What is the name of the fairy tale about Aladdin who wrote it. Aladdin and the magic lamp - oriental tale

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In a Persian city there once lived a poor tailor.

He had a wife and a son named Aladdin. His father wanted to teach him the craft, but he did not have the money to pay for the apprenticeship, and he began to teach Aladdin to sew dresses himself.

This Aladdin was a big bum. He did not want to learn anything and ran out into the street to play with boys just like himself.

Aladdin's father was so upset by his son's pranks that he fell ill with grief and died. Then his wife sold everything that was left after him, and began to spin cotton and sell yarn in order to feed herself and her slacker son.

So much time has passed. And then one day, when Aladdin, as usual, was playing with the boys, a dervish, a wandering monk, approached them. After asking one of the children who Aladdin was and who his father was, he approached Aladdin and asked him:

Are you not the son of Hassan, the tailor?

I, - answered Aladdin, - but my father died long ago.

The old man hugged Aladdin and began to cry loudly and beat his chest, shouting:

Know, my child, that your father is my brother. I came to this city after a long absence and was glad to see my brother Hassan, and now he died. I immediately recognized you because you are very similar to your father.

The next day, in the evening, the old man came to their house and convinced Aladdin's mother that he was really her husband's brother.

Do not grieve, O wife of my brother, said the old man. - Tomorrow Aladdin and I will go to the market and I will buy him nice clothes. Let him see how people buy and sell - maybe he himself will want to trade, and then I will give him an apprenticeship to a merchant. And when he learns, I will open a shop for him, and he himself will become a merchant and get rich.

Aladdin and the old man walked around the entire market and headed for a large grove that began immediately outside the city. The sun was already high, and Aladdin was very hungry and rather tired. And the old man kept walking and walking. They've been out of town for a long time.

The sun had already set and it was dark. They finally came to the foot of the mountain, in a dense forest. Aladdin was scared in this deaf, unfamiliar place and wanted to go home.

The old man lit a big fire.

Oh Aladdin, do not contradict me and do everything that I tell you, - he said and poured yellowish powder into the fire and immediately began to read spells over the fire. - When I finish, the ground will part in front of you, and you will see a ladder. Get down on it. And whatever threatens you, don't be afraid. There will be a large room full of gold, gems, weapons and clothing. Take what you want, and bring me the old copper lamp that hangs on the wall in the right corner. Pa way back this ring will protect you from all troubles. - And he put a small shiny ring on Aladdin's finger.

There was a deafening roar, the ground parted before them, and Aladdin went down the stairs.

A brightly lit garden opened up before him. All the paths were strewn with round multi-colored pebbles, they sparkled dazzlingly in the light of bright lamps and lanterns hung on the branches of trees.

Aladdin rushed to collect pebbles. He hid them wherever he could. But when there was nowhere else to put the stones, he remembered the lamp and went to the treasury. There he took only a lamp - an old, greenish copper lamp. Then he came back and with difficulty climbed the stairs.

When he reached the last step, he saw that it was still far away:

Uncle help me! he called.

But the old man did not think of pulling out Aladdin. He wanted to get a lamp, and leave Aladdin in the dungeon, so that no one would know the passage to the treasury and betray his secrets. When the old man was convinced that Aladdin would not give him the lamp, he cast a spell, and the earth closed over Aladdin.

And Aladdin, when the earth closed over him, wept loudly. He realized that this man, who called himself his uncle, was a deceiver and a liar.

Aladdin sat down on the step of the stairs, put his head on his knees and began to wring his hands in grief. He accidentally rubbed the ring that his uncle put on his finger when he lowered him into the dungeon.

Suddenly the earth shook, and a terrible genie of enormous growth appeared in front of Aladdin.

I want you to lift me to the surface of the earth!

And before he had time to utter these words, he found himself on the ground

by the extinct fire, where he and the old man had been at night. It was already daytime and the sun was shining brightly. It seemed to Aladdin that everything that happened to him was only a dream. He ran home with all his might and, out of breath, went in to his mother.

Aladdin's mother sat in the middle of the room, her hair down, and wept bitterly. She thought her son was no longer alive.

And Aladdin told his mother everything that had happened to him.

Oh mother, - said Aladdin, - this lamp must be protected and not shown to anyone. Now I understand why this damned old man wanted only her one and refused everything else. This lamp and the ring that I have left will bring us happiness and wealth - they are magical.

Since then, Aladdin and his mother lived without needing anything. Aladdin often sat in the market in the shops of merchants and learned to sell and buy. He learned the price of all things and realized that he had got great wealth and that every pebble that he picked up in the underground garden was worth more than any precious stone that could be found on earth.

One morning, when Aladdin was in the market, a herald came into the square and shouted:

O people, close your shops and enter your houses, and let no one look out of the windows! Now Princess Budur, the daughter of the Sultan, will go to the bathhouse, where no one should see her!

Aladdin quickly went to the bathhouse and hid behind the door.

The whole square was deserted, and at the far end a crowd of girls riding gray mules appeared. Each was holding a sharp sword. And among them rode a girl, dressed more magnificently and more elegantly than all - Princess Budur. She threw back the veil from her face, and it seemed to Aladdin that in front of him was the shining sun.

The princess got off the mule and entered the bathhouse, and Aladdin wandered home, sighing heavily.

Oh mother, I want to marry Princess Budur, otherwise I will perish. Go to the Sultan and ask him to marry Budur to me.

Aladdin's mother took a golden dish, filled it with precious stones, covered them with a cape and went to the Sultan's palace.

Oh Lord Sultan! My son Aladdin sends you these stones as a gift and asks you to give him your daughter, Princess Budur, as his wife.

I agree! exclaimed the Sultan.

Aladdin's mother hurriedly kissed the ground in front of the Sultan and ran home with all her might - so fast that the wind could not keep up with her. She ran to Aladdin and screamed:

Rejoice, my son! The Sultan accepted your gift and agrees that you become the husband of the princess. He said this in front of everyone. Go now to the palace - the sultan wants to see you.

Thank you, mother, - said Aladdin, - now I'll go to the Sultan.

He drove up to the palace, and all the viziers and emirs met him at the gate and escorted him to the Sultan. The Sultan rose to meet him and said:

Welcome, Aladdin. I'm sorry I didn't get to know you earlier. I heard that you want to marry my daughter. I agree. Today is your wedding. Have you prepared everything for this celebration?

Not yet, oh lord sultan, Aladdin replied. - I did not build a palace suitable for her rank for Princess Budur.

And where are you going to build a palace, oh Aladdin? asked the Sultan. - Would you like to build it in front of my windows, here on this wasteland?

As you wish, oh lord, - Aladdin answered.

He said goodbye to the Sultan and went home with his retinue.

At home, he took the lamp, rubbed it, and when the genie appeared, he said to him:

Well, now build a palace, according to one that has not yet been on earth.

The next morning, a splendid palace towered over the wasteland. Its walls were made of gold and silver bricks, and the roof was diamond.

And in the morning the sultan went up to the window and saw the palace, which shone and sparkled so much in the sun that it was painful to look at it.

At this time, Aladdin entered and, kissing the ground at the feet of the Sultan, invited him to see the palace.

The sultan and the vizier went around the whole palace, and the sultan did not tire of admiring its beauty and splendor.

That same evening, the Sultan arranged a magnificent celebration in honor of the wedding of Aladdin and Princess Budur, and Aladdin and his wife began to live in a new palace.

That's all for now with Aladdin.

As for the old man, he returned to his place in Ifriqiya and mourned and grieved for a long time. He experienced many disasters and torments, trying to get a magic lamp, but he still did not get it, although it was very close. And then one day he wanted to make sure that the lamp is intact and is in the dungeon. He read fortunes in the sand and saw that the lamp was no longer there. His heart sank. He began to guess further and found out that Aladdin escaped from the dungeon and lives in his hometown. The old man quickly got ready to go and finally arrived in the city where Aladdin lived.

The old man went to the market and began to listen to what people were saying, and then he approached the seller of cold water:

Take me to Aladdin's palace. Take this dinar.

The water carrier brought the old man to the palace and left, blessing this stranger for his generosity. And the sorcerer walked around the palace and, having examined it from all sides, said to himself:

Only a genie, a lamp slave, could build such a palace. She must be in this palace. For a long time the villain came up with a trick with which he could take possession of the lamp, and finally came up with.

The old man ordered ten new lamps to be made, shining like gold, and at dawn he got up and walked around the city, shouting:

Who wants to exchange old lamps for new ones? Who has old copper lamps? I change to new ones!

Hearing the cries of the junk dealer, Budur sent the senior gatekeeper to find out what was the matter, and the gatekeeper, returning, told her that the old man was changing new lamps for old ones.

Princess Budur laughed and ordered the porter to hand over the old lamp and get a brand new copper lamp in return.

The sorcerer was very glad that his cunning had succeeded, and he hid the lamp in his bosom. He bought a donkey in the market and left.

And having left the city and making sure that no one sees or hears him, the sorcerer rubbed the lamp, and the genie appeared before him.

I want you to move Aladdin's palace and everyone in it to Ifriqiya and put it in my garden, near my house. And take me there too.

Returning from the hunt and discovering the disappearance of the palace with everyone who was in it, Aladdin did not know where to go and where to look for Princess Budur. He reached a large river and sat on the bank, sad and sad. Thinking, he twirled the ring on his little finger, which he had completely forgotten about. Aladdin rubbed it, and immediately a genie appeared before him and said:

O lord of the ring! Order!

Carry me to where my palace is now.

Close your eyes and open your eyes, said the genie.

And when Aladdin closed and opened his eyes again, he saw himself in the garden in front of his palace.

He ran up the stairs and saw his wife Budur, who was crying bitterly. After calming down a bit, she told Aladdin about everything that had happened to her.

Where does he keep the magic lamp? Aladdin asked.

He never parted with her and keeps her to himself.

Listen to me, O Budur, - said Aladdin. “Ask him to have supper with you and pour this sleeping powder into his wine.” And when the sorcerer falls asleep, I will enter the room and kill him.

Everything happened just as Aladdin intended.

The sorcerer, having drunk the sleeping powder, fell as if struck by thunder.

Aladdin ran into the room and, swinging, cut off the head of the deceiver with his sword. And then he took out a lamp from his bosom and rubbed it, and immediately the slave of the lamp appeared.

Take the palace to its original place, Aladdin ordered him.

A moment later, the palace stood opposite the Sultan's palace, and the Sultan, who at that time was sitting at the window and weeping bitterly for his daughter, almost fainted from amazement and joy. He immediately ran to the palace, where his daughter Budur was. Aladdin and his wife met the Sultan, crying with joy.

And from that day Aladdin's misfortunes ceased, and he lived happily ever after with his wife and mother.

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Fairy tale Aladdin and Magic lamp

oriental folk tale

Fairy tale Aladdin and the magic lamp read:

In a Persian city there once lived a poor tailor.

He had a wife and a son named Aladdin. When Aladdin was ten years old, his father wanted to teach him the craft. But he did not have money to pay for his studies, and he began to teach Aladdin to sew dresses himself.

This Aladdin was a big bum. He did not want to learn anything, and as soon as his father left for the customer, Aladdin ran out into the street to play with the boys, the same naughty ones like himself. From morning to evening they ran about the city and shot sparrows with crossbows or climbed into other people's gardens and vineyards and stuffed their stomachs with grapes and peaches.

But most of all they loved to tease some fool or cripple - they jumped around him and shouted: "Possessed, possessed!" And they threw stones and rotten apples at him.

But he did not think about how to somehow help his mother, and came home only to eat and sleep.

So much time has passed. Aladdin is fifteen years old. And then one day, when he, as usual, was playing with the boys, a dervish, a wandering monk, approached them. He looked at Aladdin and said to himself:

Here's the one I'm looking for. I experienced many misfortunes before I found him.

And this dervish was from Maghreb, a resident of the Maghreb. He called one of the boys with a sign and learned from him who Aladdin was and who his father was, and then he went up to Aladdin and asked him:

Are you not the son of Hassan, the tailor?

I, - answered Aladdin, - but my father died long ago.

Hearing this, the Maghribian hugged Aladdin and began to cry loudly and beat his chest, shouting:

Then the Maghribian gave Aladdin two dinars and said:

O my child, except for you, there is no consolation left for me in anyone. Give this money to your mother and tell her that your uncle has returned and will come to dinner with you tomorrow. Let her cook a good dinner.

Aladdin ran to his mother and told her everything that the Maghreb man ordered, but the mother got angry:

You only know how to laugh at me. Your father didn't have a brother, where did you suddenly get an uncle from?

How can you say that I don't have an uncle! Aladdin screamed. This man is my uncle. He hugged me and cried and gave me these dinars. He will come to dinner with us tomorrow.

The next day, Aladdin's mother borrowed dishes from the neighbors and, having bought meat, herbs and fruits at the market, prepared a good dinner.

Aladdin this time spent the whole day at home, waiting for his uncle.

Late in the evening, when the moon had already risen over the city, there was a knock at the gate.

Aladdin rushed to open it. It was a Maghribian and with him a servant who carried outlandish Maghribin fruits and sweets. The servant put his burden on the ground and left, and the Maghribian entered the house, greeted Aladdin's mother and said:

Please show me the place where my brother sat at dinner.

They showed him, and the Magribinian began to moan and cry so loudly that Aladdin's mother believed that this man was really her husband's brother. She began to console the Maghrebian, and he soon calmed down and said:

Look for your brother and see how he lives." I set off and traveled many days and nights, and at last I found you. And now I see that my brother died, but after him there was a son who would work in his place and feed himself and his mother.

No matter how! exclaimed Aladdin's mother. “I never saw such a loafer as this nasty boy. All day long he runs around the city, shoots crows and steals grapes and apples from his neighbors. If only you could make him help his mother.

Do not grieve, O wife of my brother, - answered the Maghribian. - Tomorrow Aladdin and I will go to the market and I will buy him nice clothes. Let him see how people buy and sell - maybe he himself will want to trade, and then I will give him an apprenticeship to a merchant. And when he learns, I will open a shop for him, and he himself will become a merchant and get rich. Okay, Aladdin?

Aladdin sat all red with joy and could not utter a single word, only nodded his head: “Yes, yes!”

When the Maghrebian left, Aladdin immediately went to bed so that morning would come sooner, but he could not fall asleep and tossed and turned from side to side all night. As soon as dawn broke, he jumped out of bed and ran out the gate to meet his uncle. He did not keep himself waiting long.

After that, the Maghrebian took Aladdin to the shop, and Aladdin chose all the most expensive and beautiful for himself - a yellow silk robe with green stripes, a red cap embroidered with gold, and high morocco boots lined with silver horseshoes. True, the legs were cramped in them - Aladdin put on boots for the first time in his life, but he would never agree to take off his shoes.

His head under the cap was all wet, and sweat rolled down Aladdin's face, but everyone saw how Aladdin was wiping his forehead with a beautiful silk handkerchief.

