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 ALADDIN
A N D T H E E N C H A N T E D L A MP

A laddin is a lazy boy. H e does n o t like w ork and he

plays all day w ith his friends in the m ark et. H e and his
m o th er are very p o o r, an d are often hungry, b u t
A laddin never w o rk s, an d never helps his m other.

O ne day A lad d in ’s uncle, A b an azar, arrives in the city.

‘I am a rich m a n ,’ he tells A laddin an d his m other. H e
gives them gold, buys A laddin a beautiful new coat, an d
w an ts to help them . A lad d in is very happy.

B ut A b an azar is n o t A lad d in ’s uncle. H e is a m agician

from M o ro cco , an d he w an ts to find an enchanted
lam p. H e kn o w s th e lam p is in a m agical garden un d er
the g ro u n d , n ear a city in A rabia. O nly a p o o r boy from
the city can get in to the garden and find the lam p. A nd
th a t b o y ’s nam e is A laddin . . .
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Aladdin
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 CONTENTS

STORY IN T R O D U C T IO N i

1 H elp fro m a rich m an 1

2 A w alk to now here 7
3 T h e ring and the lam p 14
4 A lad d in ’s love 19
5 N ew lam ps for old 29
6 T h ere and back again 34

g lo ssa ry 42
activities: Before R ead in g 44
activities: W hile R eading 45
activities: A fter R eading 48
ABOUT THE A UT HO R AND THE STORY 52
ABOUT B O OKW ORM S 53
 Help from ^ rfcJi m ^n
K 4 a n y years ago, in a city in A rabia, there w as a boy
called A laddin. H e lived w ith his m other in a little house
near the m arket, and they w ere very p oor. A laddin’s
m other w orked all day, and sometimes half the night,
but A laddin never helped her.
H e w as a lazy boy and he did n o t like to w ork. H e only
w anted to play all the time. Every m orning he ran

Aladdin lived in a little house near the market.

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through the streets to the m arket. There, he talked and

laughed and played w ith his friends all day. Then in the
evening he w ent hom e for his dinner.
And every night his m other said to him: ‘O h, A laddin,
Aladdin! Y ou are a lazy b o y - a good-for-nothing! W hen
are you going to do some w ork, my son?’
But A laddin never listened to his m other.
O ne day in the m arket there was an old m an in a long
black coat. A laddin did n o t see him , b u t the old m an
w atched A laddin very carefully. A fter some m inutes he
w ent up to an orange-seller and asked:
‘T h at boy in the green co at - w ho is he?’
‘A laddin, son of M u stafa,’ w as the answ er.
The old m an moved aw ay. ‘Yes,’ he said quietly. ‘Yes,
th a t is the boy. The right nam e, and the right fath er.’
Then he called o u t to Aladdin: ‘Boy! Come here for
a m inute. Is your nam e Aladdin? A laddin, son of
M ustafa?’
A laddin left his friends and came to the old m an.
‘Yes,’ he said, ‘ I am A laddin, son of M ustafa. But my
father is dead. H e died five years ag o .’
‘D ead!’ said the old m an. ‘O h, n o !’ H e p u t his face in
his hands and began to cry.
‘W hy are you crying?’ asked A laddin. ‘D id you know
my father?’
The old m an looked up. ‘M ustafa was my brother!’ he

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 The old man went up to an orange-seller.

said. ‘I w anted to see him again, and now you tell me he

is dead. O h, this is n o t a happy day for m e!’ T hen he p u t
his hand on A laddin’s arm. ‘But here is my b ro th er’s son,
and I can see M ustafa in your face, my boy. A laddin, I
am your uncle, A b an azar.’
‘M y uncle?’ said A laddin. He was very surprised. ‘Did
my father have a brother? I d id n ’t k now th a t.’
‘I w ent aw ay before you w ere born, my b o y ,’ said the

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old m an. ‘L ook.’ H e to o k ten pieces of gold o u t of his

bag, and put them into A laddin’s hands. ‘G o hom e to
your m other and give this m oney to her. Tell her ab o u t
me, and say this: “ H er h u sb an d ’s bro th er w ants to meet
her, and he is going to visit her to m o rro w .’”

He put the ten pieces o f gold into Aladdin’s hands.

Ten pieces of gold is a lot of m oney and A laddin w as

very happy. H e ran hom e quickly and gave the gold to
his m other. At first she w as afraid.
‘W here did you get this, Aladdin? D id you find it? It
isn’t our money. Y ou m ust give it b ack .’
‘But it is our m oney, M o th er,’ said A laddin. ‘M y
uncle, my father’s bro th er, gave the m oney to us. Uncle
A banazar is com ing to visit us to m o rro w .’
‘W ho? Y ou d o n ’t have an uncle A b an azar.’
‘But he know s m y nam e, and my fath er’s nam e,’

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Aladdin said. ‘And he gave ten pieces of gold to me. H e’s

very nice. Y ou m ust m ake a good dinner for him .’
The next day A banazar arrived at A laddin’s house.
‘M y sister!’ he said and smiled. ‘M y dead b ro th er’s
wife! I am happy to find you and A laddin.’
‘Sit dow n, A banazar. W e’re happy to see you in our
p o o r hom e,’ A laddin’s m other said. She p u t m eat, rice
and fruit on the table. ‘But I d o n ’t understand. W hy did
my husband never speak ab o u t you?’
‘I’m sorry, my sister. W hen we were young, my
brother and I w ere n o t friends for m any years. Then I
w ent aw ay to a far country. I am an old m an now and
w anted to see my b ro th er again and take his hand. But

Aladdin’s mother put meat, rice and fruit on the table.

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th e is dead, and I
cannot speak to him
or say goodbye to
him n o w !’
A banazar had
tears in his eyes and
A la d d in ’s m o th e r
began to cry too.
‘But I am hom e
again n o w ,’ the old
m an said, ‘and I can
help my b ro th er’s
wife and his son,
Abanazar had tears in his eyes. because I am a rich
m a n .’ H e looked at
A laddin. ‘A laddin, my boy, w h at w o rk do you d o ?’
A laddin did n o t answ er and his face w as red.
‘O h, d o n ’t ask A laddin questions ab o u t w o rk !’ his
m other said. ‘H e never w orks. H e plays w ith his friends
all day, and only comes hom e w hen he is hu n g ry .’
‘W ell, m y boy, to m o rro w we m ust get a new co at for
you. Then we can talk ab o u t w ork. W ould you like to
have a shop in the m ark et perhaps?’
A laddin smiled. ‘A sh o p ,’ he thought, ‘and me, a rich
m arket-seller. W hy n o t? ’

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 A wavlk to now here
lEarly the next m orning, A banazar arrived at A laddin’s
house and then he and A laddin w alked to the m arket.
‘First of all we m ust look at co ats,’ A banazar said.
Soon A laddin had an expensive new coat and he felt
very happy. T hen A banazar and A laddin w alked
through the m arket
and looked at the
shops. They dran k
coffee, talked to
people, and had a
very good dinner. It
w as a w onderful day
for A laddin.
O n Friday, w hen
the m arket was
closed, A banazar
took A laddin to the
beautiful gardens in
the city. They walked
under the trees and
talked ab o u t a shop
for Aladdin. Aladdin had an expensive new coat.

