Aladdin and the Wonderful LampThere once lived a poor tailor, who had a son called Aladdin, a
careless, idle boy who would do nothing but play ball all day long
in the streets with little idle boys like himself. This so
grieved the father that he died; yet, in spite of his mother’s
tears and prayers, Aladdin did not mend his ways. One day,
when he was playing in the streets as usual, a stranger asked him
his age, and if he was not the son of Mustapha the tailor. “I
am, sir,” replied Aladdin; “but he died a long while ago.” On
this the stranger, who was a famous African magician, fell on his
neck and kissed him, saying, “I am your uncle, and knew you from
your likeness to my brother. Go to your mother and tell her I
am coming.” Aladdin ran home and told his mother of his ne