He and the Maghribin walked around the entire market and headed for a large grove that began immediately outside the city. The sun was already high, and Aladdin had not eaten anything since morning. He was very hungry and rather tired, because he walked for a long time in tight boots, but he was ashamed to admit it, and he waited for his uncle to want to eat and drink himself. And the Magribin went on and on. They had long since left the city, and Aladdin was thirsty.

Finally, he could not stand it and asked: - Uncle, when will we have dinner? There is not a single shop or tavern here, and you did not take anything with you from the city. You only have an empty bag in your hands.

You see over there, ahead, high mountain? - said Maghribian. - We are going to this mountain, and I wanted to rest and eat at its foot. But if you are very hungry, you can have lunch here.

Where do you get lunch? Aladdin was surprised.

You'll see, - said Magribin.

They sat down under a tall cypress tree, and the Maghreb man asked Aladdin:

What would you like to eat now?

Aladdin's mother cooked the same dish for dinner every day - boiled beans with hemp oil. Aladdin was so hungry that he answered without hesitation:

Give me some boiled beans with butter.

Would you like some fried chicken? - asked Maghribin.

I want to, - Aladdin said impatiently.

Would you like rice with honey? - continued Maghribin.

I want, - shouted Aladdin, - I want everything! But where do you get all this, uncle?

From the sack, - said the Magribinian and untied the sack.

Aladdin looked into the bag curiously, but there was nothing there.

Where are the chickens? Aladdin asked.

Here, - said the Maghribian and, putting his hand into the bag, took out a dish with fried chickens. - And here is rice with honey, and boiled beans, and here are grapes, and pomegranates, and apples.

Saying this, the Maghribian took out one dish after another from the bag, and Aladdin, with wide eyes, looked at the magic bag.

Eat, - the Maghrebian said to Aladdin. “This bag contains all the food you could possibly want. It is worth putting your hand into it and saying: “I want lamb, or halva, or dates” - and all this will be in the bag.

What a miracle, - said Aladdin, stuffing a huge piece of bread into his mouth. - It would be nice for my mother to have such a bag.

If you obey me, - said the Magribinian, - I will give you a lot of good things. Now let's drink pomegranate juice with sugar and move on.

Where? Aladdin asked. - I'm tired and it's late. Go home.

No, nephew, - said the Magribinian, - we definitely need to get to that mountain today. Listen to me, for I am your uncle, your father's brother. And when we get home, I will give you this magic bag.

Aladdin really did not want to go - he had a hearty lunch, and his eyes were stuck together. But when he heard about the bag, he parted his eyelids with his fingers, sighed heavily and said:

Okay, let's go.

Magribian took Aladdin by the hand and led him to the mountain, which was barely visible in the distance, as the sun had already set and it was almost dark. They walked for a very long time and finally came to the foot of the mountain, in a dense forest. Aladdin was barely on his feet from exhaustion. He was scared in this deaf, unfamiliar place and wanted to go home. He almost cried.

O Aladdin, - said the Magribinian, - pick up thin and dry branches on the road - I need to make a fire. When the fire starts, I'll show you something that no one has ever seen.

Aladdin so wanted to see what no one saw that he forgot about his fatigue and went to collect firewood. He brought a bunch of dry branches, and the Maghribinian lit a big fire. When the fire flared up, the Maghribian took out from his bosom a wooden box and two boards covered with small letters, like the tracks of ants.

Oh Aladdin, he said, I want to make a man out of you and help you and your mother. Do not contradict me and do everything that I tell you. And now - look.

He opened the box and poured a yellowish powder into the fire. And immediately huge pillars of flame rose from the fire to the sky - yellow, red and green.

And in the fourth you will see an old woman, she will gently talk to you and want to hug you. Don't let her touch you - otherwise you will turn into a black stone.

Beyond the fourth room you will see big garden. Go through it and open the door at the other end of the garden. Behind this door will be a large room full of gold, gems, weapons, and clothes.

Take for yourself what you want, and bring me only the old copper lamp that hangs on the wall in the right corner. You will know the way to this treasury and become richer than anyone in the world. And when you bring me a lamp, I will give you a magic bag. On the way back, this ring will protect you from all troubles.

And he put a small shiny ring on Aladdin's finger.

Aladdin went dead with horror when he heard about the terrible beasts and monsters.

Uncle, - he asked the Maghrebian, - why don't you want to go down there yourself? Go get your own lamp, and take me home.

No, Aladdin, - said Magribinian. - No one but you can enter the treasury. This treasure has been underground for many hundreds of years, and only a boy named Aladdin, the son of the tailor Hassan, will get it. I have been waiting for this day for a long time, I have been looking for you all over the earth for a long time, and now that I have found you, you will not leave me. Don't argue with me, or you'll feel bad.

"What should I do? thought Aladdin. - If I don't go, this terrible sorcerer will probably kill me. I'd rather go down to the treasury and fetch him his lamp. Maybe then he really will give me a bag. Here the mother will be delighted!

I'll give, I'll give! - exclaimed Maghribin. He threw more powder on the fire and began to cast spells in an incomprehensible language. He read louder and louder, and when he shouted at the top of his voice the last word, there was a deafening roar, and the earth parted before them.

Raise the stone! shouted the man from Magribin in a terrible voice.

Aladdin saw at his feet a large stone with a copper ring, sparkling in the firelight. He grasped the ring with both hands and pulled the stone towards him. The stone turned out to be very light, and Aladdin lifted it without difficulty. Under the stone was a large round pit, and in the depths of it a narrow staircase wound, going far underground. Aladdin sat down on the edge of the pit and jumped down to the first rung of the stairs.

Well, go ahead and come back soon! - Shouted Magribin. Aladdin went down the stairs. The further he descended, the darker it became around him. Aladdin, without stopping, walked forward and, when he was scared, thought about a bag of food.

In the middle of the room stood a terrible Negro in a tiger skin. Seeing Aladdin, the Negro silently rushed at him with a raised sword. But Aladdin remembered well what the Magribian told him, - he extended his hand, and as soon as the sword touched Aladdin, the Negro fell to the ground lifeless.

Aladdin went on, though his legs gave way. He pushed open the second door and froze in place. Right in front of him stood, baring his terrible mouth, a ferocious lion. The lion crouched down with his whole body to the ground and jumped straight at Aladdin, but as soon as his front paw touched the boy's head, the lion fell to the ground dead.

Aladdin was sweating from fright, but still went on. He opened the third door and heard a terrible hiss: in the middle of the room, curled up in a ball, lay two huge snakes. They raised their heads and, sticking out their long forked stings, slowly crawled towards Aladdin, hissing and writhing.

Aladdin could hardly resist not to run away, but in time he remembered the words of the Magribin and boldly went straight to the snakes. And as soon as the snakes touched Aladdin's hand with their stings, their sparkling eyes went out and the snakes lay dead on the ground.

And Aladdin went on and, having reached the fourth door, carefully opened it. He stuck his head in the door and breathed a sigh of relief - there was no one in the room except a little old woman, wrapped from head to toe in a blanket. Seeing Aladdin, she rushed to him and shouted:

At last you have come, Aladdin, my boy! How long have I been waiting for you in this dark dungeon!

Aladdin held out his hands to her - it seemed to him that his mother was in front of him - and was about to hug her, when suddenly the room became brighter and some terrible creatures appeared in all corners - lions, snakes and monsters that have no name, they as if they were waiting for Aladdin to make a mistake and let the old woman touch him - then he will turn into a black stone and the treasure will remain in the treasury for eternity. After all, no one but Aladdin can take it.

Aladdin jumped back in horror and slammed the door behind him. When he regained consciousness, he opened it again and saw that there was no one in the room.

Aladdin walked across the room and opened the fifth door.

In front of him was a beautiful, brightly lit garden, where thick trees grew, flowers were fragrant, and fountains spouted high above the pools.

Small colorful birds chirped loudly in the trees. They could not fly far, because they were prevented by a thin golden net stretched over the garden. All the paths were strewn with round multi-colored pebbles, they sparkled dazzlingly in the light of bright lamps and lanterns hung on the branches of trees.

Aladdin rushed to collect pebbles. He hid them wherever he could - in his belt, in his bosom, in his hat. He was very fond of playing pebbles with the boys and happily thought how nice it would be to show off such a wonderful find.

There were piles of gold, piles of expensive materials, precious swords and cups, but Aladdin did not even look at them - he did not know the value of gold and expensive things, because he had never seen them. Yes, and his pockets were filled to the brim with stones, and he would not give even one stone for a thousand gold dinars.

He took only the lamp that the Maghreb man had told him about - an old, greenish copper lamp - and wanted to put it in the deepest pocket, but there was no room: the pocket was filled with pebbles. Then Aladdin poured out the pebbles, put the lamp in his pocket, and again put pebbles on top, as much as he could. The rest he somehow shoved into his pockets.

Then he came back and with difficulty climbed the stairs. When he reached the last step, he saw that it was still a long way to the top.

Uncle,” he called out, “stretch out your hand to me and take the hat that I have in my hands!” And then take me upstairs. I can't get out on my own, I'm heavily loaded. And what stones I collected in the garden!

Give me the lamp! - said Maghribian.

I can't get it, it's under the rocks," Aladdin replied. "Help me out and I'll give it to you!"

But the Maghribian did not even think of pulling out Aladdin. He wanted to get a lamp, and leave Aladdin in the dungeon, so that no one would know the passage to the treasury and betray his secrets. He began to beg Aladdin to give him a lamp, but Aladdin would never agree - he was afraid to lose the pebbles in the dark and wanted to get to the ground as soon as possible.

When the Maghribian was convinced that Aladdin would not give him the lamp, he became terribly angry.

Oh so, won't you give me the lamp? he shouted. - Stay in the dungeon and die of hunger, and even if your own mother does not know about your death!

He threw the rest of the powder from the box into the fire and uttered some incomprehensible words - and suddenly the stone itself closed the hole, and the earth closed over Aladdin.

It gives the one who owns it such power and wealth that no king has. No one but Aladdin can get this lamp. Any other person who wants to take it will be killed by the guards of the treasure or turned into a black stone.

It was not for this that the Magribinian waited so long for the opportunity to take possession of the treasure in order to share it with others. Let no one get the treasure! Let Aladdin die in the dungeon! He doesn't know that this lamp is magical...

And the Maghribian went back to Ifriqiya, full of anger and annoyance. And that's all that happened to him so far.

And Aladdin, when the earth closed over him, wept loudly and shouted:

Uncle help me! Uncle, get me out of here! I will die here!

But no one heard him or answered him. Then Aladdin realized that this man, who called himself his uncle, was a deceiver and a liar. Aladdin cried so hard that he soaked all his clothes with tears. He rushed down the stairs to see if there was another way out of the dungeon, but all the doors immediately disappeared and the exit to the garden was also closed.

Aladdin had no hope of salvation, and he prepared to die.

He sat down on the step of the stairs, put his head on his knees, and began to wring his hands in grief. By chance, he rubbed the ring that the Maghrebian put on his finger when he lowered him into the dungeon.

Suddenly the earth shook, and a terrible genie of enormous growth appeared in front of Aladdin. His head was like a dome, his arms were like pitchforks, his legs were like roadside posts, his mouth was like a cave, and his eyes were sparkling.

Who are you? Who are you? Aladdin shouted, covering his face with his hands so as not to see the terrible genie. - Spare me, don't kill me!

I am Dahnash, the son of Kashkash, the head of all genies, - the genie answered. “I am the slave of the ring and the slave of the one who owns the ring. I will do whatever my master commands.

Aladdin remembered the ring and what the Maghrebian had said, giving him the ring. He gathered his courage and said:

I want you to lift me to the surface of the earth!

Aladdin's mother sat in the middle of the room, her hair down, and wept bitterly. She thought her son was no longer alive. Aladdin, barely slamming the door behind him, fell unconscious from hunger and fatigue. His mother sprinkled water on his face, and when he came to, she asked:

Oh, Aladdin, where have you been and what happened to you? Where is your uncle and why did you come back without him?

This is not my uncle at all. This is an evil sorcerer,” Aladdin said in a weak voice. - I'll tell you everything, mother, but first give me something to eat.

Mother fed Aladdin with boiled beans - she didn’t even have bread - and then said:

Now tell me what happened to you, and where did you spend the night?

I was in the dungeon and found wonderful stones there.

And Aladdin told his mother everything that had happened to him. Having finished the story, he looked into the bowl where the beans were and asked:

Do you have anything else to eat, mother? I am hungry.

I have nothing, my child. You ate everything that I prepared for today and tomorrow, - Aladdin's mother said sadly. “I was so sad for you that I didn’t work, and I don’t have yarn to sell in the market.

Do not grieve, mother, - said Aladdin. - I have a lamp that I took in the dungeon. True, it is old, but it can still be sold.

He took out the lamp and gave it to his mother. The mother took the lamp, examined it, and said:

I’ll go and clean it and take it to the market: maybe they’ll give enough for it that we’ll have enough for dinner.

He ran out into the courtyard and saw that his mother was lying on the ground, the lamp was lying nearby, and in the middle of the courtyard was a genie, so huge that his head was not visible. He blotted out the sun, and it became dark as at twilight.

Aladdin raised the lamp, and suddenly a thunderous voice rang out:

O lord of the lamp, I am at your service.

Aladdin had already begun to get used to the genies and therefore was not too scared. He raised his head and shouted as loudly as possible so that the genie could hear him:

Who are you, O genie, and what can you do?

I am Maimun, the son of Shamhurash, the genie replied. “I am the slave of the lamp and the slave of the one who owns it. Demand whatever you want from me. If you want me to destroy a city or build a palace, give orders!

While he was talking, Aladdin's mother came to her senses and, seeing a huge genie's foot near her face, like a big boat, screamed in horror. And Aladdin put his hands to his mouth and shouted at the top of his voice:

Bring us two fried chicken and some good stuff, then get out. And my mother is afraid of you. She's not used to talking to genies yet.

The lamp slave put the table in front of Aladdin and disappeared, and Aladdin and his mother began to eat and ate until they were satisfied. Aladdin's mother cleared the rest of the food from the table, and they began to talk, munching on pistachios and dry almonds.

Oh mother, - said Aladdin, - this lamp must be protected and not shown to anyone. Now I understand why this accursed Magribin wanted to get only her one and refused everything else. This lamp and the ring I have left will bring us happiness and wealth.

Do as you like, my child, - said the mother, - but I don’t want to see this genie anymore: he’s very scary and disgusting.

A few days later, the food that the genie brought was over, and Aladdin and his mother again had nothing to eat. Then Aladdin took one of the golden dishes and went to the market to sell it. This dish was immediately bought by a jeweler and gave a hundred dinars for it.

He learned the price of all things and realized that he had got great wealth and that every pebble that he picked up in the underground garden was worth more than any precious stone that could be found on earth.

One morning, when Aladdin was in the market, a herald came into the square and shouted:

O people, close your shops and enter your houses, and let no one look out of the windows! Now Princess Budur, the daughter of the Sultan, will go to the bathhouse, and no one should see her!