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They walked past the Sultan’s palace.

‘Y ou are very good to me, U ncle,’ A laddin said.

A banazar smiled. ‘But of course,’ he said. ‘You are my
b ro th e r’s son. N ow , let us leave the city and go up into
the hills. There is som ething w onderful there, and you
m ust see it.’
They left the gardens, w alked past the Sultan’s palace,
and out of the city up into the hills. They w alked for a
long tim e and A laddin began to feel tired.
‘It’s n o t far n o w ,’ said A banazar. ‘W e’re going to see
a beautiful garden - m ore beautiful th a n the garden of
the S ultan’s palace.’

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 A walk to nowhere

A t last A banazar stopped. ‘H ere we are,’ he said.

A laddin looked, b u t he could see no gardens on the
hills. ‘W here is this garden, U ncle?’ he said.
‘First we m ust m ake a fire,’ said A banazar.
A laddin did n o t u n d erstan d , b u t he m ade a fire for his
uncle on the ground. Then A banazar to o k some pow der
o u t of a small box, and p u t it on the fire. H e closed his
eyes and said, ‘Abracadabra/ ’
A t once, the sky w ent dark. Black smoke cam e from
the fire, and the ground u nder the fire began to open.

Abanazar put some powder on the fire,

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They walked past the Sultan’s palace.

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‘Y ou are very good to me, U ncle,’ A laddin said.

A banazar smiled. ‘But of course,’ he said. ‘Y ou are my
b ro th er’s son. N o w , let us leave the city and go up into
the hills. There is som ething w onderful there, and you
m ust see it.’
They left the gardens, w alked past the Sultan’s palace,
and out of the city up into the hills. They w alked for a
long tim e and A laddin began to feel tired.
‘It’s n o t far no w ,’ said A banazar. ‘W e’re going to see
a beautiful garden - m ore beautiful th a n the garden of
the S ultan’s palace.’

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 A walk to nowhere

At last A banazar stopped. ‘H ere we are,’ he said.

A laddin looked, b u t he could see no gardens on the
hills. ‘W here is this garden, U ncle?’ he said.
‘First we m ust m ake a fire,’ said A banazar.
A laddin did no t u nderstand, but he m ade a fire for his
uncle on the ground. Then A banazar took some pow der
o u t of a small box, and p u t it on the fire. H e closed his
eyes and said, ‘Abracadabra!’’
At once, the sky w ent dark. Black smoke cam e from
the fire, and the ground under the fire began to open.

Abanazar put some powder on the fire.

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 There was a big white stone with a ring in it.

Then the smoke w ent away, and in the ground there was
now a big w hite stone w ith a ring in it.
A laddin was very afraid. H e began to ru n aw ay, but
A banazar took his arm and hit him on the head.
For a m inute or tw o A laddin could n o t speak or move.
T hen he cried, ‘W hy did you do th at, Uncle?’
‘Y ou m ust be a m an now , n o t a child,’ said A banazar.
‘I am your fath er’s b ro th er, and you m ust obey me.
D on’t be afraid. In a sh o rt time y o u ’re going to be a rich
m an. N ow , listen carefully.’ H e to o k A laddin’s hand.
‘O nly you can move this stone. Put your hand on the ring
and say your nam e and your fath er’s nam e.’
V ery afraid, A laddin p u t his hand on the ring. It was
n o t hot, but very cold. ‘I am A laddin, son of M u stafa,’
he said. The stone m oved easily, and now A laddin could
see stairs under the ground.

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‘Go dow n those stairs,’ A banazar said, ‘an d then

through four big room s. In the last room there is a door
into a garden, and under one of the trees there is a lam p.
You can take some fruit from the trees, but first you must
find the lam p. Bring the lam p to m e.’
‘Please com e w ith me, U ncle!’ A laddin said.
‘N o. O nly you can do this, my boy.’ A banazar to o k a
gold ring off his finger and gave it to A laddin. ‘This ring
is magic and can p rotect y o u ,’ he said. ‘Be careful, and
bring me the lam p quickly!’
A laddin put the ring on the little finger of his left hand

Aladdin put the ring on his finger.

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and began to go dow n the stairs. It w as d ark and he w as

afraid, but he was m ore afraid of A banazar.
And Aladdin was right to be afraid, because A banazar
w as n o t his uncle. H e w as a m agician from M orocco,
and he w anted this lam p very much. It was a magic lamp,
and only a p o o r boy from the city could get it for him -
a boy called Aladdin.
A laddin w ent dow n a h undred stairs and into the first
room . D ow n here, it w as n o t dark and he w ent quickly
thro u g h the room s to the d oor into the garden. There
were trees in the garden, w ith beautiful fruit of different
colours - w hite, red, green, and yellow.
H e soon found the lam p, under one of the trees. ‘W hy
does m y uncle w an t this dirty old lam p?’ he thought. He
p u t it in his pocket. Then he began to take fruit from the
trees, and to p u t it in every pocket of his coat. A fter th a t
he w ent back to the stairs and began to go up. Soon he
could see A banazar and the blue sky.
‘Give the lam p to m e,’ A banazar said, and p u t o u t his
hand. ‘Quickly, boy, the lam p!’
A laddin could n o t get the lam p o u t of his pocket
because it w as under the fruit. He looked at A b an azar’s
angry face and w as afraid.
‘First help me out, then you can have the lam p ,’ he
said. ‘Please,, Uncle!’
‘First the lam p,’ cried A banazar. ‘Give me the lam p!’

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 Aladdin found the lamp under one o f the trees.

‘N o !’ A laddin said.
‘Y ou good-for-nothing! Y ou dog! You and the lam p
can stay dow n there!’ A ngrily, A banazar ra n to the fire
and p u t m ore pow der on it. ‘AbracadabraV he called.
The big w hite stone m oved again, and now A laddin
could n o t see the sky. H e w as in the dark, under the
ground, and could n o t get out.

