he had new lamps in exchange for old ones 
• the princess heard about this and told a slave to take him and old lamp that was in the room 
• this lamp was Aladdin's lamp however she did not know that 
• the old magician had taken the lamp and he made the palace disappear 
• the Sultan, the princess's father was enraged and thought it was Aladdin's fault and he sent out for Aladdin with others of execution 
• Aladdin begged for his life as he did not know what he had done 

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 5

• the princess in Africa treated the old magician very poorly 
• in a moment Aladdin and the princess found each other but had to be careful 
• the princess explained that she has innocently given the old man the lamp
• Aladdin knew that the old magician was behind all of this but it would be hard to get the lamp as the magician carried it everywhere with him 
• Aladdin had a plan and told the princess to dress beautifully and make the old magician her guest so that he may think that she has forgotten about Aladdin 
• Aladdin had given her a powder and told her to put in her cup and offer the magician something to drink
• the princess did just this and it made the magician fall lifeless