The merchants rushed to close the shops, and the people, pushing, ran from the square. Aladdin suddenly really wanted to look at Princess Budur - everyone in the city said that there was no girl in the world more beautiful than her. Aladdin quickly went to the bathhouse and hid behind the door so that no one could see him.

The whole area was suddenly empty. And then, at the far end of the square, a crowd of girls appeared riding on gray mules saddled with golden saddles. Each was holding a sharp sword. And among them a girl rode slowly, dressed more magnificently and more elegantly than all the others. This was Princess Budur.

She threw back the veil from her face, and it seemed to Aladdin that in front of him was the shining sun. He involuntarily closed his eyes.

The princess stepped off the mule and, walking two paces from Aladdin, entered the bathhouse. And Aladdin wandered home, sighing heavily. He could not forget about the beauty of Princess Budur.

“It is true what they say that she is the most beautiful in the world,” he thought. “I swear on my head - let me die the most terrible death if I don’t marry her!”

He went into his house, flung himself on the bed, and lay there until evening. When his mother asked what was the matter with him, he only waved his hand at her. Finally, she pestered him so much with questions that he could not stand it and said:

Oh mother, I want to marry Princess Budur, otherwise I will perish. If you don't want me to die, go to the Sultan and ask him to marry Budur to me.

What are you saying, my child! - the old woman exclaimed, - You must have baked your head with the sun! Is it ever heard that the sons of tailors married the daughters of sultans! Here, eat better than a young lamb and fall asleep. Tomorrow you won't even think about such things!

I don't need a lamb! I want to marry Princess Budur? Aladdin screamed. - For the sake of my life, O mother, go to the Sultan and marry me to Princess Budur.

Oh son, - said Aladdin's mother, - I have not lost my mind to go to the Sultan with such a request. I haven't forgotten who I am and who you are.

But Aladdin begged his mother until she got tired of saying no.

Well, well, son, I'll go, - she said. “But you know that no one comes to the Sultan empty-handed. And what can I bring suitable for his Sultan's Majesty?

Aladdin jumped out of bed and shouted cheerfully:

Don't worry about it, mother! Take one of the golden dishes and fill it with the gems I brought from the garden. It will be a gift worthy of the Sultan. He certainly doesn't have stones like mine!

Aladdin grabbed the largest dish and filled it to the top with precious stones. His mother looked at them and covered her eyes with her hand - the stones sparkled so brightly, shimmering with all colors.

With such a gift, perhaps, it is not a shame to go to the Sultan, - she said.

I just don’t know if my tongue will turn to say what you ask. But I will muster up the courage and try.

Try, mother, but soon. Go and don't hesitate.

Aladdin's mother covered the dish with a thin silk scarf and went to the Sultan's palace.

“Oh, they will kick me out of the palace and beat me, and take away the stones,” she thought. “Maybe they will go to jail.”

Finally she came to the sofa and stood in the farthest corner. It was still early, and there was no one on the couch. But gradually it was filled with emirs, viziers, nobles and noble people of the kingdom in colorful robes of all colors and became like a blooming garden.

The Sultan came last of all, surrounded by negroes with swords in their hands. He sat on the throne and began to sort out cases and receive complaints, and the tallest black man stood by his side and drove away flies from him with a large peacock feather.

When all the work was done, the Sultan waved his handkerchief - this meant the end - and left, leaning on the shoulders of the blacks.

And Aladdin's mother returned home and said to her son:

Well, son, I had the courage. I went into the sofa and stayed there until it ran out. Tomorrow I will talk to the Sultan, be calm, but today I did not have time.

The next day, she again went to the sofa and left again when it was over, without saying a word to the Sultan. She went the next day and soon got used to going to the sofa every day. For days on end she stood in a corner, but could not tell the Sultan what her request was.

And the Sultan finally noticed that some old woman with a large dish in her hands comes to the sofa every day. And one day he said to his vizier:

O vizier, I want to know who this old woman is and why she comes here. Ask her what is her business, and if she has any request, I will fulfill it.

I listen and obey,” said the vizier.

He went up to Aladdin's mother and shouted:

Hey, old woman, talk to the Sultan! If you have any request, the Sultan will fulfill it.

When Aladdin's mother heard these words, her hamstrings shook, and she almost dropped the dish from her hands. The Vizier led her to the Sultan, and she kissed the ground in front of him, and the Sultan asked her:

O old woman, why do you come to the sofa every day and say nothing? Tell me what you need

Hear me, O Sultan, and do not marvel at my words,” said the old woman. "Before I tell you, promise me mercy."

You will have mercy, - said the Sultan, - speak.

Aladdin's mother once again kissed the ground in front of the Sultan and said:

Oh Lord Sultan! My son Aladdin sends you these stones as a gift and asks you to give him your daughter, Princess Budur, as his wife.

She pulled a handkerchief from the dish, and the whole sofa was lit up like stones sparkled. And the vizier and the sultan were dumbfounded at the sight of such jewels.

O Vizier, said the Sultan, have you ever seen such stones?

No, O lord sultan, I didn’t see it,” the vizier replied, and the sultan said:

I think that a person who has such stones is worthy to be my daughter's husband. What is your opinion, vizier?

When the vizier heard these words, his face turned yellow with envy. He had a son whom he wanted to marry Princess Budur, and the Sultan had already promised to marry Budur to his son. But the Sultan was very fond of jewelry, and in his treasury there was not a single stone such as those that lay before him on a platter.

In my opinion, the best thing is to demand from him that he give you forty of the same dishes filled with precious stones, and forty slaves to carry these dishes, and forty slaves to guard them. Then we will know whether he is rich or not.

And the vizier thought to himself: “It is impossible that anyone could get all this. He will be powerless to do so, and I will get rid of him.”

You have thought well, o vizier! the Sultan shouted and said to Aladdin's mother:

Did you hear what the vizier says? Go and tell your son: if he wants to marry my daughter, let him send forty golden dishes with the same stones, and forty slaves, and forty slaves.

Aladdin's mother kissed the ground in front of the Sultan and went home. She walked and said to herself, shaking her head:

She came in to Aladdin sad and embarrassed. Seeing that his mother did not have a dish in her hands, Aladdin exclaimed:

Oh mother, I see you spoke to the Sultan today. What did he say to you?

Oh my child, it would be better for me not to go to the Sultan, and not to talk to him, - the old woman answered. - Just listen to what he told me.

And she told Aladdin the words of the Sultan, and Aladdin laughed with joy.

Calm down, mother, - he said, - this is the easiest thing.

He took the lamp and rubbed it, and when the mother saw this, she ran into the kitchen so as not to see the genie.

And the genie immediately appeared and said:

O lord, I am at your service. What do you want? Demand - you will receive.

I need forty golden dishes full of precious stones, forty slaves to carry these dishes, and forty slaves to guard them, - said Aladdin.

It will be done, O lord, replied Maimun, the slave of the lamp. - Maybe you want me to destroy the city or build a palace? Order.

No, do what I told you, - Aladdin answered, and the lamp slave disappeared.

Through the most a short time he reappeared, followed by forty beautiful slave girls, each holding a golden platter with precious stones on her head. The slaves were accompanied by tall, handsome slaves with drawn swords.

That's what you demanded, - said the genie and disappeared.

Then Aladdin's mother came out of the kitchen, examined the slaves and slaves, and then lined them up in pairs and proudly walked ahead of them to the Sultan's palace.

All the people fled to look at this unprecedented procession, and the guards in the palace were dumbfounded with amazement when they saw these slaves and slaves.

Aladdin's mother led them straight to the Sultan, and they all kissed the ground in front of him and, removing the dishes from their heads, put them in a row. The Sultan was completely taken aback with joy and could not utter a word. And when he came to himself, he said to the vizier:

O vizier, what is your opinion? Is not the one who has such wealth worthy to become the husband of my daughter, Princess Budur?

Worthy, oh lord, - answered the vizier, sighing heavily. He did not dare to say no, although envy and vexation were killing him.

O woman, - the Sultan said to Aladdin's mother, - go and tell your son that I accepted his gift and agree to marry Princess Budur to him. Let him come to me - I want to see him.

Aladdin's mother hurriedly kissed the ground in front of the Sultan and ran home with all her might - so fast that the wind could not keep up with her. She ran to Aladdin and screamed:

Rejoice, my son! The Sultan accepted your gift and agrees that you become the husband of the princess. He said this in front of everyone. Go now to the palace - the sultan wants to see you. I have completed the task, now finish the job yourself.

Thank you, mother, - said Aladdin, - now I'll go to the Sultan. Now go away - I'll talk to the genie.

Aladdin took the lamp and rubbed it, and immediately Maimun, the slave of the lamp, appeared. And Aladdin said to him:

O Maimun, bring me forty-eight white slaves - this will be my retinue. And let twenty-four slaves go ahead of me, and twenty-four behind me. And also bring me a thousand dinars and the best horse.

It will be done, - said the genie and disappeared. He delivered everything Aladdin ordered and asked:

What else do you want? Do you want me to destroy the city or build a palace? I can do everything.

No, not yet, - said Aladdin.

He jumped on his horse and rode to the Sultan, and all the inhabitants ran to look at the handsome young man who was riding with such a magnificent retinue. In the market square, where there were the most people, Aladdin took a handful of gold from the bag and threw it. Everyone rushed to catch and pick up coins, and Aladdin threw and threw until the bag was empty.

He drove up to the palace, and all the viziers and emirs met him at the gate and escorted him to the Sultan. The Sultan rose to meet him and said:

Welcome, Aladdin. I'm sorry I didn't get to know you earlier. I heard that you want to marry my daughter. I agree. Today is your wedding. Have you prepared everything for this celebration?

Not yet, oh lord sultan, - Aladdin answered. - I did not build a palace for Princess Budur, suitable for her rank.

And when will the wedding be? asked the Sultan. “You can’t build a palace soon.

Don't worry, O Lord Sultan, - said Aladdin. - Wait a bit.

And where are you going to build a palace, oh Aladdin? asked the Sultan.

Would you like to build it in front of my windows, on this empty lot?

As you wish, oh lord, - Aladdin answered.

He said goodbye to the king and went home with his retinue.

At home, he took the lamp, rubbed it, and when the genie Maimun appeared, he said to him:

Well, now build a palace, but one that has not yet been on earth. Can you do it?

And in fact, the next morning, a magnificent palace towered in the wasteland. Its walls were made of gold and silver bricks, and the roof was diamond. To look at her, Aladdin had to climb on the shoulders of the genie Maimun - so high was the palace.

Aladdin walked around all the rooms in the palace and said to Maimun:

Oh Maimun, I have come up with a joke. Break down this column and let the Sultan think that we forgot to build it. He will want to build it himself and will not be able to do it, and then he will see that I am stronger and richer than him.

Good, - said the genie and waved his hand; the column disappeared as if it never existed. - Do you want to destroy something else?

No, Aladdin said. “Now I will go and bring the Sultan here.

And in the morning the Sultan went to the window and saw the palace, which shone and sparkled so much in the sun that it was painful to look at it. The Sultan hurriedly called the vizier and showed him the palace.

Well, what do you say, vizier? - he asked. - Is the one who built such a palace in one night worthy of being the husband of my daughter?

O lord sultan, - the vizier shouted, - don't you see that this Aladdin is a sorcerer! Beware lest he take your kingdom from you!

You are an envious person, O vizier, - said the Sultan. - I have nothing to fear, and you say all this out of envy.

At this time, Aladdin entered and, kissing the ground at the feet of the Sultan, invited him to see the palace.

The sultan and the vizier went around the whole palace, and the sultan did not tire of admiring its beauty and splendor. Finally, Aladdin led the guests to the place where Maimun destroyed the pillar. The vizier immediately noticed that one column was missing, and shouted:

The palace is not finished! One column is missing here!

No problem, said the Sultan. - I'll put up this column myself. Call the master builder here!

Better not try, O Sultan, the vizier told him quietly. - You can't do it. Look: the columns are so high that you can't see where they end, and they are lined with precious stones from top to bottom.

Shut up, O Vizier, - the Sultan said proudly. "Can't I just line up one column?"

He ordered all the masons that were in the city to be called, and gave all his gems. But they weren't enough. Upon learning of this, the Sultan became angry and shouted:

Open the main treasury, take away all the gems from my subjects! Isn't all my wealth enough for one column?

But a few days later the builders came to the Sultan and reported that the stones and marble were only enough for a quarter of the column. The Sultan ordered to cut off their heads, but still did not set up the columns. Upon learning of this, Aladdin said to the Sultan:

Do not be sad, O Sultan. The column is already in place and I have returned all the gems to their owners.

On the same evening, the Sultan arranged a magnificent celebration in honor of the wedding of Aladdin and Princess Budur, and Aladdin and his wife began to live in a new palace.

That's all for now with Aladdin.

Magribinian had only one consolation: “Since this Aladdin died in the dungeon, it means that the lamp is there. Maybe I can get her without Aladdin."

The Maghrebian quickly got ready to go and went through the seas, mountains and deserts to distant Persia. Again he had to endure troubles and misfortunes, and finally he arrived in the city where Aladdin lived.

Magribin went to the market and began to listen to what people were saying. And at that time, the war of the Persians with the nomads had just ended, and Aladdin, who was at the head of the army, returned to the city as a winner. In the market, there was only talk about the exploits of Aladdin.

The Maghribian walked around and listened, and then went up to the seller of cold water and asked him:

Who is this Aladdin that all the people here are talking about?

It is immediately clear that you are not from here, - the seller answered. - Otherwise you would know who Aladdin is. This is the richest man in the whole world, and his palace is a real miracle.

The Maghrebian handed the dinar to the water carrier and said to him:

Take this dinar and do me a favor. I really am a stranger in your city, and I would like to see Aladdin's palace. Lead me to this palace.

No one will show you the way better than me,” said the water carrier. - Let's go.

He brought the Maghrebian to the palace and left, blessing this stranger for his generosity. And the Maghribian walked around the palace and, having examined it from all sides, said to himself:

Only a genie, a lamp slave, could build such a palace. She must be in this palace.

For a long time, the Magribinian came up with a trick with which he could take possession of the lamp, and finally came up with it.

He went to the coppersmith and said to him:

Make me ten brass lamps and charge whatever you want for them, but hurry up. Here's five dinars as a deposit.

I listen and obey,” the coppersmith replied. - Come in the evening, the lamps will be ready.

In the evening, the Magribinian received ten new lamps that shone like gold. He spent the night without sleep, thinking about the trick he would arrange, and at dawn he got up and went through the city, shouting:

Who wants to exchange old lamps for new ones? Who has old copper lamps? I change to new ones!

The people followed the Maghreb in a crowd, and the children jumped around him and shouted:

Reckless, reckless!

But the Maghribian paid no attention to them and shouted:

Who has old lamps? I change to new ones!