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The tiv »5 &r\Z> the lam p
\ / n d e A banazar! U ncle!’ A laddin h it the stone but
nothing m oved. ‘D o n ’t leave me here! Please!’
A laddin p u t his ear to the stone, b u t he could hear
nothing. ‘I am A laddin, son of M u stafa,’ he said, and
listened again. But the stone did n o t move.
T hen A laddin began to cry. ‘W h at am I going to d o ?’
he th o u g h t, and p u t his head in his hands.
After a tim e he began to feel hungry, and to o k some
of the fruit out of his pocket. H e p u t some in his m outh,
but he could no t eat them . ‘These are stones, n o t fru it,’
he thought. ‘I’m going to die dow n here.’
For three days an d three nights A laddin sat on the
stairs and w aited, b u t no help came. O n the third day he
rem em bered A b an azar’s ring on his finger - the ring to
protect him. He could n o t see the ring in the dark so he
p u t his right hand on it.
W H O O SH !
There w as a sudden noise, and blue sm oke cam e o u t
of the ring. And then, out of the smoke came a big jinnee.
‘I am here, m aster, I am here,’ the jinnee cried. ‘I am
the slave of the ring. W h at is your w ish?’
A laddin w as very surprised, and very afraid. A t first

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O ut o f the smoke came a big jinnee.

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he could n o t speak, th en he said, ‘T ake me o u t of h ere.’

‘To hear is to obey,’ the jinnee said, and a second later
A laddin w as back on the hills under the blue sky.
There w as nobody there, and the fire w as cold and
black. H appily, A laddin began to w alk hom e.
W hen he got there, his m other was very happy to see
him . ‘O h, A laddin!’ she cried. ‘W h at happened to you?
A nd w here is your uncle?’
‘A banazar is n o t m y uncle, M other. H e is a m agician
and a bad m an. H e nearly killed m e.’ T hen A laddin told
his m other all ab o u t the fire, the magic stone, and the
garden under the ground. ‘O h, I am very tired, M o th e r,’
he said. ‘I m ust sleep.’
A laddin closed his eyes and slept for m any hours. The
next m orning he opened his eyes and said: ‘M o th er, I’m
hungry!’
‘M y son, I’m sorry,’ she said. ‘We have no rice or m eat
in the house. We have nothing. I m ust sell your new coat
and get some rice w ith the m oney.’
Then A laddin rem em bered the lam p from the garden.
‘W ait a minute, M o th er,’ he said. ‘Take this lam p and
sell th a t first.’
‘T h at dirty old thing?’ A laddin’s m other said. ‘I m ust
clean it first.’ She began to ru b it and . . .
W H O O S H ! N oise, fire, and red sm oke cam e from the
lam p, and out of the sm oke cam e a very big jinnee.

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 Aladdin’s mother began to rub the old lamp .. .

‘I am the slave of the lam p ,’ cried the jinnee. ‘W h at is

your wish, m istress?’
A laddin’s m other was afraid and could n o t speak, but
Aladdin said: ‘Bring rice and m eat to us. We are hungry.’
T he jinnee w ent aw ay, an d cam e back in a second

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 The jinnee came hack with rice, meat, bread and fruit
on twelve gold plates.

w ith rice, m eat, bread, and fruit on twelve gold plates.

H e p u t the plates in fro n t of them and w ent away.
A laddin and his m o th er ate and ate. T hen A laddin
to o k one of the plates to the m arket and sold it for tw o
pieces of gold.
Every day after th a t, A laddin rubbed the lam p. A nd
w hen the jinnee cam e, A laddin said: ‘Bring us rice and
m e at.’ And every day he sold the gold plates.
Soon, A laddin and his m other w ere rich.

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Atabbm’s love
■Five years later, A laddin h ad a shop in the m ark et and
three m arket-sellers w orked for him. The sellers liked
A laddin because he w as good to them . The m arket
children liked Aladdin too, because he gave them money
w hen he w alked past. Everybody liked A laddin.
A laddin’s m other never called her son a good-for-
nothing now . They had a nice house near the gardens
and she had m any beautiful things. But only A laddin and
his m other knew ab o u t the magic lam p an d the
jinnee.

The market children liked Aladdin too.

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 Six slaves carried the Princess in a litter.

O ne day A laddin heard a noise in the street and

stopped to listen. ‘The S ultan’s daughter is com ing,’ he
heard. ‘Princess Badr-al-B udur is com ing!’
Six slaves carried the Princess through the streets in a
litter, and the people stopped to w atch. ‘Princess!
Princess B adr-al-B udur!’ they called.
A laddin w atched w hen the litter cam e past him , and
he saw the Princess’s face. She w as beautiful, w ith big
dark eyes - the m ost beautiful w om an in A rabia. The

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litter w ent p ast A laddin, b u t for some m inutes he did

n o t move. Then he ran hom e.
‘M other! M other! I saw the Sultan’s daughter,
Princess Badr-al-Budur, in the street.’ A laddin’s face was
w hite. ‘I m ust have the Princess for my wife!’
‘But, A laddin . . . ’ his m o th er began.
‘N o “ b u ts” , M other. I love the Princess and I w an t to
m arry her. G o to the Sultan and ask for m e.’
‘Me? Go to the Sultan’s palace? N o, no, n o ,’ A laddin’s
m other said. ‘Listen, my son. The daughters of a Sultan
do n o t m arry p o o r boys from the city.’
‘But we are n o t p o o r now , M other. A nd we can give
the Sultan som ething for his daughter. W ait.’
A laddin w ent aw ay and g o t the fruit from the magic
garden under the ground. N o w , of course, he knew it
w as n o t fruit, but w hite, red, green, and yellow jewels.

‘Take these jewels, on a gold plate, ’ said Aladdin.

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‘Take these jewels, M o th er, on a gold p la te,’ he said,

‘and give them to the S ultan.’
So the next day A laddin’s m other carried a gold plate
w ith m any beautiful jewels on it to the Sultan’s palace.
She w ent into a long ro o m , b u t w hen she saw the Sultan,
his Vizier, and all his slaves, she was very afraid. So she
w aited quietly in the ro o m and spoke to nobody. In the
evening she w ent back hom e again w ith the jewels.
A laddin w as very angry w ith her.
‘M other, you m ust speak to the S ultan,’ he said. ‘I
have no father to do this for me. You m ust help me - I
m ust m arry the Princess. I love her!’
So the next day, and for m any days after th at,
A laddin’s m other w ent to the palace, b u t she was always
afraid to speak.
In the end, the Sultan saw her and asked his Vizier:
‘W ho is th a t w om an? W hy does she com e to the palace
every day?’
The Vizier spoke to A laddin’s m other: ‘D o you w an t
to speak to the Sultan? Yes? Come w ith m e.’
The Vizier too k A laddin’s m other to the Sultan, and
she p u t her head on the ground at his feet.
‘G et up, w om an. W hy do you come here every day?’
the Sultan asked. ‘Speak, w o m an .’
‘Y our M ajesty,’ A laddin’s m other said quietly, ‘I have
a son, a good young m an. H e is called A laddin. H e loves

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your daughter, Princess Badr-al-Budur. H e can n o t sleep

or eat because of her. H e w an ts to m arry h er.’
The Sultan laughed. ‘W hat? M arry my daughter?
Y our son?’
‘Y our M ajesty, these jewels are for you, from my son
A laddin.’ A nd A laddin’s m other p u t the gold plate w ith
the jewels in front of the S ultan’s feet.