Finally he came to the palace. Aladdin himself was not at home at that time - he went hunting, and his wife, Princess Budur, remained in the palace. Hearing the cries of the Magribin, Budur sent the senior gatekeeper to find out what was the matter, and the gatekeeper, returning, said to her:

This is some kind of demoniac dervish. He has new lamps in his hands, and he promises to give a new one for each old lamp.

Princess Budur laughed and said:

It would be nice to check if he is telling the truth or deceiving. Do we have some old lamp in the palace?

There is, mistress, - said one of the slaves. - I saw a copper lamp in the room of our master Aladdin. She's all turned green and no good.

And Aladdin, when he went hunting, needed supplies, and he called the genie Maimun to bring what he needed. When the genie brought the order, the sound of a horn rang out, and Aladdin hurried, threw the lamp on the bed and ran out of the palace.

Bring this lamp, - Budur ordered the slave, - and you, Kafur, take it to the Maghreb, and let him give us a new one.

And the gatekeeper Kafur went out into the street and gave the magic lamp to the Maghrebian, and in return he received a brand new copper lamp. The Magribinian was very happy that his cunning had succeeded, and he hid the lamp in his bosom. He bought a donkey in the market and left.

And having left the city and making sure that no one sees or hears him, the Maghribian rubbed the lamp, and the genie Maimun appeared before him. Magribin shouted to him:

I want you to move Aladdin's palace and everyone in it to Ifriqiya and put it in my garden, near my house. And take me there too.

It will be done, said the genie. - Close your eyes and open your eyes, and the palace will be in Ifriqiya. Or maybe you want me to destroy the city?

Do what I ordered you, - said the Magribinian.

And before he had time to finish these words, he saw himself in his garden in Ifriqiya, near the palace. And that's all that happened to him so far.

As for the Sultan, he woke up in the morning and looked out the window - and suddenly he sees that the palace has disappeared and where he stood is a flat, smooth place. The Sultan rubbed his eyes, thinking that he was sleeping, and even pinched his hand to wake up, but the palace did not appear.

The Sultan did not know what to think, and began to cry and moan loudly. He realized that some kind of trouble had happened to Princess Budur. At the cries of the Sultan, the vizier came running and asked:

What happened to you, o lord sultan? What disaster struck you?

Don't you know anything? shouted the Sultan. - Well, look out the window. What do you see? Where is the palace? You are my vizier and you are responsible for everything that happens in the city, and palaces disappear under your nose, and you know nothing about it. Where is my daughter, the fruit of my heart? Speak!

I don't know, oh lord sultan, - answered the frightened vizier. - I told you that this Aladdin is an evil wizard, but you didn't believe me.

Bring Aladdin here, - the Sultan shouted, - and I will cut off his head! At this time, Aladdin was just returning from hunting. The servants of the Sultan went out into the street to look for him, and, seeing him, they ran to meet him.

Do not charge us, O Aladdin, our lord, - said one of them. - The Sultan ordered to twist your hands, shackle you in chains and bring you to him. It will be difficult for us to do this, but we are forced people and cannot disobey the order of the Sultan.

Why was the sultan angry with me? Aladdin asked. “I have not done or conceived anything bad against him or against his subjects.

A blacksmith was called, and he put Aladdin's legs in chains. While he was doing this, a crowd gathered around Aladdin. The inhabitants of the city loved Aladdin for his kindness and generosity, and when they learned that the Sultan wanted to cut off his head, they all fled to the palace. And the Sultan ordered Aladdin to be brought to him and said to him:

My vizier was right when he said that you are a sorcerer and a deceiver. Where is your palace and where is my daughter Budur?

I don't know, oh lord sultan, - Aladdin answered. - I'm not guilty of anything before you.

Cut off his head! - the Sultan shouted, and Aladdin was again taken out into the street, and the executioner followed him.

When the inhabitants of the city saw the executioner, they surrounded Aladdin and sent him to say to the Sultan:

“If you, O Sultan, do not have mercy on Aladdin, then we will overturn your palace on you and kill everyone who is in it. Free Aladdin and show him mercy, otherwise you will have a bad time."

What should I do, o vizier? asked the sultan, and the vizier said to him:

Do as they say. They love Aladdin more than they love you and me, and if you kill him, we'll all be hurt.

You are right, O Vizier, - said the Sultan and ordered to unchain Aladdin and say to him on behalf of the Sultan the following words:

“I spared you because the people love you, but if you do not find my daughter, then I will still cut off your head. I give you forty days to do this.”

I listen and obey, - said Aladdin and left the city.

He did not know where to go and where to look for Princess Budur, and grief weighed on him so much that he decided to drown himself. He got to big river and sat on the shore, sad and sad.

Thinking, he lowered into the water right hand and suddenly felt something slipping off his little finger. Aladdin quickly pulled his hand out of the water and saw on his little finger a ring that the Maghrebian had given him and which he had completely forgotten about.

Aladdin rubbed the ring, and immediately the genie Dakhnash, the son of Kashkash, appeared before him and said:

O lord of the ring, I am before you. What do you want? Order.

I want you to move my palace to its original place, - said Aladdin.

But the genie, the servant of the ring, lowered his head and answered:

O lord, it is hard for me to confess to you, but I cannot do it. The palace was built by the slave of the lamp, and only he alone can move it. Ask me for something else.

If so, said Aladdin, carry me to where my palace is now.

Close your eyes and open your eyes, said the genie.

And when Aladdin closed and opened his eyes again, he saw himself in the garden, in front of his palace.

He ran up the stairs and saw his wife Budur, who was crying bitterly. Seeing Aladdin, she screamed and cried even louder - now with joy. After calming down a little, she told Aladdin about everything that had happened to her, and then said:

This accursed Magribian comes to me and persuades me to marry him and forget you. He says that the Sultan, my father, cut off your head and that you were the son of a poor man, so you should not be sad. But I do not listen to the speeches of this evil Magribinian, but all the time I cry about you.

Where does he keep the magic lamp? Aladdin asked, and Budur answered:

He never parted with her and always keeps her with him.

Listen to me, O Budur, - said Aladdin. - When this accursed one comes to you again, be kind and friendly to him and promise him that you will marry him. Ask him to have supper with you, and when he begins to eat and drink, pour this sleeping powder into his wine. And when the Maghreb man falls asleep, I will enter the room and kill him.

It will not be easy for me to speak kindly to him, - said Budur, - but I will try. He should come soon. Go, I will hide you in a dark room, and when he falls asleep, I will clap my hands and you will come in.

As soon as Aladdin managed to hide, a Maghribian entered Budur's room. This time she greeted him cheerfully and said affably:

Oh my lord, wait a little, I'll dress up, and then we'll have dinner together.

With pleasure and pleasure, - said the Magribinian and went out, and Budur put on her best dress and prepared food and wine.

When the Maghribian returned, Budur told him:

You were right, my lord, when you said that Aladdin was not worth loving and remembering. My father cut off his head, and now I have no one but you. I will marry you, but today you must do everything I tell you.

Order, my lady, - said the Magribin, and Budur began to treat him and give him wine to drink, and when he got a little drunk, she said to him:

There is a custom in our country: when the bride and groom eat and drink together, each one drinks the last sip of wine from the other's goblet. Give me your cup, I'll take a sip from it, and you'll drink from mine.

He ran into the room and, swinging, cut off the head of the Maghribian with his sword. And then he took the lamp out of his bosom and rubbed it, and immediately Maimun, the slave of the lamp, appeared.

Take the palace to its original place, Aladdin ordered him.

A moment later, the palace stood opposite the Sultan's palace, and the Sultan, who at that time was sitting at the window and weeping bitterly for his daughter, almost fainted from amazement and joy. He immediately ran to the palace, where his daughter Budur was. And Aladdin and his wife met the Sultan, crying with joy.

And the Sultan asked Aladdin for forgiveness for wanting to cut off his head, and from that day Aladdin's misfortunes ceased, and he lived happily ever after in his palace with his wife and mother.

In a Persian city there lived a poor tailor Hassan. He had a wife and a son named Aladdin. When Aladdin was ten years old, his father said:
- Let my son be a tailor, like me, - and began to teach Aladdin his craft.
But Aladdin didn't want to learn anything. As soon as his father left the shop, Aladdin ran outside to play with the boys. From morning to evening they ran about the city, chasing sparrows or climbing into other people's gardens and stuffing their stomachs with grapes and peaches.
The tailor persuaded his son and punished him, but to no avail. Hasan soon fell ill with grief and died. Then his wife sold everything that was left after him, and began to spin cotton and sell yarn in order to feed herself and her son.
So much time has passed. Aladdin is fifteen years old. And then one day, when he was playing in the street with the boys, a man in a red silk robe and a large white turban approached them. He looked at Aladdin and said to himself, “Here is the boy I am looking for. I finally found it!"
This man was a Maghrebian - a resident of the Maghreb *. He called one of the boys and asked him who Aladdin was, where he lived. And then he went up to Aladdin and said:
- Are you the son of Hassan, the tailor?
- I, - answered Aladdin. - But only my father died long ago. Hearing this, the Magribinian hugged Aladdin and became loud
cry.
“Know, Aladdin, I am your uncle,” he said. “I spent a long time in foreign lands and have not seen my brother for a long time. Now I have come to your city to see Hassan, and he is dead! I immediately recognized you because you look like your father.
Then the Maghrebian gave Aladdin two gold coins and said:
- Give this money to your mother. Tell her that your uncle has returned and will come to you for supper tomorrow. Let her cook a good dinner.
Aladdin ran to his mother and told her everything.
- Are you laughing at me?! - said his mother. - After all, your father did not have a brother. Where did your uncle suddenly come from?
- How can you say that I have no uncle! Aladdin shouted. “He gave me those two gold ones. Tomorrow he will come to us for dinner!
The next day, Aladdin's mother cooked a good supper. Aladdin sat at home in the morning, waiting for his uncle. In the evening there was a knock at the gate. Aladdin rushed to open it. A Maghribian entered, followed by a servant who carried a large dish with all sorts of sweets on his head. Entering the house, the Magribin greeted Aladdin's mother and said:
- Please, show me the place where my brother sat at dinner.
"Right here," said Aladdin's mother.
The resident of Magribin began to cry loudly. But soon he calmed down and said:
Don't be surprised you never saw me. I left here forty years ago. I have been to India, Arab lands and Egypt. I traveled for thirty years. Finally, I wanted to return to my homeland, and I said to myself: “You have a brother. He may be poor, and you still haven't helped him in any way! Go to your brother and see how he lives." I traveled for many days and nights and finally found you. And now I see that although my brother died, but after him there was a son who would earn by craft, like his father.
- No matter how it is! - said Aladdin's mother. - I have never seen such a loafer as this nasty boy. If only you could make him help his mother!
- Don't worry, - answered the Magribinian. - Tomorrow Aladdin and I will go to the market, I will buy him a beautiful dressing gown and give it to the merchant for apprenticeship. And when he learns to trade, I will open a shop for him, he himself will become a merchant and get rich ... Do you want to be a merchant, Aladdin?
Aladdin blushed with joy and nodded his head.
When the Maghribian went home, Aladdin immediately went to bed so that morning would come sooner. As soon as dawn broke, he jumped out of bed and ran out the gate to meet his uncle. Magribin soon came. First of all, she and Aladdin went to the bathhouse. There, Aladdin was thoroughly washed, his head was shaved and he was given rosewater and sugar to drink. After that, the Maghrebian took Aladdin to the shop, and Aladdin chose the most expensive and beautiful clothes for himself: a yellow silk robe with green stripes, a red hat and high boots.
He and the Maghreb man walked around the entire market, and then went outside the city, into the forest. It was already noon, and Aladdin had not eaten anything since morning. He was very hungry and tired, but he was ashamed to admit it.
Finally, he could not stand it and asked his uncle:
- Uncle, when will we have lunch? There isn't a single shop here, and you didn't take anything with you from the city. You only have one empty bag in your hands.
Do you see that high mountain up ahead? - said the Maghrebian. - I wanted to rest and have a bite to eat under this mountain. But if you are very hungry, you can have lunch here.
- Where do you get lunch? Aladdin was surprised.
- You'll see, - said Magribin.
They sat down under a tall thick tree, and the Maghribian asked Aladdin:
- What would you like to eat now?
Aladdin's mother cooked the same dish for dinner every day - beans with hemp oil. Aladdin was so hungry that he immediately answered:
- Give me boiled beans with butter!
- Would you like some fried chicken? - asked Maghribin.
- Want! Aladdin rejoiced.
- Would you like some rice with honey? - continued Maghribin.
- I want to! - shouted Aladdin. - I want everything! But where do you get all this, uncle?
- From this bag, - said the Magribinian and untied the bag. Aladdin looked into the bag with curiosity, but there was nothing there.
did not have.
- Where are the chickens? Aladdin asked.
- Here! - said Maghribian. He put his hand into the sack and pulled out a dish of fried chicken. “And here is rice with honey, and boiled beans, here are grapes, and pomegranates, and apples!”
Magribinian began to take out one dish after another from the bag, and Aladdin, wide-eyed, looked at the magic bag.
- Eat, - the Magribinian said to Aladdin. - There are all sorts of food in this bag. Put your hand into it and say: “I want lamb, halva, dates,” and you will have all this.
- That's such a miracle! - said Aladdin. - It would be nice for my mother to have such a bag!
- If you obey me, - said the Magribinian, - I will give you a lot of good things. Now let's drink pomegranate juice with sugar and move on.
- Where? - asked Aladdin. - I'm tired, and it's late. Time to go home.
- No, - said the Magribinian, - we need to get to that mountain today. And when we get home, I will give you this magic bag.
Aladdin really did not want to go, but when he heard about the bag, he sighed heavily and said:
- Okay, let's go.
Magribin took Aladdin by the hand and led him to the mountain. The sun had already set and it was almost dark. They walked for a very long time and finally came to the foot of the mountain. Aladdin was scared, he almost cried.
- Pick up thin and dry branches, - said the Magribinian. - We need to make a fire. When it's lit, I'll show you something no one has ever seen before.
Aladdin really wanted to see something that no one had ever seen. He forgot about his fatigue and went to collect firewood.
When the fire flared up, the Maghribian took out a box and two planks from his bosom and said:
- Oh Aladdin, I want to make you rich and help you and your mother. Do whatever I tell you.
He opened the box and poured out some powder into the fire. And immediately huge pillars of flame rose from the fire to the sky - yellow, red and green.
- Listen carefully, Aladdin, - said the Magribinian. - Now I will start reading spells over the fire, and when I finish, the earth will part before me, and you will see a large stone with a copper ring. Take hold of the ring and lift the stone. Under the stone there will be a staircase that leads to the dungeon. Go down it and you will see the door. Open this door and go ahead. You will meet terrible beasts and monsters, but do not be afraid: as soon as you touch them with your hand, the monsters will fall dead. You will go through three rooms, and in the fourth you will see an old woman. She will talk to you affectionately and want to hug you. Don't let her touch you, otherwise you will turn into a black stone. Behind the fourth room you will see a large garden. Go through it and open the door at the other end of the garden. Behind this door will be a large room full of gold and gems. Take everything you want from there, and bring me only the old copper lamp that hangs on the wall in the right corner. When you bring me a lamp, I will give you a magic bag. And on the way back, this ring will protect you from all troubles.
And he put a small shiny ring on Aladdin's finger.
Hearing about the terrible beasts and monsters, Aladdin was very scared.
“Uncle,” he asked the Maghrebian, “why don’t you want to go down underground yourself?” Go get your own lamp, and take me home.
- No, no, Aladdin, - said the Magribinian, - no one but you can enter the treasury. The treasure has been underground for many hundreds of years, and only a boy named Aladdin, the son of the tailor Hassan, will get it. Listen to me, otherwise you will feel bad!
Aladdin was even more frightened and said:
- Well, I'll bring you a lamp, but just look, give me a bag!
- I'll give! I will give! - shouted Maghribin.
He threw more powder on the fire and began to cast spells. He read louder and louder, and when at last he shouted out the last word, there was a deafening roar and the earth parted before them.
- Raise the stone! shouted the man from Magribin in a terrible voice.
Aladdin saw at his feet a large stone with a copper ring. He grasped the ring with both hands, pulled the stone towards him and lifted it easily. Under the stone was a large round pit, and at the bottom of it a narrow staircase could be seen. Aladdin sat down on the edge of the pit and jumped down to the first rung of the stairs.
“Well, go and come back soon!” Magribin shouted. Aladdin quickly went down. The lower he went, the
it was getting darker all around, but he kept moving forward.
Having reached the last step, Aladdin saw a wide iron door. Pushing her, he entered a large dim room and suddenly saw in the middle of the room a strange Negro in a tiger skin. The negro silently rushed at Aladdin, but Aladdin touched him with his hand, and he fell to the ground dead.
Aladdin was very scared, but he went on. He pushed open the second door and involuntarily jumped back: in front of him stood a huge lion with a bared mouth. The lion dropped his whole body to the ground and jumped straight at Aladdin. But as soon as his front paw touched the boy's head, the lion fell to the ground dead.
Aladdin was sweating from fright, but still went on. He opened the third door and heard a terrible hiss: in the middle of the room, curled up in a ball, lay two huge snakes. They raised their heads and, sticking out their long stings, slowly crawled towards Aladdin. But as soon as the snakes touched Aladdin's hand with their stings, their sparkling eyes went out and they lay dead on the ground.
Having reached the fourth door, Aladdin carefully opened it. He stuck his head through the door and saw that there was no one in the room except a little old woman, wrapped from head to toe in a veil. Seeing Aladdin, she rushed to him and shouted:
- Finally you came, Aladdin, my boy! How long have I been waiting for you in this dark dungeon!
Aladdin held out his hands to her: it seemed to him that this was his mother. He wanted to hug her, but in time he remembered that if he touched her, he would turn into a black stone. He jumped back and slammed the door behind him. After waiting a little, he opened it again and saw that there was no one in the room.
Aladdin went through this room and opened the fifth door. In front of him was a beautiful garden with dense trees and fragrant flowers. Small colorful birds chirped loudly in the trees. They could not fly far: they were hindered by a thin golden net stretched over the garden. All the paths were strewn with round sparkling pebbles.
Aladdin rushed to collect pebbles. He stuffed them into his belt, into his bosom, into his hat. He was very fond of playing pebbles with the boys.
Aladdin liked the stones so much that he almost forgot about the lamp. But when there was nowhere else to put the stones, he remembered her and went to the treasury. It was the last room in the dungeon, the largest. There were heaps of gold, silver and jewels. But Aladdin did not even look at them: he did not know the price of gold and expensive things. He took only the lamp and put it in his pocket. Then he went back to the exit and struggled up the stairs. When he reached the last step, he called out:
- Uncle, stretch out your hand to me and take my hat with pebbles, and then pull me upstairs: I can’t get out myself!
- Give me the lamp first! - said Maghribian.
- I can't get it, it's under the rocks, - Aladdin answered. - Help me get out, and I'll give it to you.
But the Magribinian did not want to help Aladdin. He wanted to get the lamp, and then throw Aladdin into the dungeon so that no one would know the way to the treasury. He began to beg Aladdin, but Aladdin would never agree to give him the lamp. He was afraid of losing the pebbles in the dark and wanted to get to the ground as soon as possible.
When the Maghribian saw that Aladdin did not want to give him the lamp, he became terribly angry and shouted:
- Oh, so you won't give me the lamp? Stay in the dungeon and starve to death!
He threw the rest of the powder from the box into the fire, uttered some words - and suddenly the stone itself closed the hole, and the earth closed over Aladdin.
This Maghribian was not Aladdin's uncle at all: he was an evil wizard and a cunning sorcerer. He learned that a treasure lies underground in Persia and only the boy Aladdin, the son of the tailor Hassan, can open this treasure. The best of all the treasures of the treasure is a magic lamp. She gives the one who takes her in hand, such power and wealth, which no king has.
The Maghrebian conjured for a long time until he found out where Aladdin lives and did not find him.
And now, when the lamp is so close, this nasty boy does not want to give it away! But if he comes to earth, he can bring other people here who also want to take possession of the treasure.
Let no one get the treasure! Let Aladdin die in the dungeon!
And the Maghribian went back to his magical land Ifriqiya.
When the earth closed over Aladdin, he wept loudly and shouted:
- Uncle, help me! Uncle, get me out of here, I'll die here!
But no one heard or answered him. Aladdin realized that this man, who called himself his uncle, was a deceiver and a liar. He ran down the stairs to see if there was another way out of the dungeon, but all the doors disappeared at once and the exit to the garden was also closed.
Aladdin sat down on the stairs, put his head in his hands and began to cry.
But as soon as he accidentally touched the ring with his forehead, which the Magribinian put on his finger when he lowered it into the dungeon, the earth trembled, and a terrible genie * of enormous growth appeared in front of Aladdin. His head was like a dome, his arms were like pitchforks, his legs were like pillars, and his mouth was like a cave. His eyes sparkled, and a huge horn stuck out in the middle of his forehead.
- What do you want? - the genie asked in a thunderous voice. - Demand - you will receive!
- Who are you? Who are you? - Aladdin shouted, covering his face with his hands so as not to see the terrible genie. - Spare me, do not kill me!
- I am Dahnash, the head of all genies, - the genie replied. - I am the slave of the ring and the slave of the one who owns the ring. I will do whatever my master commands.
Aladdin remembered the ring that was supposed to protect him and said:
- Lift me to the surface of the earth.
Before he had time to finish these words, he found himself upstairs, near the entrance to the dungeon.
It was already daytime and the sun was shining brightly. Aladdin ran as fast as he could to his city. When he entered the house, his mother was sitting in the middle of the room and weeping bitterly. She thought her son was no longer alive. As soon as Aladdin slammed the door behind him, he fell unconscious from hunger and fatigue. His mother sprinkled water on his face, and when he woke up, she asked:
Where have you been and what happened to you? Where is your uncle and why did you come back without him?
- This is not my uncle at all, this is an evil sorcerer, - Aladdin said in a weak voice. - I will tell you everything, mother, but first give me something to eat.
Mother fed Aladdin boiled beans - she didn't even have bread! - and then she said:
"Now tell me what happened to you."
- I was in the dungeon and found wonderful stones there, - said Aladdin and told his mother everything that had happened to him.
Then he looked into the bowl where the beans were and asked:
- Do you have anything else to eat, mother?
- I have nothing, my child. You ate everything I cooked for today and tomorrow. I was so worried about you that I couldn't work at all, and I don't have yarn to sell in the market.
- Do not worry, mother, - said Aladdin. - I have a lamp, which I took in the dungeon. True, it is old, but it can still be sold.
He took out the lamp and gave it to his mother. The mother took it, examined it and said:
“I’m going to clean it up and take it to the market.” Maybe they'll give us enough for her to eat dinner.
She took a rag and a piece of chalk and went out into the yard. But as soon as she began to rub the lamp with a rag, the earth suddenly shook and a terrible genie appeared.
Aladdin's mother screamed and fell unconscious. Aladdin heard a scream. He ran out into the yard and saw that his mother was lying on the ground, the lamp was lying next to her, and in the middle of the yard there was a genie of such huge growth that his head was not visible, and his body was blocking the sun.
As soon as Aladdin raised the lamp, the thunderous voice of the genie rang out:
- O lord of the lamp, I am at your service! Order - you will receive!
Aladdin had already begun to get used to the genies and was not too scared. He raised his head and shouted as loudly as possible so that the genie could hear him:
- Who are you, O genie, and what can you do?
- I am Maimun Shamkhurash! I am the slave of the lamp and the slave of the one who owns the lamp, replied the genie. Demand whatever you want from me. If you want me to destroy a city or build a palace, give orders!
When he spoke, Aladdin's mother came to her senses. Seeing the genie, she again screamed in horror. But Aladdin put his hand to his mouth and shouted:
“Bring me two fried chicken and something good and then get out, otherwise my mother is afraid of you!”
The genie disappeared and soon brought a table covered with a beautiful tablecloth. On it stood twelve golden dishes with all kinds of delicious foods and two jugs of water.
Aladdin and his mother began to eat and ate until they were satisfied.
- Oh, mother, - said Aladdin, when they ate, - this lamp must be protected and not shown to anyone. It will bring us happiness and wealth.
- Do as you like, - said the mother, - but I don't want to see this terrible genie anymore.
A few days later, Aladdin and his mother again had nothing to eat. Then Aladdin took a golden dish, went to the market and sold it for a hundred gold pieces.
Since then, Aladdin went to the market every month and sold one dish. He learned the value of expensive things and realized that every pebble he picked up in the underground garden is worth more than any precious stone that can be found on earth.
One morning, when Aladdin was in the market, a herald came into the square and shouted:
- Lock the shops and enter the houses! Let no one look out the windows! Now Princess Budur, the daughter of the Sultan, will go to the bathhouse, and no one should see her!
The merchants rushed to close the shops, and the people, pushing, ran from the square.
Aladdin really wanted to look at the princess. Everyone in the city said that there was no girl in the world more beautiful than her. Aladdin quickly went to the bathhouse and hid behind the door so that no one could see him.
The whole area was suddenly empty. Soon a crowd of girls on gray mules under golden saddles appeared in the distance. And in the midst of them, a girl rode slowly, dressed more magnificently and more elegantly than all the others, and the most beautiful. This was Princess Budur.
She dismounted from the mule and, walking two paces from Aladdin, entered the bathhouse. And Aladdin wandered home, sighing heavily. He could not forget about the beauty of Princess Budur.
“The truth is that she is more beautiful than all the girls,” he thought. “If I don’t marry her, I will die.”
Arriving home, he threw himself into bed and lay there until evening. When his mother asked him what was the matter with him, he only waved his hand at her. Finally, she stuck to him so much that he could not stand it and said:
- Oh, mother, I want to marry Princess Budur! Go to the Sultan and ask him to marry Budur to me.
- What are you saying! - the old woman exclaimed. - You must have baked your head with the sun! Is it ever heard of the sons of tailors marrying the daughters of sultans? Eat better and sleep. Tomorrow you won't even think about such things.
- I don't want to have dinner! I want to marry Princess Budur! - shouted Aladdin. - Please, mother, go to the Sultan and woo me!
- I have not yet lost my mind to go to the Sultan with such a request, - said Aladdin's mother.
But Aladdin begged her until she agreed.
“All right, son, I’ll go,” she said. “But you know that they don’t come to the Sultan empty-handed. What good can I do for him?
Aladdin jumped out of bed and shouted cheerfully:
- Don't worry about it, mother! Take one of the golden dishes and fill it with the gems I brought from the underground garden. It will be a good present for the Sultan. He probably doesn't have stones like mine.
Aladdin grabbed the largest dish and filled it to the top with precious stones. His mother looked at them and covered her eyes with her hand: these stones sparkled so brightly.
- With such a gift, perhaps, it’s not a shame to go to the Sultan, - she said. - I just don’t know if my tongue will turn to say what you ask. But I will muster up the courage and try.
- Try, mother, - said Aladdin. - Go quickly! Aladdin's mother covered the dish with a thin silk scarf
and went to the Sultan's palace.
“How am I going to talk to the Sultan about such a thing? - she thought. - Who are we to woo the daughter of the Sultan? I simple woman, and my husband was a poor man, and suddenly Aladdin wants to become the son-in-law of the great Sultan! No, I don't have the courage to ask for it. Of course, the Sultan might like our precious stones, but he probably has so many of them. It's good if they just beat me up and kick me out of the couch *. As long as they don't put me in a dungeon."
So she spoke to herself, heading to the Sultan's divan through the streets of the city. Passers-by looked with surprise at the old woman in a holey dress, whom no one had yet seen near the Sultan's palace. The boys jumped around and teased her, but the old woman paid no attention to anyone.
She was so poorly dressed that the gatekeepers at the gates of the palace tried not even to let her into the sofa. But the old woman slipped them a coin and slipped into the yard.
Soon she came to the sofa and stood in the farthest corner. It was still early, and there was no one on the couch. But little by little it was filled with grandees and noble people in colorful robes. The Sultan came last of all, surrounded by negroes with swords in their hands. He sat on the throne and began to sort out cases and receive complaints. The tallest slave stood next to him and drove away flies from him with a large peacock feather.
When all the affairs were over, the Sultan waved his handkerchief - this meant: "The end!" - and left, leaning on the shoulders of blacks.
And Aladdin's mother returned home without saying a word to the Sultan.
The next day she again went to the sofa and left again without saying anything to the Sultan. She went the next day too - and soon got used to going to the sofa every day.
Finally the sultan noticed her and asked his vizier:
- Who is this old woman and why does she come here? Ask her what she needs and I will grant her request.
The vizier approached Aladdin's mother and shouted:
- Hey, old woman, come here! If you have any request, the Sultan will fulfill it.
Aladdin's mother trembled with fear and almost dropped the dish from her hands. The vizier led her to the sultan, and she bowed low to him, and the sultan asked her:
Why do you come here every day and don't say anything? Tell me what you need
Aladdin's mother bowed again and said:
- O Lord Sultan! My son Aladdin sends you these stones as a gift and asks you to give him your daughter, Princess Budur, as his wife.
She pulled a handkerchief from the dish, and the whole sofa was lit up like stones sparkled.
- O vizier! - said the Sultan. - Have you ever seen such stones?
“No, oh lord sultan, I didn’t see it,” the vizier answered. The Sultan was very fond of jewelry, but he did not have a single stone, similar topics sent to him by Aladdin. Sultan said:
- I think that a person who has such stones can be my daughter's husband. What do you think, vizier?
When the vizier heard these words, he envied Aladdin with great envy: he had a son whom he wanted to marry Princess Budur, and the sultan had already promised him to marry Budur to his son.
- O lord sultan, - said the vizier, - you should not give the princess for a person whom you do not even know. Maybe he has nothing but these stones. Let him give you forty more of the same dishes filled with precious stones, and forty slaves to carry these dishes, and forty slaves to guard them. Then we will know whether he is rich or not.
And the vizier thought to himself: “It is impossible that anyone could get all this! Aladdin will be powerless to do this, and the Sultan will not give his daughter for him.
- You have a good idea, vizier! - shouted the Sultan and said to the mother of Aladdia: - Did you hear what the vizier says? Go and tell your son: if he wants to marry my daughter, let him send forty golden dishes with the same stones, forty slaves and forty slaves.
Aladdin's mother bowed and returned home. Seeing that his mother did not have a dish in her hands, Aladdin said: - Oh, mother, I see that you spoke with the Sultan today. What did he answer you?
“Ah, my child, it would be better if I didn’t go to the Sultan and not talk to him! - answered the old woman. - Just listen to what he told me ...
And she gave Aladdin the words of the Sultan. But Aladdin laughed with joy and exclaimed:
- Calm down, mother, this is the easiest thing!
He took the lamp and rubbed it. When the mother saw this, she ran into the kitchen so as not to see the genie. And the genie immediately appeared and said:
“O sir, I am at your service. What do you want? Demand - you will receive!
- I need forty golden dishes full of precious stones, forty slaves to carry these dishes, and forty slaves to guard them, - said Aladdin.
- It will be done, oh lord, - answered Maimun, the slave of the lamp. - Perhaps you want me to destroy the city or build a palace? Order!
“No, do what I told you,” Aladdin replied. And the lamp slave disappeared.
Soon he reappeared. Behind him were forty beautiful slaves. Each one held a golden dish with precious stones on her head, and behind the slaves were tall, beautiful slaves with drawn swords in their hands.
- Here is what you demanded, - said the genie and disappeared.
Then Aladdin's mother came out of the kitchen and examined the slaves and slaves. Then, joyful and proud, she led them to the Sultan's palace.
All the people ran to watch this procession. The guards in the palace froze in amazement when they saw these slaves and slaves.
Aladdin's mother led them straight to the Sultan. They all kissed the ground in front of the Sultan and, removing the dishes from their heads, put them in a row.
- O Vizier, - said the Sultan, - what is your opinion? Is not the one who has such wealth worthy to become the husband of my daughter, Princess Budur?
- Worthy, O Lord! - answered the vizier, sighing heavily.
- Go and tell your son, - said the Sultan to Aladdin's mother, - that I accepted his gift and agree to marry Princess Budur to him. Let him come to me: I want to meet him.
Aladdin's mother hurriedly bowed to the Sultan and ran home so fast that the wind could not keep up with her. She ran to Aladdin and screamed:
- Rejoice, son! The Sultan accepted your gift and agrees that you become the husband of the princess! He said it in front of everyone! Go to the palace at once: the sultan wants to meet you.
- Now I'll go to the Sultan, - said Aladdin. - And now go away: I'll talk to the genie.
Aladdin took the lamp, rubbed it, and immediately Maimun, the slave of the lamp, appeared. Aladdin told him:
- Bring me forty-eight white slaves: this will be my retinue. And let twenty-four slaves go ahead of me, and twenty-four behind me. And also bring me a thousand gold and the best horse.
- It will be done, - said the genie and disappeared. He got everything Aladdin told him to. and asked:
- What else do you want? Do you want me to destroy the city or build a palace? I can do everything.
- No, not yet, - said Aladdin.
He jumped on his horse and rode to the Sultan. In the market square, where there were a lot of people, Aladdin took a handful of gold from a bag and threw it into the crowd. Everyone rushed to catch and pick up coins, and Aladdin threw and threw gold until his bag was empty. He drove up to the palace, and all the nobles and close associates of the Sultan met him at the gate and escorted him to the sofa. The Sultan rose to meet him and said:
- Welcome, Aladdin! I heard that you want to marry my daughter? I agree. Have you prepared everything for the wedding?
- Not yet, O Lord Sultan, - Aladdin replied. - I have not built a palace for Princess Budur.
- And when will the wedding be? - asked the Sultan. - After all, the palace will not be built soon.
- Do not worry, Sultan, - said Aladdin. - Wait a bit.
- And where are you going to build a palace? - asked the Sultan. - Do you want to build it in front of my windows, here on this wasteland?
"As you wish, Sultan," Aladdin replied.
He said goodbye to the Sultan and went home with all his retinue.
At home, he took the lamp, rubbed it, and when the genie Maimun appeared, he said to him:
- Build me a palace, but one that has not yet been on earth! Can you do it?
- I can! - exclaimed the genie in a voice like thunder. - It will be ready by tomorrow morning.
And in fact: the next morning, a magnificent palace towered among the wasteland. Its walls were made of gold and silver bricks, and the roof was diamond. Aladdin walked around all the rooms and said to Maimun:
- You know, Maimun, I came up with a joke. Break down this column and let the sultan think we forgot to put it up. He will want to build it himself and will not be able to do it. Then he will see that I am stronger and richer than him.
- Well, - said the genie and waved his hand. The column immediately disappeared, as if it had never been.
- Now, - said Aladdin, - I will go and bring the Sultan here.
And in the morning the Sultan went to the window and saw the palace, which shone and sparkled so much that it was painful to look at it. The Sultan ordered the vizier to be called and showed him the palace.
- Well, vizier, what do you say? he asked. “Is he worthy to be my daughter’s husband who built such a palace in one night?”
- O Lord Sultan! the Vizier shouted. “Can't you see that this Aladdin is a sorcerer? Beware lest he take your kingdom from you!
“You say all this out of envy,” the Sultan told him. At this time, Aladdin entered and, bowing to the Sultan,
asked him to inspect the palace.
The sultan and the vizier walked around the palace, and the sultan greatly admired its beauty. Finally, Aladdin led the guests to the place where Maimun had broken the pillar. The vizier immediately noticed that one column was missing and shouted:
- The palace is not finished! One column is missing here!
- It doesn't matter, - said the Sultan. - I'll put up this column myself. Call the master builder here!
“Better not try, Sultan,” the vizier said quietly to him, “you can’t do it.” Look: these columns are so high that you can't see where they end. And they are lined with precious stones from top to bottom.
- Shut up, vizier! - the Sultan said proudly. - Can't I put one such column?
He ordered all the masons that were in the city to be called, and gave them his precious stones. But they weren't enough. Upon learning of this, the Sultan became angry and shouted:
- Open the main treasury, take away all the precious stones from my subjects! Isn't all my wealth enough for one column?
But a few days later the builders came to the Sultan and reported that the stones and marble were only enough for a quarter of the column. The Sultan ordered to cut off their heads, but still did not set up a column. Upon learning of this, Aladdin said to the Sultan:
- Do not be sad, Sultan! The column is already in place and I have returned all the gems to their owners.
On the same evening, the Sultan arranged a magnificent celebration on the occasion of the wedding of Aladdin with Princess Budur. Aladdin and his wife began to live in a new palace.
And the Maghribian returned to his place in Ifriqiya and grieved and grieved for a long time. He had only one consolation left. “Since Aladdin died in the dungeon, then the lamp is in the same place. Maybe I can get her without Aladdin, he thought.
And then one day he wanted to make sure that the lamp is intact and is in the dungeon. He read fortunes in the sand and saw that the lamp was no longer in the dungeon. The Magribinian was frightened and began to guess further. He saw that Aladdin escaped from the dungeon and lives in his hometown.
The Maghrebian quickly got ready to go and went through the seas, mountains and deserts to distant Persia. He rode for a long time and finally arrived in the city where Aladdin lived.
Magribin went to the market and began to listen to what people were saying. In the market, there was only talk about Aladdin and his palace.
The Magribian walked around, listened, and then approached the seller of cold water and asked him:
Who is this Aladdin that everyone is talking about here?
- It is immediately clear that you are not from here, - the seller answered, - otherwise you would know who Aladdin is: this is the richest man in the whole world, and his palace is a real miracle!
Magribin handed the seller gold and said to him:
- Take this golden one and do me a favor. I really am a stranger in the city, and I would like to see Aladdin's palace. Lead me to this palace.
The seller of water led the Maghribian to the palace and left, and the Maghribin walked around the palace and examined it from all sides.
“Such a palace could only be built by a genie, a lamp slave. The lamp must be in this palace, he thought.
Magribinian thought for a long time how to take possession of the lamp, and finally came up with an idea.
He went to the coppersmith and said to him:
- Make me ten copper lamps, but quickly. Here's five gold coins for you.
- I listen and obey, - the coppersmith answered. - Come in the evening, the lamps will be ready.
In the evening, the Magribinian received ten brand new copper lamps that shone like gold. As soon as dawn broke, he began to walk around the city, shouting loudly:
- Who wants to exchange old lamps for new ones? Who has old copper lamps? I change to new ones!
The people followed the Maghreb in a crowd, and the children jumped around him and shouted:
- Crazy, crazy!
But the Maghribian paid no attention to them.
Finally he came to the palace. Aladdin was not at home at the time. He went hunting, and only his wife, Princess Budur, was in the palace.
Hearing the cry of the Maghrebian, Budur sent a servant to find out what was the matter. The servant returned and said to her:
- This is some kind of crazy: he changes new lamps for old ones.
Princess Budur laughed and said:
It would be nice to know if he is telling the truth or lying. Do we have some old lamp in the palace?
- There is, mistress, - said one maid. - I saw a copper lamp in the room of our master Aladdin. She's all turned green and no good.
- Bring this lamp, - ordered Budur. - Give it to this madman, and let him give us a new one.
The maid went out into the street and gave the magic lamp to the Maghrebian, and in return received a brand new copper lamp. The Magribinian was very happy that his cunning had succeeded, and he hid the lamp in his bosom. Then he bought a donkey in the market and left. Having left the city, the Maghreb man rubbed the lamp and, when the genie Maimun appeared, shouted to him:
- I want you to move Aladdin's palace and everyone in it to Ifriqiya! And take me there too!
- Will be done! - said the genie. - Close your eyes and open your eyes - the palace will be in Ifriqiya.
- Hurry, genie! - said Maghribian.
And before he had time to finish, he saw himself in his garden in Ifriqiya, near the palace. That's all there is to it so far.
And the Sultan woke up in the morning, looked out the window and suddenly sees - the palace has disappeared. The Sultan rubbed his eyes and even pinched his arm to wake up, but the palace was gone.
The Sultan did not know what to think. He began to cry and moan loudly. He realized that some kind of trouble had happened to Princess Budur. At the cries of the Sultan, the vizier came running and asked:
- What happened to you, Sultan? Why are you crying?
- Don't you know anything? - shouted the Sultan. - Well, look out the window. Where is the palace? Where is my daughter?
- I don't know, my lord! replied the frightened vizier.
- Bring Aladdin here! - shouted the Sultan. - I will cut off his head!
At this time, Aladdin was just returning from hunting. The servants of the Sultan went out into the street and ran towards him.
- Forgive us, Aladdin, - said one of them. - The Sultan ordered to tie your hands, put you in chains and bring you to him. We cannot disobey the Sultan.
Why is the sultan angry with me? - asked Aladdin. - I did him nothing bad.
A blacksmith was called, and he put Aladdin's legs in chains. A crowd gathered around Aladdin. The inhabitants of the city loved Aladdin for his kindness, and when they found out that the Sultan wanted to cut off his head, everyone fled to the palace. And the Sultan ordered Aladdin to be brought to him and said to him:
- Is my vizier telling the truth that you are a sorcerer and a deceiver? Where is your palace and where is my daughter Budur?
- I don't know, oh lord sultan! - answered Aladdin. - I am not guilty of anything before you.
- Cut off his head! shouted the Sultan.
And Aladdin was again taken out into the street, and the executioner followed him.
When the inhabitants of the city saw the executioner, they surrounded Aladdin and sent to tell the Sultan: “If you do not have mercy on Aladdin, we will destroy your palace and kill everyone who is in it. Free Aladdin, otherwise you will have a bad time!”
The Sultan was frightened, called Aladdin and told him:
“I spared you because the people love you. But if you don't find my daughter, I'll still cut off your head! I give you forty days.
- Well, - said Aladdin and left the city.
He did not know where to go and where to look for Princess Budur, and out of grief he decided to drown himself; I reached a large river and sat down on the bank, sad and mournful.
Thinking, he dipped his right hand into the water and suddenly felt that a ring was falling from his little finger. Aladdin quickly picked up the ring and remembered that this was the same ring that the Maghrebian put on his finger.
Aladdin completely forgot about this ring. He rubbed it, and the genie Dakhnash appeared before him and said:
- O lord of the ring, I am in front of you! What do you want? Order!
- I want you to move my palace to its original place! Aladdin said.
But the genie, the servant of the ring, lowered his head and answered:
- Oh sir, I can't do that! The palace was built by the slave of the lamp, and only he alone can move it. Ask me for something else.
- If so, - said Aladdin, - take me to where my palace is now.
"Close your eyes and open your eyes," said the genie. Aladdin closed and opened his eyes again. And found myself in the garden
in front of his palace. He ran up the stairs and saw Budur, who was crying bitterly. Seeing Aladdin, she screamed and cried even louder - now with joy. She told Aladdin about everything that had happened to her and then said:
- This Magribinian came to me many times and persuaded me to marry him. But I do not listen to the evil Magribian, but I cry about you all the time.
Where did he hide the magic lamp? Aladdin asked.
- He never parted with her and always keeps with him, - answered Budur.
- Listen, Budur, - said Aladdin, - when the Magribin comes to you again, be kinder to him. Ask him to have dinner with you, and when he begins to eat and drink, pour this sleeping powder into his wine. As soon as he falls asleep, I will enter the room and kill him.
- He should come soon, - said Budur. - Follow me, I'll hide you in a dark room; and when he falls asleep, I will clap my hands - and you will come in.
As soon as Aladdin managed to hide, a Maghribian entered Budur's room. She greeted him cheerfully and said affably:
- Oh, my lord, wait a little. I'll dress up, and then you and I will have dinner together.
The Magribin went out, and Budur put on her best dress and prepared food and wine. When the sorcerer returned, Budur told him:
- O my lord, promise me today to fulfill everything that I ask of you!
- Well, - said the Magribin.
Budur began to treat him and drink wine. When he got a little drunk, she told him:

Give me your cup, I'll take a sip from it, and you drink from mine.
And Budur gave the Maghrebian a goblet of wine, into which she poured sleeping powder. The Magribinian drank it and immediately fell down, stricken with sleep, and Budur clapped her hands. Aladdin was just waiting for this. He ran into the room and, swinging, cut off the head of the Maghribian with his sword. And then he took out a lamp from his bosom, rubbed it, and immediately Maimun, the slave of the lamp, appeared.
- Take the palace to its original place! Aladdin ordered him.
A moment later, the palace was already standing in front of the Sultan's palace. The Sultan at that time sat at the window and wept bitterly for his daughter. He immediately ran to the palace of his son-in-law, where Aladdin and his wife met him on the stairs, crying with joy.
The Sultan asked Aladdin for forgiveness for wanting to cut off his head...
Aladdin lived happily ever after in his palace with his wife and mother until death came to them all.
That's the end of the fairy tale Aladdin and the magic lamp, and whoever listened - well done!

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Long ago lived in the desert lands of Agrabah evil person named Jafar. Although he was a powerful vizier, the second person in the kingdom after the good old Sultan, he wanted even more power, more wealth!
And one night, Jafar with his parrot Iago went to the hot desert to meet there with a little fat thief named Gazim. Jafar has heard rumors of a mysterious lamp hidden in the Cave of Wonders. It was an unusual lamp: a magical genie lived inside it, fulfilling the three wishes of the owner of the lamp. The entrance to this cave could only be found by someone who collects a medallion in the form of a scarab beetle. One half of the medallion was with Jafar, and he hoped that Gazim would bring him the second.
And so it happened. As soon as Jafar connected the two halves, a terrible roar was heard in the silence of the desert, and the scarab shone with gold, jumped from Jafar's hand and flew.
- Follow him! Jafar called to his horse.
The rider raced after the magical scarab until it stopped. Then a huge tiger's head rose noisily out of the sand. Shocked, Jafar and Gazim saw the tiger open its mouth and speak:
- The great treasure that you are looking for is inside ... But only a heart that is pure, like an uncut diamond, can enter there! she finished.
“Well, Gazim, you are completely uncut with us,” Jafar grinned evilly and pushed the thief right into his mouth.
- Get me a lamp! he ordered.
But the mouth slammed shut, and Gazim was never seen again.
“Hmmm…” thought the heartless Jafar, returning to the city.
- We'll have to resort to witchcraft to find this rough diamond, this poor and innocent little soul that the tiger spoke of!
Only such a person will be able to enter the mouth and return alive and with a lamp.
Meanwhile, a young man named Aladdin and his monkey Abu wandered around the city bazaar in search of breakfast. Aladdin and Abu didn’t have a penny for their souls, but they really wanted to eat, and they had to “borrow” an apple from a fruit merchant when he turned away.
Here are just a merchant they came across vigilant, and immediately shouted:
- Stop the thief!
And the guards of the Sultan rushed in pursuit of our couple.
The Sultan himself did not have a good day either. His charming but stubborn daughter and her pet tiger Raja were rude to the young prince who came to ask for her hand.
- Jasmine, keep yourself polite! the father pleaded.
“You know you are legally required to marry a prince before your next birthday.
Jasmine retired to the garden and began to talk to her tiger:
"Oh, Raja," she said.
- What should I do? I want to marry for love, not because the law says so. I have to run!
And Jasmine, dressed in simple clothes, climbed over the wall of the garden, waving goodbye to the sad Raja.
Once in the market of Agrabah, Jasmine looked wide-eyed. She had never seen so much strange and unusual.
A new world opened up to her.
Suddenly she noticed a small beggar boy who was looking with hungry eyes at the fruit stand. Without hesitation, Jasmine took an apple from the counter and gave it to the baby. Seeing this, the fruit vendor grabbed her hand.
"You better pay for this, you little thief," he growled.
- But I do not have money! Jasmine muttered in confusion.
Fortunately for the girl, Aladdin was nearby, who hurried to her rescue.
“Forgive my poor sister,” he said to the fruit merchant.
- She's not right in the head. She didn't mean to steal anything. I'm just taking her to the healer.
- What else is it? Another beggar?! the merchant roared.
But Aladdin had already grabbed Jasmine by the hand and was lost with her in the crowd.
He took her to his rooftop hideout, high above the streets.
"We're safe here," he smiled and asked:
- Where did you come from?
“She ran away from home,” Jasmine replied.
My father wants to force me to marry.
They talked and talked, and Aladdin suddenly felt that he had fallen in love with this charming girl.
Meanwhile, the evil Jafar went up to the palace tower to consult with the magic hourglass.
Show me someone who can bring me a lamp. Show me a pure, like an uncut diamond, soul!
The falling grains of sand swirled, and a smiling youth appeared between them.
- Aladdin.
- Guard! Bring him to my palace immediately,” Jafar ordered.
The palace guards quickly found Aladdin's hideout and captured him.
- You have no right! - Jasmine shouted to the head of the guard Rasul.
"Princess Jasmine," he choked.
- What are you doing here?
“The order for the arrest was given by Jafar himself,” said one of the guards to Jasmine and took Aladdin away.
- Princess Jasmine? - only Aladdin could squeeze out of himself.
Jasmine sought out Jafar and attacked him:
- Your people arrested my friend today.
He saved my life and I want him released immediately.
“I'm sorry, princess,” Jafar replied with an evil grin, “but my people thought he was a thief and cut off his head.
Hearing this, Jasmine ran to her chambers and burst into tears.
But Jafar lied. Aladdin is not dead. He was thrown into the palace dungeon, and then Abu crept in there, not noticed by the guards. Aladdin was sitting and remembering the beautiful princess, when suddenly Jafar, dressed as an old prisoner, came out of the shadows and spoke to him.
- I'll help you get out of here if you help me get one old, useless lamp!
Aladdin agreed, and soon they were free.
After long road through the desert, the old man led Aladdin to the tiger's head.
"My lamp is inside," he told Aladdin.
- Bring it to me, but don't touch anything else! Nothing!
Beneath the stone tiger was a cave full of gold and jewels. Wide-eyed, Aladdin walked along it and looked for a lamp. And everywhere a strange magic rug followed him surreptitiously.
And when Aladdin finally noticed the lamp and already extended his hand to it ...
... as the naughty Abu grabbed a huge ruby.
- No, Abu! Aladdin screamed.
- We shouldn't touch anything here!
But it was too late: the walls of the cave began to collapse, and liquid lava began to rise from its bottom. And if not for the help of the magic rug, Aladdin and Abu would never have been able to escape.
Aladdin and Abu almost made it to the top when the angry old man burst out laughing, grabbed the lamp from Aladdin and pushed him down. But Abu managed to jump on Aladdin's shoulder and bite Jafar in the hand, so much so that he dropped the lamp, and it rolled after Aladdin. Then the cave closed.
Luckily, Aladdin and Abu landed safely and the lamp was not damaged.
“I would like to know why the old man needed this lamp,” Aladdin said and rubbed it, trying to get a better look.
Suddenly, the lamp lit up and a gigantic figure emerged from it.
- Who are you? Aladdin asked in surprise.
"I am the genie of the lamp," replied the genie.
"It can't be," said Aladdin.
- If you're a real genie, get us out of here now.
"With pleasure," Jinn smiled.
And in the blink of an eye, they were on the surface.
- Perhaps, you really are a genie, - said Aladdin.
- Can I make my three wishes?
"Yes," replied the wizard.
Aladdin remembered again beautiful princess Jasmine.
- I want ... I want to become a prince!
And... at that very moment, Aladdin turned into an elegant Prince Ali and went to the Sultan's palace.
Aladdin fearlessly entered the palace and announced to the Sultan that he wanted to marry his daughter.
- My name is Ali, I am a very rich prince from distant lands, - he lied.
Jasmine didn't recognize him. She thought it was just another pompous stupid prince...
In the evening, Jasmine stood on her balcony and thought about the poor young man Aladdin, whom she met in the market. And then something incredible happened.
Prince Ali appeared in front of her on a magic carpet and invited her to ride under the moon. It was impossible to resist, because she had never flown on magic carpets before.
Aladdin arranged for Jasmine to take a long walk over the moonlit city.
- How handsome and courteous he is, - thought the princess.
... and very much resembles that poor fellow that I met at the market.
But the insidious Jafar followed them and came up with a cunning plan.
“I know what to do,” he said to Iago the parrot.
As soon as Aladdin said goodbye to Jasmine, Jafar's guards grabbed him...
... tied up and thrown into the sea. Fortunately, Aladdin managed to free one hand and rub the lamp hidden in the turban. When the Genie appeared before him, Aladdin made his second wish:
- Genie, please save me!
After getting rid of Prince Ali, Jafar hypnotized the poor Sultan with his snake staff. Jafar wanted to marry Princess Jasmine and become Sultan himself.
Suddenly the door swung open and Aladdin burst into the room. Pulling the staff from the astonished Jafar's hands, he broke it on the floor. But in the heat of the fight, he lost his turban, and a magic lamp rolled out of it. Jafar grabbed her with a lightning bolt and hissed:
“So poor Aladdin and Prince Ali are the same person!” Well, now I have the lamp, and with it all the power!
When Jafar rubbed the lamp, Jin emerged from it.
“Now I am your master,” said Jafar. - I order you to turn the Sultan and his family into my slaves!
And the Sultan turned into a servant, Jasmine shrunk so much that she could be planted in hourglass, and Raja turned into a kitten.
- I am the most powerful man in the world! Jafar laughed.
- Not at all! Aladdin called out to him.
- There is someone more powerful than you
- Genie!
"You're right," said Jafar.
I don't want anyone to be stronger than me. I wish to become the most powerful genie in the world.
And so it happened, but…
… Jafar forgot that all genies live in lamps and must listen to their master. And before he could do anything, a black lamp appeared out of thin air and encased Jafar. Aladdin's plan worked! The Genie quickly restored Jasmine, Sultan and Raja to their former state.
Then he threw Jafar's lamp into a deep gorge in the deserted mountains.
Jasmine rushed to Aladdin.
- My hero! she said, kissing him.
- Most real hero The Sultan smiled.
“Whether you are a prince or not, you have a noble heart and have earned the right to marry my daughter.
Everyone was so happy that Aladdin used his last wish to free the Genie.
- I'll miss you! - Aladdin said when the Genie went to see the world.

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Arabic folk tale

Aladdin and the magic lamp

A poor tailor once lived in a Persian city.

But most of all they loved to tease some fool or cripple - they jumped around him and shouted: "Possessed, possessed!" And they threw stones and rotten apples at him.

But he did not think about how to somehow help his mother, and came home only to eat and sleep.

Here's the one I'm looking for. I experienced many misfortunes before I found him.

Are you not the son of Hassan, the tailor?

I, - answered Aladdin, - but my father died long ago.

Hearing this, the Maghribian hugged Aladdin and began to cry loudly and beat his chest, shouting:

Then the Maghribian gave Aladdin two dinars** and said:

Aladdin ran to his mother and told her everything that the Maghreb man ordered, but the mother got angry:

You only know how to laugh at me. Your father didn't have a brother, where did you suddenly get an uncle from?

How can you say that I don't have an uncle! Aladdin screamed. This man is my uncle. He hugged me and cried and gave me these dinars. He will come to dinner with us tomorrow.

The next day, Aladdin's mother borrowed dishes from the neighbors and, having bought meat, herbs and fruits at the market, prepared a good dinner.

Aladdin this time spent the whole day at home, waiting for his uncle.

In the evening there was a knock at the gate. Aladdin rushed to open it. It was a Maghribian and with him a servant who carried outlandish Maghribin fruits and sweets. The servant put his burden on the ground and left, and the Maghribian entered the house, greeted Aladdin's mother and said:

Please show me the place where my brother sat at dinner.

O wife of my brother, do not be surprised that you have never seen me. I left this city forty years ago, I have been in India, in the Arab lands, in the lands of the Far West and in Egypt, and have traveled for thirty years. When I wanted to return to my homeland, I said to myself: “O man, you have a brother, and he may be in need, but you still have not helped him in any way. Look for your brother and see how he lives ". I set off and traveled many days and nights, and at last I found you. And now I see that my brother died, but after him there was a son who would work in his place and feed himself and his mother.

Aladdin sat all red with joy and could not utter a single word, only nodded his head: "Yes, yes!" When the Maghrebian left, Aladdin immediately went to bed so that morning would come sooner, but he could not fall asleep and tossed and turned from side to side all night. As soon as dawn broke, he jumped out of bed and ran out the gate to meet his uncle. He did not keep himself waiting long.

First of all, she and Aladdin went to the bathhouse. There they washed Aladdin and kneaded his joints so that each joint clicked loudly, then they shaved his head, perfumed him and gave him rose water and sugar to drink. After that, the Maghrebian took Aladdin to the shop, and Aladdin chose all the most expensive and beautiful for himself - a yellow silk robe with green stripes, a red cap embroidered with gold, and high morocco boots lined with silver horseshoes. True, the legs were cramped in them - Aladdin put on boots for the first time in his life, but he would never agree to take off his shoes.

His head under the cap was all wet, and sweat rolled down Aladdin's face, but everyone saw how Aladdin was wiping his forehead with a beautiful silk handkerchief.

Finally, he could not stand it and asked:

Uncle, when are we having lunch? There is not a single shop or tavern here, and you did not take anything with you from the city. You only have an empty bag in your hands.

Do you see that high mountain up ahead? - said Maghribian. - We are going to this mountain, and I wanted to rest and eat at its foot. But if you are very hungry, you can have lunch here.

Where do you get lunch? Aladdin was surprised.

You'll see, - said Magribin.

They sat down under a tall cypress tree, and the Maghreb man asked Aladdin:

What would you like to eat now?

Aladdin's mother cooked the same dish for dinner every day - boiled beans with hemp oil. Aladdin was so hungry that he answered without hesitation:

Give me some boiled beans with butter.

Would you like some fried chicken? - asked Maghribin.

I want to, - Aladdin said impatiently.

Would you like rice with honey? - continued Maghribin.

I want, - shouted Aladdin, - I want everything! But where do you get all this, uncle?

From the sack, - said the Magribinian and untied the sack.

Aladdin looked into the bag curiously, but there was nothing there.

Where are the chickens? Aladdin asked.

Saying this, the Maghribian took out one dish after another from the bag, and Aladdin, with wide eyes, looked at the magic bag.

Eat, - the Maghrebian said to Aladdin. “This bag contains all the food you could possibly want. It is worth putting your hand into it and saying: "I want lamb, or halva, or dates" - and all this will be in the bag.

What a miracle, - said Aladdin, stuffing a huge piece of bread into his mouth. - It would be nice for my mother to have such a bag.

If you obey me, - said the Magribinian, - I will give you a lot of good things. Now let's drink pomegranate juice with sugar and move on.

Where? Aladdin asked. - I'm tired and it's late. Go home.

No, nephew, - said the Magribinian, - we definitely need to get to that mountain today. Listen to me, for I am your uncle, your father's brother. And when we get home, I will give you this magic bag.

Aladdin really did not want to go - he had a hearty lunch, and his eyes were stuck together. But when he heard about the bag, he parted his eyelids with his fingers, sighed heavily and said:

Okay, let's go.

O Aladdin, - said the Magribinian, - pick up thin and dry branches on the road - I need to make a fire. When the fire starts, I'll show you something that no one has ever seen.

Oh Aladdin, he said, I want to make a man out of you and help you and your mother. Do not contradict me and do everything that I tell you. And now - look.