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Everybody looked at the jewels, and the long room

w as suddenly very quiet. Then the Sultan spoke.
‘These are very beautiful jewels,’ he said. ‘N o m an in
A rabia has jewels m ore w onderful th an these. Y our son
is a rich m an - a good husband for m y dau g h ter.’
The Vizier did n o t like to hear this, because he w anted
the Princess to m arry his son.
‘Y our M ajesty,’ he said quietly in the Sultan’s ear, ‘my
son is a rich m an, too. Give him three m onths, and he
can find better jewels th a n these.’
‘Very w ell,’ said the Sultan. A nd to A laddin’s m other
he said: ‘Y our son m ust w ait for three m onths, and then
perhaps he can m arry my dau g h ter.’
A laddin’s m other w ent hom e to tell A laddin, an d the
Vizier w ent aw ay to speak to his son. And every day, for
tw o m onths, the Vizier’s son came to the Sultan and gave
him gold, and jewels, and m any beautiful things.
For tw o m onths A laddin w aited happily, b u t one day
his m other came hom e from the m ark et and said:
‘O h, Aladdin! Aladdin! The Princess is going to m arry
the V izier’s son! I heard it in the m arket. E verybody’s
talking abou t it.’
W hen A laddin heard this, he was very unhappy.
‘W h at can I do?’ he thought. He p u t his head in his hands
and thought for a long time. A nd w hen night cam e, he
to o k out the magic lam p and rubbed i t . . .

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 The jinnee came back with the Princess asleep in his arms.

W H O O S H ! ‘W h at is your w ish, m aster?’ said the

jinnee of the lam p.
‘Bring Princess Badr-al-Budur to m e,’ said A laddin.
‘T o hear is to obey.’
In a second the jinnee w as back w ith the Princess
asleep in his arm s. H e p u t her carefully on a bed, and
then the Princess opened her eyes and saw A laddin.
‘W ho are you?’ she asked, afraid.
A laddin to o k her hand an d looked into her eyes. ‘M y
nam e is A laddin, and I love y o u ,’ he answered. ‘I cannot
live w ith o u t you, an d I w an t to m arry y o u .’
Badr-al-Budur saw the love in his eyes, and smiled.

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She closed her eyes again, then the jinnee carried her
back to the Sultan’s palace. The next m orning she
rem em bered A laddin’s eyes. ‘There is no love in the eyes
of the V izier’s so n ,’ she thought. ‘H e thinks only of gold
and of jewels.’ So the Princess w ent to her father.
‘I do n o t w an t to m arry the V izier’s so n ,’ she said. ‘I
w an t A laddin for my h u sb an d .’
The Sultan w as very surprised. ‘W h at can we d o ?’ he
said to his Vizier. ‘M y daughter w ants to m arry this m an
A laddin. He is a rich m an, it is true - but w ho is he?’
‘Ask him ,’ said the Vizier quickly, ‘for m ore of those
beautiful jewels, on forty gold plates. And forty slave-
girls, w ith forty slaves. N o b o d y is that rich.’
‘Very g o o d ,’ smiled the Sultan, and said to his slaves:
‘Bring A laddin’s m o th er to m e.’
W hen A laddin’s m other arrived, the Sultan said: ‘So!
Y our son w ants to m arry my daughter. But first he m ust
give me forty gold plates w ith jewels. Forty slave-girls,
w ith forty slaves, m ust carry the plates to me. T hen my
daughter can be his w ife.’
A laddin’s m other w ent hom e and told her son, and
A laddin smiled. This w as easy for the jinnee of the lam p,
of course, and the n ex t day, w hen A laddin w ent to the
palace, everybody in the city cam e o u t to w atch.
First cam e forty slave-girls in dresses of gold, and
every girl carried a gold plate w ith w onderful jewels on

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it. After them w alked forty slaves in coats of gold. And

last cam e A laddin, on a beautiful w hite horse.
‘W h at do you say now ?’ the Sultan said quietly to the
Vizier, w hen he saw all these w onderful things. ‘A laddin

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m u st m arry my daughter. H o w can I say no?’ A nd the

Sultan w ent to A laddin and took his hands. ‘M y so n ,’ he
said. ‘You can m arry my daughter to n ig h t.’
‘T om orrow , Y our M ajesty,’ said A laddin. ‘Because,
before I m arry your daughter, she m ust have a palace -
the m ost beautiful palace in A rab ia.’
The jinnee of the lam p w orked all night, and the next
m orning the Sultan saw from his w indow a beautiful
new palace, w ith gardens of fruit trees and flowers.
‘W onderful!’ he said.
‘Black m agic!’ said the Vizier quietly.
T h at night A laddin m arried Badr-al-B udur and they
lived happily in the new palace.

‘Black magic!’ said the Vizier quietly.

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 N ew 1
s for o1fc>
Where w as A banazar all this time? W hen he could
n o t get the lam p from A laddin, he w ent hom e to
M orocco. H e w as very angry w ith A laddin. ‘But the boy
is dead n o w ,’ he thought. ‘A nd perhaps next year I can
go back and get the lam p.’
O ne day, he got out his seven black stones. These
stones w ere magic, and w hen he p u t them in w ater, the
w ater could tell him m any things. Soon, he could see the
magic lam p in the w ater, b u t it w as n o t under the w hite
stone in the A rabian hills. It w as in a palace.
‘H o w did this hap p en ?’ said A banazar. ‘I m ust go
back to A rabia and find this p alace.’

Abanazar got out bis seven black stones.