He opened the box and poured a yellowish powder into the fire. And immediately huge pillars of flame rose from the fire to the sky - yellow, red and green.

Listen, Aladdin, listen carefully, - said Magribin. - Now I will start reading spells over the fire, and when I finish, the earth will part in front of you, and you will see a large stone with a copper ring. Take hold of the ring and roll away the stone. You will see a staircase that leads down to the ground. Go down it and you will see the door. Open it and go ahead. And whatever threatens you, don't be afraid. Various animals and monsters will threaten you, but you can boldly go straight to them. As soon as they touch you, they will drop dead. So you go through three rooms. And in the fourth you will see an old woman, she will gently talk to you and want to hug you. Don't let her touch you - otherwise you will turn into a black stone. Behind the fourth room you will see a large garden. Go through it and open the door at the other end of the garden. Behind this door will be a large room full of gold, gems, weapons, and clothes. Take for yourself what you want, and bring me only the old copper lamp that hangs on the wall in the right corner. You will know the way to this treasury and become richer than anyone in the world. And when you bring me a lamp, I will give you a magic bag. On the way back, this ring will protect you from all troubles.

And he put a small shiny ring on Aladdin's finger.

Aladdin went dead with horror when he heard about the terrible beasts and monsters.

Uncle, - he asked the Maghrebian, - why don't you want to go down there yourself? Go get your own lamp, and take me home.

“What should I do?” Aladdin thought. “If I don’t go, this terrible sorcerer will probably kill me. I’d better go down to the treasury and bring him his lamp. Maybe then he really will give me a bag. !"

I'll give, I'll give! - exclaimed Maghribin. He threw more powder on the fire and began to cast spells in an incomprehensible language. He read louder and louder, and as he shouted out the last word at the top of his voice, there was a deafening roar, and the earth parted before them.

Raise the stone! shouted the man from Magribin in a terrible voice.

Having reached the last step of the stairs, he saw a wide iron door and pushed it open. The door slowly opened, and Aladdin entered a large room, into which a faint light penetrated from somewhere far away. In the middle of the room stood a terrible Negro in a tiger skin. Seeing Aladdin, the Negro silently rushed at him with a raised sword. But Aladdin remembered well what the Magribian told him, - he extended his hand, and as soon as the sword touched Aladdin, the Negro fell to the ground lifeless. Aladdin went on, though his legs gave way. He pushed open the second door and froze in place. Right in front of him stood, baring his terrible mouth, a ferocious lion. The lion crouched down with his whole body to the ground and jumped straight at Aladdin, but as soon as his front paw touched the boy's head, the lion fell to the ground dead. Aladdin was sweating from fright, but still went on. He opened the third door and heard a terrible hiss: in the middle of the room, curled up in a ball, lay two huge snakes. They raised their heads and, sticking out their long forked stings, slowly crawled towards Aladdin, hissing and writhing. Aladdin could hardly resist not to run away, but in time he remembered the words of the Maghreb and boldly went straight to the snakes. And as soon as the snakes touched Aladdin's hand with their stings, their sparkling eyes went out and the snakes lay dead on the ground.

At last you have come, Aladdin, my boy! How long have I been waiting for you in this dark dungeon!

Aladdin jumped back in horror and slammed the door behind him. When he regained consciousness, he opened it again and saw that there was no one in the room.

Aladdin walked across the room and opened the fifth door.

In front of him was a beautiful, brightly lit garden, where thick trees grew, flowers were fragrant, and fountains spouted high above the pools.

Aladdin liked the stones so much that he almost forgot about the lamp. But when there was nowhere else to put the stones, he remembered the lamp and went to the treasury. It was the last room in the dungeon - the largest. There were piles of gold, piles of expensive materials, precious swords and cups, but Aladdin did not even look at them - he did not know the value of gold and expensive things, because he had never seen them. Yes, and his pockets were filled to the brim with stones, and he would not give even one stone for a thousand gold dinars. He took only the lamp that the Maghreb man had told him about - an old, greenish copper lamp - and wanted to put it in the deepest pocket, but there was no room: the pocket was filled with pebbles. Then Aladdin poured out the pebbles, put the lamp in his pocket, and again put pebbles on top, as much as he could. The rest he somehow shoved into his pockets.

Then he came back and with difficulty climbed the stairs. When he reached the last step, he saw that it was still a long way to the top.

Give me the lamp! - said Maghribian.

I can't get it, it's under the rocks," Aladdin replied. "Help me out and I'll give it to you!"

Oh so, won't you give me the lamp? he shouted. - Stay in the dungeon and die of hunger, and even if your own mother does not know about your death!

He threw the rest of the powder from the box into the fire and uttered some incomprehensible words - and suddenly the stone itself closed the hole, and the earth closed over Aladdin.

This Maghribian was not Aladdin's uncle at all - he was an evil wizard and a cunning sorcerer. He lived in the city of Ifriqiya, in western Africa, and he became aware that somewhere in Persia lies a treasure underground, protected by the name of Aladdin, the son of the tailor Hassan. And the most valuable thing in this treasure is a magic lamp. It gives the one who owns it such power and wealth that no king has. No one but Aladdin can get this lamp. Any other person who wants to take it will be killed by the guards of the treasure or turned into a black stone.

For a long time, the Magribinian wondered on the sand, until he found out where Aladdin lives. He endured many disasters and torments before he got from his Ifriqiya to Persia, and now, when the lamp is so close, this nasty boy does not want to give it away! But if he comes to earth, he may bring other people here! It was not for this that the Magribinian waited so long for the opportunity to take possession of the treasure in order to share it with others. Let no one get the treasure! Let Aladdin die in the dungeon! He doesn't know that this lamp is magical...

And the Maghribian went back to Ifriqiya, full of anger and annoyance. And that's all that happened to him so far.

And Aladdin, when the earth closed over him, wept loudly and shouted:

Uncle help me! Uncle, get me out of here! I will die here!

Aladdin had no hope of salvation, and he prepared to die.

Who are you? Who are you? Aladdin shouted, covering his face with his hands so as not to see the terrible genie. - Spare me, don't kill me!

I am Dahnash, the son of Kashkash, the head of all genies, - the genie answered. “I am the slave of the ring and the slave of the one who owns the ring. I will do whatever my master commands.

Aladdin remembered the ring and what the Maghrebian had said, giving him the ring. He gathered his courage and said:

I want you to lift me to the surface of the earth!

And before he had time to utter these words, he found himself on the ground near an extinct fire, where he and the Magribin had been at night. It was already daytime and the sun was shining brightly. It seemed to Aladdin that everything that had happened to him was just a dream. He ran home with all his might and, out of breath, went in to his mother. Aladdin's mother sat in the middle of the room, her hair down, and wept bitterly. She thought her son was no longer alive. Aladdin, barely slamming the door behind him, fell unconscious from hunger and fatigue. His mother sprinkled water on his face, and when he came to, she asked:

Oh Aladdin, where have you been and what happened to you? Where is your uncle and why did you come back without him?

This is not my uncle at all. This is an evil sorcerer,” Aladdin said in a weak voice. - I'll tell you everything, mother, but first give me something to eat.

Mother fed Aladdin with boiled beans - she didn’t even have bread - and then said:

Now tell me what happened to you and where did you spend the night?

I was in the dungeon and found wonderful stones there.

And Aladdin told his mother everything that had happened to him. Having finished the story, he looked into the bowl where the beans were and asked:

Do you have anything else to eat, mother? I am hungry.

Do not grieve, mother, - said Aladdin. - I have a lamp that I took in the dungeon. True, it is old, but it can still be sold.

He took out the lamp and gave it to his mother. The mother took the lamp, examined it, and said:

I’ll go and clean it and take it to the market: maybe they’ll give enough for it that we’ll have enough for dinner.

She took a rag and a piece of chalk and went out into the yard. But as soon as she began to rub the lamp with a rag, the earth trembled and a huge genie appeared in front of her. Aladdin's mother screamed and fell unconscious. Aladdin heard a scream and noticed that the room had gone dark. He ran out into the courtyard and saw that his mother was lying on the ground, the lamp was lying nearby, and in the middle of the courtyard was a genie, so huge that his head was not visible. He blotted out the sun, and it became dark as at twilight.

Aladdin raised the lamp, and suddenly a thunderous voice rang out:

O lord of the lamp, I am at your service.

Aladdin had already begun to get used to the genies and therefore was not too scared. He raised his head and shouted as loudly as possible so that the genie could hear him:

Who are you, O genie, and what can you do?

Bring us two fried chicken and some good stuff, then get out. And my mother is afraid of you. She's not used to talking to genies yet.

The genie disappeared and in a moment brought a table covered with a beautiful leather tablecloth. On it stood twelve golden dishes with all kinds of delicious foods, and two jugs of rose water, sweetened with sugar and chilled with snow. The lamp slave put the table in front of Aladdin and disappeared, and Aladdin and his mother began to eat and ate until they were satisfied. Aladdin's mother cleared the rest of the food from the table, and they began to talk, munching on pistachios and dry almonds.

Do as you like, my child, - said the mother, - but I don’t want to see this genie anymore: he’s very scary and disgusting.

Aladdin happily ran home. From now on, as soon as they ran out of money, Aladdin went to the market and sold the dish, and he and his mother lived without needing anything. Aladdin often sat in the market in the shops of merchants and learned to sell and buy. He learned the price of all things and realized that he had got great wealth and that every pebble that he picked up in the underground garden was worth more than any precious stone that could be found on earth.

One morning, when Aladdin was in the market, a herald came into the square and shouted:

O people, close your shops and enter your houses, and let no one look out of the windows! Now Princess Budur, the daughter of the Sultan, will go to the bathhouse, and no one should see her!

She threw back the veil from her face, and it seemed to Aladdin that in front of him was the shining sun. He involuntarily closed his eyes.

The princess stepped off the mule and, walking two paces from Aladdin, entered the bathhouse. And Aladdin wandered home, sighing heavily. He could not forget about the beauty of Princess Budur.

“The truth is that she is the most beautiful in the world,” he thought. “I swear on my head, let me die the most terrible death if I don’t marry her!”

Oh mother, I want to marry Princess Budur, otherwise I will perish. If you don't want me to die, go to the Sultan and ask him to marry Budur to me.

I don't need a lamb! I want to marry Princess Budur? Aladdin screamed. - For the sake of my life, O mother, go to the Sultan and marry me to Princess Budur.

Oh son, - said Aladdin's mother, - I have not lost my mind to go to the Sultan with such a request. I haven't forgotten who I am and who you are.

But Aladdin begged his mother until she got tired of saying no.

Well, well, son, I'll go, - she said. “But you know that no one comes to the Sultan empty-handed. And what can I bring suitable for his Sultan's Majesty?

Aladdin jumped out of bed and shouted cheerfully:

Don't worry about it, mother! Take one of the golden dishes and fill it with the gems I brought from the garden. It will be a gift worthy of the Sultan. He certainly doesn't have stones like mine!

With such a gift, perhaps, it is not a shame to go to the Sultan, - she said.

I just don’t know if my tongue will turn to say what you ask. But I will muster up the courage and try.

Try, mother, but soon. Go and don't hesitate.

Aladdin's mother covered the dish with a thin silk scarf and went to the Sultan's palace.

“Oh, they will drive me out of the palace and beat me, and take away the stones,” she thought.

Or maybe they'll go to jail."

When all the work was done, the Sultan waved his handkerchief - this meant the end - and left, leaning on the shoulders of the blacks.

And Aladdin's mother returned home and said to her son:

Well, son, I had the courage. I went into the sofa and stayed there until it ran out. Tomorrow I will talk to the Sultan, be calm, but today I did not have time.

And the Sultan finally noticed that some old woman with a large dish in her hands comes to the sofa every day. And one day he said to his vizier:

O vizier, I want to know who this old woman is and why she comes here. Ask her what is her business, and if she has any request, I will fulfill it.

I listen and obey,” said the vizier. He went up to Aladdin's mother and shouted:

Hey, old woman, talk to the Sultan! If you have any request, the Sultan will fulfill it.

O old woman, why do you come to the sofa every day and say nothing? Tell me what you need

Hear me, O Sultan, and do not marvel at my words,” said the old woman. "Before I tell you, promise me mercy."

You will have mercy, - said the Sultan, - speak.

Aladdin's mother once again kissed the ground in front of the Sultan and said:

Oh Lord Sultan! My son Aladdin sends you these stones as a gift and asks you to give him your daughter, Princess Budur, as his wife.

She pulled a handkerchief from the dish, and the whole sofa was lit up like stones sparkled. And the vizier and the sultan were dumbfounded at the sight of such jewels.

O Vizier, said the Sultan, have you ever seen such stones?

No, O lord sultan, I didn’t see it,” the vizier replied, and the sultan said:

I think that a person who has such stones is worthy to be my daughter's husband. What is your opinion, vizier?

O lord sultan, - said the vizier, - it is not befitting for your majesty to give the princess in marriage to a man whom you do not even know. Maybe he has nothing but these stones, and you will marry your daughter to a beggar. In my opinion, the best thing is to demand from him that he give you forty of the same dishes filled with precious stones, and forty slaves to carry these dishes, and forty slaves to guard them. Then we will know whether he is rich or not.

And the vizier thought to himself: "It is impossible that anyone could get all this. He will be powerless to do this, and I will get rid of him."

You have thought well, o vizier! the Sultan shouted and said to Aladdin's mother:

Did you hear what the vizier says? Go and tell your son: if he wants to marry my daughter, let him send forty golden dishes with the same stones, and forty slaves, and forty slaves.

Aladdin's mother kissed the ground in front of the Sultan and went home. She walked and said to herself, shaking her head:

Where does Aladdin get all this from? Well, let's say that he goes to the underground garden and picks up more stones there, but where will the slaves and slaves come from? So she talked to herself all the way until she reached the house. She came in to Aladdin sad and embarrassed. Seeing that his mother did not have a dish in her hands, Aladdin exclaimed:

Oh mother, I see you spoke to the Sultan today. What did he say to you?

Oh my child, it would be better for me not to go to the Sultan, and not to talk to him, - the old woman answered. - Just listen to what he told me.

And she told Aladdin the words of the Sultan, and Aladdin laughed with joy.

Calm down, mother, - he said, - this is the easiest thing.

He took the lamp and rubbed it, and when the mother saw this, she ran into the kitchen so as not to see the genie. And the genie now appeared and said:

O lord, I am at your service. What do you want? Demand - you will receive.

I need forty golden dishes full of precious stones, forty slaves to carry these dishes, and forty slaves to guard them, - said Aladdin.

It will be done, O lord, replied Maimun, the slave of the lamp. - Maybe you want me to destroy the city or build a palace? Order.

No, do what I told you, - Aladdin answered, and the lamp slave disappeared.

In a very short time he reappeared, followed by forty beautiful slave girls, each holding a golden platter with precious stones on her head. The slaves were accompanied by tall, handsome slaves with drawn swords.