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After some m onths he arrived again in the city in

A rabia. Soon, he saw the new palace and asked a m an in
the street: ‘W ho lives there?’
‘T h a t’s A laddin’s palace,’ w as the answ er. ‘Princess
B adr-al-B udur’s husband, a good m an - and very rich!’
A banazar said nothing an d w alked aw ay. ‘T h at lazy,
good-for-nothing boy!’ he th o u g h t angrily. ‘So he has
the magic lam p, and he know s ab o u t the jinnee! H o w
can I get the lam p back?’
For the next w eek A banazar w atched A laddin’s
palace. O ne day A laddin and his friends left the palace
to go hunting in the hills.
‘G ood,’ A banazar th o u g h t, ‘n ow I can get the lam p .’
After A laddin left, Princess Badr-al-Budur w ent into
the palace gardens. She sat under a tree and looked at the
flowers. Then she heard a noise in the street, and called
her slave-girl, Fawzia.
‘W h a t’s the m atter? W h o ’s m aking th a t noise?’ she
asked. ‘Faw zia, go and look in the street.’
W hen Faw zia came back, she had a smile on her face.
‘M istress,’ she said, ‘the children in the street are
laughing at an old m an. H e ’s selling lam ps, but n o t for
m oney. “ N ew lamps for o ld ,” he cries. “ Give me an old
lam p, and you can have a new lam p .” So everybody’s
getting new lam ps.’
Badr-al-Budur laughed. ‘D o we have an old lam p for

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him? Yes - my h u sb an d ’s old lamp! Go and get it.’ The

Princess knew nothing ab o u t the lam p or its magic.
Faw zia w ent into the palace and cam e back w ith
A laddin’s lam p. ‘H ere it is, m istress,’ she said.
‘Go and give it to the old m an .’ T he Princess laughed.
‘A laddin can have a nice new lam p !’
Faw zia w ent o u t into the street w ith the lam p. ‘N ew
lam ps for o ld ,’ the old m an called, and the children
behind him laughed and called, ‘N ew lam ps for o ld .’
The old m an (it w as A banazar, of course) saw the

‘Aladdin can have a nice new lamp, ’ laughed the Princess.

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 ‘N ew lamps for old,’ called the old man.

lam p in Faw zia’s hands, and knew it at once, because of

the picture in the w ater of his magic stones. H e to o k the
old lam p, gave a new lam p to Faw zia, and then quickly
w alked aw ay. H e w alked o u t of the city into the hills.
T hen he to o k out the lam p and rubbed i t .. .
W H O O S H ! A t once the jinnee of the lam p came to
him . ‘I am here, m aster,’ he said. ‘W h at is yo u r w ish?’
‘C arry A laddin’s palace, the Princess, and me back to
M orocco at once,’ A banazar said. ‘The Sultan can kill
A laddin for m e.’
‘T o hear is to obey.’
In a second A banazar, the palace, the gardens, and the
Princess w ere in M orocco. A nd in front of the Sultan’s
palace there w as now only a little red smoke.

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There anfc back a5am
1 n the evening A laddin and his friends finished hunting
and began to go hom e. Suddenly a friend said: ‘A laddin,
look! The Sultan’s m en are com ing, w ith sw ords in their
hands. W hat do they w a n t? ’
‘I d o n ’t k n o w ,’ A laddin answ ered.
W hen the Sultan’s m en arrived, they said: ‘A laddin,
we m ust take you to the Sultan. H e ’s very angry.’
‘W hy?’ asked A laddin, but the m en could not tell him.

‘The Sultan’s men are coming, with swords in their hands. ’

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In his palace the Sultan to o k A laddin to a w indow .

‘W here is your palace?’ he cried angrily. ‘A nd w here is
my daughter? A nsw er m e!’
A laddin looked o u t of the w indow . There w as only
the ground and the sky - no palace, no gardens, nothing.
H e closed his eyes, opened them and looked again, and
he had no answ er for the Sultan.
‘It’s black magic. I always said th a t,’ the Vizier said
quietly in the Sultan’s ear.
‘Y our M ajesty.’ A laddin p u t his head at the Sultan’s
feet. ‘Kill me now - 1 do n o t w an t to live w ith o u t Badr-
al-B udur.’ There w ere tears in his eyes.
‘Find her in forty days - o r you die,’ the Sultan said.
‘I hear and obey, Y our M ajesty,’ A laddin answ ered.
But w ith o u t his magic lam p, w h at could A laddin do?
H e w ent o ut from the city, and looked and looked for his
wife and his palace, but of course he did n o t find them .
A fter thirty-seven days he sat by a river and cried: ‘O h,
B adr-al-Budur, my love! W here are you? W here can I
look now ?’ H e p u t his hands into the w ater of the river,
and then he saw the m agician’s ring on his little finger.
H e began to rub i t . . .
W H O O S H ! O u t of the blue sm oke cam e the jinnee of
the ring. ‘W h at is your w ish, m aster?’ he asked.
‘Find my wife and bring her back to m e,’ answ ered
A laddin. ‘Please . . . ’

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‘M aster, I cannot do that. The jinnee of the lamp to o k

the Princess aw ay, and only the jinnee of the lam p can
bring her back. But I can take you to h er.’
‘T ake me then - quickly!’
‘T o hear is to obey.’
It is m any, m any miles from A rabia to M orocco, but
A laddin was there in a second. And there was his palace,
in fro n t of him . H e w ent into the gardens and looked up
at the w indow s.

‘Badr-al-Budur,’Aladdin cried, ‘are you there?’

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‘B adr-al-B udur,’ he cried, ‘are you there?’

In the palace Badr-al-Budur heard him. ‘Is th a t
A laddin?’ she thought. ‘But he is far away in A rabia.’ She
w ent to the w indow , opened it, and looked out.
‘A laddin!’ she cried. ‘O h, m y love!’
For the first time in m any days, A laddin smiled.
‘Come up, quickly!’ the Princess called. ‘The magician
is n o t here n o w .’
H er slave-girl ran dow n an d opened a little d o o r into
the gardens. A laddin ran up to the Princess’s room s, and
in a second she w as in his arm s.
‘O h, my love,’ the Princess said. ‘A bad m an carried
me here. A m agician. His nam e is— ’
‘His nam e is A banazar and I am going to kill him ,’ said
A laddin. ‘Tell me - does he have m y old lam p?’
‘Yes,’ Badr-al-B udur said. ‘H e always carries it w ith
him. I know ab o u t its magic now , because he told me.
O h, w hy did I give it aw ay?’
‘Listen, my love,’ said A laddin. ‘I’m going to give you
some sleeping-pow der. W hen he comes here again, you
m ust give him a drink and p u t the pow der in it. W hen he
is asleep, I can kill him. D on’t be afraid. I’m going to take
you hom e very soon. N o w for some good m agic.’
H e began to rub his ring . . .
W H O O S H ! ‘W h at is yo u r w ish, m aster?’ said the
jinnee of the ring.

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‘Bring me some sleeping-pow der,’ said A laddin.

‘T o hear is to obey.’
In a second the jinnee w as back w ith some sleeping-
pow der. Then A laddin an d the Princess w aited for
A banazar.
In the evening they heard him on the stairs.
‘D o n ’t be afraid ,’ A laddin said quietly to his wife. ‘I
am in the next room and can be w ith you in a second.’
H e w ent quickly into the next ro o m and stood behind
the door.
A banazar opened the d o o r of B adr-al-B udur’s room
and cam e in. H e smiled: ‘Y ou are m ore beautiful every
day, B adr-al-B udur,’ he said. ‘Y our husband, th a t good-
for-nothing A laddin, is dead now . Y ou m ust m arry me.
Y ou can have gold, jewels, palaces, anything! But you
m ust be my w ife.’
For the first tim e the Princess smiled at A banazar.
‘W hy n o t?’ she said. ‘Y ou are a rich m an and I am
happy here. Yes, let’s d rink to th a t.’
A nd she gave him a tall gold cup w ith the drink and
the pow der in it.
‘Let us drink from one cup, A b an azar,’ she said, and
smiled at him. ‘Y ou first, then me. In my country new
husbands and wives alw ays do th is.’
‘T o Badr-al-Budur, the m ost beautiful w om an in
M o ro cco ,’ A banazar said happily, ‘and my w ife.’

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‘L et us drink from one cup, Abanazar, ’ said Badr-al-Budur.

H e looked into B adr-al-B udur’s eyes and began to

drink. Very afraid, the Princess w atched him. But it
w as a good sleeping-pow der, and after five seconds
A banazar’s eyes closed and he w as asleep.
The Princess ran to the d o o r of the next room .
‘Q uick, A laddin,’ she called.
A laddin ran in w ith his sw ord and saw the sleeping
m agician. ‘W ell done, my love!’ he said. ‘N o w , go into
the next room and do n o t w atch .’
Badr-al-Budur ran to the n ex t room and closed the

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 ‘I am here, m aster,’ said the jinnee o f the lamp.

door. A laddin p u t his h an d in A b an azar’s p<

to o k out the lam p. H e p u t it carefully into the
his coat, and then stood up.
The sw ord did its w o rk quickly, and A banazar never
opened his eyes again.
The Princess cam e back into the room , and ran to
A laddin. H e to o k her in his arms.

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There and back again

‘The m agician is d ead ,’ he said. ‘And n ow we can go

hom e.’ H e began to rub the lam p . . .
W H O O S H ! Fire and red sm oke cam e from the lamp.
The Princess w atched, afraid.
‘I am here, m aster,’ said the jinnee of the lam p. ‘W hat
is your w ish?’
‘Carry this palace, Badr-al-B udur, and me back to our
city in A rabia. But leave th a t dog, A banazar, h ere.’
‘T o hear is to obey,’ said the jinnee.

Jb

W hen the Sultan looked o u t of his w indow and saw

A laddin’s palace again, he w as a happy m an. And w hen
he to o k his daughter in his arm s, he w as the happiest
m an in A rabia.
From th a t day, A laddin and Badr-al-B udur lived
happily in their palace. They lived for m any years, and
had m any children. But A laddin always carried the
magic lam p w ith him , day an d night.

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 GLOS S ARY

abracadabra a magic w ord

jinnee a supernatural, magic spirit in Arabic stories
lazy a lazy person does not w ant to w ork
magic when strange, exciting, unusual things happen
m agician a man in stories who can do magic
m arry to take somebody as your husband or wife
m aster a m an who gives orders to servants and slaves
mistress a w om an w ho gives orders to servants and slaves
obey to do w hat somebody tells you
poor w ith very little money; not rich
protect to keep somebody (or something) safe
slave a w orker who belongs to another person and who must
w ork for that person for no money
sleeping-powder som ething which makes you sleep
Sultan a king; the m ost im portant m an in an eastern country
surprised when som ething new, strange, or sudden happens,
you are surprised
uncle the brother of your m other or father
unhappy not happy
Vizier an im portant man in an eastern country
wish som ething you w ant
Your M ajesty when you speak to a Sultan, a King, or a Queen,
you say ‘Your M ajesty’

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ACTIVITIES

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Before R eading

1 Read the back cover and the story introduction on the first
page o f the book. H ow much do you know now about the
story? Tick one box for each sentence.
YES NO

1 A la d d in w o rk s all d a y in th e m a rk e t. □ □
2 A b a n a z a r com es to th e city to find A la d d in . □ □
3 A b a n a z a r is A la d d in ’s u ncle. □ □
4 A la d d in can get in to th e m ag ical g a rd e n ,
b u t A b a n a z a r c a n ’t. □ □
5 A b a n a z a r w a n ts to find g o ld a n d jew els. □ □
6 T h e re is a m ag ical jin n ee in th e o ld la m p . □ □
7 A la d d in is p o o r all h is life. □ □

2 W hat happens in this story? Can you guess? Choose words

to com plete these sentences.

1 A la d d in finds / doesn’t find th e la m p in th e g ard e n .

2 A la d d in gives / doesn’t give th e la m p to A b a n a z a r.
3 A la d d in marries / doesn’t marry th e Princess.
4 A b a n a z a r ta k e s the Princess / Aladdin to M o ro c c o .
5 A b a n a z a r w a n ts to kill / marry th e Princess.
6 In th e e n d the jinnee / Aladdin kills A b a n a z a r.
7 T h e sto ry h as an unhappy / a happy en d in g .

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W hile R eading

Read Chapter 1, and then answer these questions.

1 W hy did A laddin’s m other call A laddin a ‘good-for-nothing’?

2 W h e re d id A b a n a z a r find A lad d in ?
3 W hy d id A b a n a z a r cry?
4 W h y w as A la d d in su rp rised ?
5 W h a t d id A b a n a z a r give to A lad d in ?
6 W h y w a s A la d d in very h a p p y a b o u t this?
7 W h o d id A b a n a z a r w a n t to help?

Read Chapter 2. Choose the best question-word for these

questions, and then answer them.

W hat / Where
1 . . . d id A b a n a z a r buy fo r A la d d in in th e m ark e t?
2 . . . d id A la d d in a n d A b a n a z a r g o a fte r th e city gard en s?
3 . . . d id A b a n a z a r p u t o n th e fire?
4 . . . c o u ld A la d d in see in th e g ro u n d u n d e r th e fire?
5 . . . d id A b a n a z a r w a n t A la d d in to go?
6 . . . d id A la d d in p u t A b a n a z a r’s ring?
7 . . . w as th e lam p?
8 . . . d id A la d d in p u t in every p o c k e t o f his coat?
9 . . . d id A b a n a z a r leave A la d d in a n d th e lam p?

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Before you read Chapter 3, can you guess what happens?

Choose endings for these sentences.

1 A la d d in stay s u n d e r th e g ro u n d fo r . . .
a) th re e h o u rs b) th re e d ay s c) th re e w eeks
2 A la d d in sees his first jin n ee. It co m es o u t o f . . .
a) th e o ld la m p b) th e w h ite sto n e c) A b a n a z a r’s rin g

Read Chapter 3. Complete these sentences with words from

the chapter (one word for each gap).

1 T h e jin n ee o f t h e said , ‘T o h e a r is to .’
2 T h e seco n d jin n ee said , ‘I a m th e _ _ _ _ o f t h e .’
3 E very d a y A la d d in th e la m p , a n d th e jinnee cam e.
4 A la d d i n th e g o l d in th e m a rk e t.
5 S o o n , A la d d in a n d h is m o th e r w e r e .

Read Chapter 4. W ho said this, and to whom?

1 ‘I m u st h av e th e P rincess fo r m y w ife!’
2 ‘H e c a n n o t e a t o r sleep b e c a u se o f h e r .’
3 ‘T h e se a re very b e a u tifu l jew els.’
4 ‘M y so n is a rich m a n , t o o .’
5 ‘T h e P rincess is g o in g to m a rry th e V iz ie r’s so n !’
6 ‘B rin g P rincess B a d r-a l-B u d u r to m e .’
7 ‘I d o n o t w a n t to m a rry th e V iz ie r’s s o n .’
8 ‘B u t first he m u st give m e fo rty g o ld p la te s w ith jew els.’
9 ‘B lack m ag ic!’

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Before you read Chapter 5, can you guess what happens

next? Tick one box for each sentence.
Y ES NO

1 T h e V izier finds th e m ag ic la m p a n d ta k e s it. □ □

2 A b a n a z a r co m es b ack to A ra b ia . □ □
3 T h e P rincess gives th e la m p to A b a n a z a r. □ □
4 A b a n a z a r ta k e s A la d d in to M o ro c c o . □ □

Read Chapters 5 and 6. Then join these halves o f sentences.

1 W h e n A b a n a z a r saw th e la m p in th e m agic w a te r, . . .
2 O n e d a y he w a lk e d in th e stre e ts by th e p a la c e . . .
3 B a d r-a l-B u d u r d id n o t k n o w a b o u t th e jin n ee . . .
4 A b a n a z a r ru b b e d th e la m p . . .
5 T h e S u lta n w as very an g ry w ith A la d d in . . .
6 T h e jin n ee o f th e rin g c a rrie d A la d d in to M o ro c c o . . .
7 W h e n A b a n a z a r cam e to see th e P rin cess, . . .
8 T h e n A la d d in cam e in a n d k ille d A b a n a z a r . . .

9 b u t he gave h im fo rty d ay s to find th e P rincess.

10 a n d he a n d th e P rincess w e n t h o m e to A ra b ia.
11 he w e n t b a c k to th e city in A ra b ia .
12 a n d th e jin n e e to o k h im a n d th e P rin cess to M o ro c c o .
13 she p u t so m e sle e p in g -p o w d e r in his d rin k .
14 a n d c alled o u t, ‘N e w la m p s fo r o ld . N e w la m p s fo r o ld .’
15 so she gave A la d d in ’s o ld la m p to A b a n a z a r.
16 a n d he fo u n d his w ife a n d his p a la c e th ere.

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A fte r R eading

1 T h e re a re 21 w o rd s fro m th e sto ry h id d e n in th is w o rd
search . C a n y o u find th em ? T h e w o rd s g o fro m left to rig h t,
a n d fro m to p to b o tto m .

N L A M P Z U R J G F 1 R E
B S 0 A C I T Y 1 0 R Q S P
P T M G A R D E N L U W U 0
0 A H 1 L L S V N D 1 1 L C
W 1 X C G T 1 R E D T s T K
D R E 1 S T 0 N E M C H A E
E S 0 A Q H J E W E L G N T
Ft U A N G R Y E R U B B E D
P A L A C E 0 V 1 Z 1 E R F

2 W h a t d id A la d d in tell his m o th e r w h e n h e g o t h o m e fro m

th e hills? C o m p le te th e p a ssa g e w ith 15 o f th e w o rd s fro m
th e w o r d search a b o v e . (O n e w o rd fo r each gap.)

‘In t h e th e re is a b e a u tif u l u n d e r th e g ro u n d .
A b a n a z a r k n e w a b o u t it b ecau se he is a , a n d he
w a n te d m e to find a u n d e r o n e o f th e trees. I fo u n d
it a n d p u t it in m y , w ith s o m e fro m th e trees.
B ut w h e n I cam e b a c k u p t h e , A b a n a z a r w a s _____
w ith m e, so I d id n ’t give h im th e la m p . T h e n he p u t m o re

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on th e , a n d th e m ag ic w h i t e m o v ed
ag a in a n d I c o u ld n o t g et o u t. In th e en d I re m e m b e red
A b a n a z a r’s rin g . W h e n I it, a b i g cam e
o u t a n d p u t m e b a c k o n th e hill. T h e n I w a lk e d h o m e . O h ,
M o th e r, I’m s o - I m u st sleep n o w .’

3 What did the Vizier say to his son when he went home? Put
their conversation in the right order, and write in the
speakers’ names. The Vizier speaks first (number 3).

1 ‘Y es, he d o es, b u t h e ’s lo o k in g fo r a rich h u sb a n d

fo r his d a u g h te r. A n d A la d d in is very, very ric h .’
2 ‘A n d w h a t m u st I d o in th ese th re e m o n th s ? ’
3 ‘M y so n , d o y o u k n o w a m a n called A la d d in ? ’
4 ‘B u t he c a n ’t! I ’m g o in g to m a rry B ad r-al-B u d u r!
A n d th e S u lta n k n o w s t h a t .’
5 ‘G o to th e S u ltan every d a y , m y son. A n d give
h im g o ld , a n d jew els, a n d m a n y b e a u tifu l th in g s .’
6 ‘T h e n w e m u st find so m e b e tte r jew els, F a th e r.’
7 ‘I d o n ’t k n o w , b u t he loves th e P rincess a n d he
w a n ts to m a rry h e r .’
8 ‘Is he? H o w d o y o u k n o w th a t, F a th e r? ’
9 ‘Y es, w e m u st. T h e S u lta n is giving us th re e
m o n th s b e fo re he says yes to A la d d in .’
10 ‘N o , I d o n ’t. W h o is h e?’
11 ‘B ecause to d a y his m o th e r gave th e S u lta n som e
b e a u tifu l jew els. T h e S u ltan lik ed th e m very m u c h .’

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4 H e re is a n e w illu s tra tio n fo r th e sto ry . F in d th e b est place

in th e sto ry to p u t th e p ic tu re , a n d a n sw e r th ese q u e stio n s.

T h e p ic tu re goes o n p a g e .
1 W h o a re th e th re e m e n in th e p ictu re?
2 W h a t c a n th ey see o u t o f th e w in d o w ?
3 W h e re is Princess B a d r-a l-B u d u r a t th is m o m en t?

N o w w rite a c a p tio n fo r th e illu s tra tio n .

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5 Here is A laddin’s mother, talking about her son, but she

says some untrue things. Can you correct them?

‘N o , I n ev er called A lad d in a g o o d -fo r-n o th in g w h en he w as

young! H e w a s alw ays a h a rd -w o rk in g boy, and he liked to
w o rk . H e n ev er w a n te d to play. N o w he has five shops, and
tw en ty m ark et-sellers w o rk fo r him . W e live in a p alace, and
soon A lad d in is goin g to m a rry th e V izier’s d a u g h te r!’

6 There are a lot of magic things in this story. What did they
do? Use this list to complete the sentences below.

the jin n ee o f the lam p the seven m agic b la ck stones

the jin n ee o f the ring the m agic w o r d ‘A b ra c a d a b ra ’
the m agic trees

1 ___________ b ro u g h t fo o d every d a y o n g o ld p late s.

2 A b a n a z a r s a i d ___________ , a n d th e g ro u n d o p en ed .
3 ___________ b u ilt A la d d in a b e a u tifu l p alace.
4 ___________ to o k A la d d in to M o ro c c o .
5 W h e n A b a n a z a r p u t ___________ in w a te r, th e w a te r to ld
h im m a n y th in g s fro m fa r aw ay .
6 ___________ to o k th e P rincess to M o ro c c o .
7 T h e re w ere jew els, n o t fru it, o n ___________ in the
g a rd e n u n d e r th e g ro u n d .
8 ___________ b ro u g h t A la d d in so m e sle e p in g -p o w d e r.
9 ___________ c a rrie d th e P rin cess to A la d d in o n e n ig h t.

Which of these magic things would you like? Why?

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 ABOUT THE A UTHOR
A N D T H E STORY

Ju d ith D ean w as a teach er in N o rw a y , G erm any, and France

for n ineteen years, and n ow lives in Essex, in the east of
E ngland. W hen her d a u g h ter, Leah, w as young, Ju d ith D ean
often to ld h er stories a b o u t m agic, like th e story of A laddin.
A la d d in an d the E n ch an ted Lam p com es from a fam ous
b o o k called T ales fro m the A rab ian N igh ts, or T h e T h o u sa n d
an d O ne N igh ts. T h e stories in this b o o k are m ore th an a
th o u sa n d years old. T h ey com e from the M iddle E ast and
India, an d first cam e to E urope three h u n d re d years ago. O th er
fam ous stories in the book are A li B aba and S in d b a d the
Sailor.
T h e stories in T h e A ra b ia n N igh ts are all told by Shahrazad
(or Scheherazade). She m arried a king, b u t he did n o t like
wives an d he alw ays killed them after one night. Shahrazad
did n o t w a n t to die, so she to ld the K ing w onderful stories
every night. W hen the sun cam e up, she sto pped the story at
an exciting place. T h e K ing alw ays w an te d S hahrazad to finish
the story, so he did n o t kill her. A nd after a th o u san d and one
nights, he liked his stories - an d his w ife - very m uch, and so
he and S hah razad lived happily for m any years.
Y ou can find the story o f A laddin in m any places — in
b ooks, in the th eatre, an d in films. T h ere is a fam ous Disney
film of A laddin, b u t th a t is a very different story from the one
in this book.

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 B O O K WO RM S • FANTASY & H O R R O R • STAGE 1

The Wizard of Oz
L. FRANK BAUM

R etold by Rosem ary Border

D orothy lives in Kansas, USA, but one day a cyclone blows her
and her house to a strange country called Oz. There, D orothy
m akes friends w ith the Scarecrow , the T in M an, and the
C ow ardly Lion.
But she w ants to go home to Kansas. Only one person can help
her, and th at is the country’s famous W izard. So D orothy and her
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W izard of Oz . . .

B O O K W O R M S • H U M A N IN TE R E ST • STA GE 1

A Litde Princess
FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT

R etold by Jen n ifer Bassett

Sara Crewe is a very rich little girl. She first comes to England
when she is seven, and her father takes her to Miss M inchin’s
school in London. Then he goes back to his w ork in India. Sara is
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Pocahontas
RETOLD BY T I M VICARY

A beautiful young Indian girl, and a brave Englishman. Black

eyes, and blue eyes. A friendly smile, a laugh, a look of love . . .
But this is N o rth America in 1607, and love is not easy. The girl is
the daughter of King Pow hatan, and the Englishman is a white
man. And the Indians of Virginia do not w ant the w hite men in
their beautiful country.
This is the fam ous story of Pocahontas, and her love for the
Englishman John Smith.

B O O K W O R M S • CLASSICS • S T A G E 1

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

MARK TWAIN

Retold by Nick Bullard

T om Sawyer does not like school. He does not like w ork, and he
never wants to get out of bed in the morning. But he likes
swimming and fishing, and having adventures w ith his friends.
And he has a lot of adventures. O ne night, he and his friend Huck
Finn go to the graveyard to look for ghosts.
They d o n ’t see any ghosts th at night. They see something
worse than a ghost - much, much worse . . .

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 B O O K W O R M S • F A N T A S Y & H O R R O R • ST A GE 1

The Phantom of the Opera

JENNIFER BASSETT

It is 1880, in the O pera H ouse in Paris. Everybody is talking about

the Phantom of the O pera, the ghost that lives somewhere under
the O pera House. The Phantom is a m an in black clothes. H e is a
body w ithout a head, he is a head w ithout a body. He has a yellow
face, he has no nose, he has black holes for eyes. Everybody is
afraid of the Phantom - the singers, the dancers, the directors, the
stage w orkers . . .
But who has actually seen him?

B O O K W O R M S • F A N TA S Y & H O R R O R • ST A G E 2

Five Children and It

EDITH NESBIT

Retold by Diane Mowat

W hen the children dug a hole in the gravel-pit, they were very
surprised at w hat they found. ‘It’ was a Psammead, a sand-fairy,
thousands of years old.
It was a strange little thing - fat and furry, and w ith eyes on
long stalks. It was often very cross and unfriendly, but it could
give wishes - one wish a day. ‘H ow w onderful!’ the children said.
But wishes are difficult things. They can get you into
trouble . . .

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Aladdin
aod tbe Lncbanted Lamp
In a city in Arabia there lives a boy called Aladdin. He is
poor and often hungry, but one day he finds an old lamp.
When he rubs the lamp, smoke comes out of it, and then
out of the smoke comes a magical jinnee.

With the jinnee’s help, Aladdin is soon rich, with gold and
jewels and many fine things. But can he win the love of
the Sultan’s daughter, the beautiful Princess Badr-al-
Budur?

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