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Aladdin and his mother live in a One day, Aladdin is playing with The man speaks to Aladdin.
small town. Aladdin has no father. his friends. • “Is your father Mustafa the
His father is dead. His mother A man is watching him. He is a driver?”
works very hard, but Aladdin never magician and a bad man. “Yes,” Aladdin answers, “but
helps her. He plays in the street. he’s dead now. Who are you?”
The magician isn’t Aladdin’s uncle, Aladdin runs home and gives the
but he says, “I’m your uncle.” money to his mother. “A man
He gives Aladdin some money. wants to give this to you,” he says.
“Take this to your mother,” he “He’s my uncle.”
says. “You haven’t got an uncle,” his
mother says. “Who is this man?”
Two days later, the magician
comes again. He gives Aladdin a lot
of money.
“Take this money to your
mother,” he says. “ She can buy
food with it. I want to have dinner
with you tonight.”
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 Aladdin gives the money to his Aladdin’s mother doesn’t know the
mother. She buys food, and makes man, but she likes the fruit and
a very good dinner. nice things.
The magician comes to dinner. “Maybe this man my
He brings a lot of fruit and nice husband’s brother,” she thinks.
things.

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They have dinner. The magician
asks Aladdin, “ Do you work? Do
you go to school?”
Aladdin doesn’t answer.
His mother says, “My son isn’t
very good. He doesn’t work or go
to school.”
The magician looks at Aladdin. They go to the shops. The magician
“That’s bad,” he says. “Why don’t buys some fine new clothes for
you work? Maybe you want to Aladdin.
work in a shop. I can buy a shop Aladdin is happy. He likes his
and you can work in it. But first new clothes. He likes his “uncle” ,
you want some new clothes.” too.
The magician takes Aladdin out of
the town.
“We’re going to see a beautiful
garden,” he says, “but first we
want a fire.”
Aladdin helps, and they start a
fire. The magician throws
something on the fire.
Black smoke comes from the fire. “There are beautiful things under The stone comes up, and Aladdin
Aladdin sees a big blue stone under the stone,” the magician says, “but sees a dark hole.
the fire and the smoke. There is a only a young boy can get them. “Go down there,” says the
ring in the stone. There’s a magic garden. A man magician.
“Pull the ring,” the magician can’t go there, but a boy can. Pull “Are you coming with me,
says. the ring!” uncle? It’s very dark!”
“I’m afraid,” Aladdin says. Aladdin pulls the ring. “N o,” the magician says. “Only
you can go.”
The magician tells Aladdin, “There are a lot of trees in the
“There’s a door down the hole. garden, Aladdin. You can take
Open it. Behind the door there’s a some fruit from the trees. In the
big room. The room has a second big room there is a table. There’s a
door. The garden is behind that lamp on the table. I want it. You
door.” can have the fruit, but bring the
lamp to me.”
“Can’t you help me?” Aladdin asks.
The magician takes a ring from
his finger and gives it to Aladdin.
“Take this ring. It can help you.
Now go down into the hole.”

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 Aladdin goes down the hole. The
ring is on his right hand. Down,
down he goes. It is very dark. He
finds the first door and opens it and
he walks across the big room. He
finds the lamp on the table and
takes it.
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Then he opens the second door and Aladdin takes some of the jewels.
walks into the garden. He looks at “I can come and get a lot of these
the trees. He can’t see any fruit. pretty things later,” he thinks.
There are a lot of fine jewels on the “But now my uncle wants this
trees. They shine - red, blue, green lamp.”
and yellow jewels.
Aladdin goes out of the garden and “Give me the lamp first,” the
across the big room. magician says.
The magician is waiting. “I can’t,” Aladdin says. “I’ve got
“Please help me. I can’t get out a lot of fruit in my arms!”
of the hole, uncle,” Aladdin says.
The magician is angry. “The boy
knows it’s a magic lamp,” he
thinks.
He throws something on the fire.
The stone moves and closes the
hole.
Aladdin is in the dark, and he
can’t see.
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Aladdin is afraid. “ Help!” he cries Two days later, Aladdin is cold and He hears a big voice.
“Please help me, uncle! Take the hungry and afraid. “/ amthe slave of the ring,” the
lamp. It’s yours. I don’t want it.” “Why can’t I get out of this voice says. “ Younibbed the
But there isn’t an answer. The hole?” he thinks. “I’m very cold. and here I am! I am your slave.
magician isn’t there. My hands are cold!” What do you want?”
He rubs his hands. He rubs his “Please take me home,” Aladdin
right hand with his left hand - and says.
he rubs the ring!
In a second, Aladdin is at home His mother says, “Oh, Aladdin, “Yes,” his mother says. “We can
with his mother. He tells her the there isn’t any food in the house. sell the lamp, but first I want to
story of the magician and the I haven’t got any money.” clean it.”
garden. She looks at the lamp and Aladdin looks at the lamp in his She takes the lamp and rubs it.
the jewels. hand. He says, “You can sell this Suddenly a very big genie is with
Aladdin says, “I’m hungry, old lamp, and we can buy food with them.
mother. Can I have some food, the money.” “I am the genie of the lamp.
please?” What do you want?”
 Aladdin’s mother is afraid. She The food is very good. The plates
can’t say anything, but Aladdin and cups are gold. Aladdin and his
says, “We’re hungry. Bring some mother eat the food. Later Aladdin
food.” takes the gold plates and cups to
Suddenly the genie isn’t there. In the market and sells them.
a second he is there again with a Now he and his mother have a
wonderful dinner. lot of money.
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It is ten years later. Aladdin is a
fine young man.
One day he is in the city. He sees
a beautiful girl on a horse. She is
the sultan’s daughter.
Aladdin goes home. In the sultan’s palace, she gives the
“Mother,” he says. “I love the jewels to the sultan.
sultan’s daughter. I want to marry “These jewels are from my son,”
her.” she says. “He wants to marry your
“Oh!” his mother says. “Maybe daughter, the princess.”
we can ask the sultan.”
She remembers the jewels, and
she takes them to the sultan’s
palace.
The sultan looks at the jewels.
“They’re very fine jewels!” he says
“Very fine! Your son is a very rich
man. I can see that. And he loves
my daughter. He can marry her -
in three months.”

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 Aladdin’s mother goes home and Two months later, a very rich man
tells Aladdin. He is very happy. speaks to the sultan. “My son is
He thinks, “In three months I very rich,” he says. “ He wants to
am going to marry the beautiful marry the princess.”
princess.” The sultan forgets Aladdin. He
says to the rich man, “Your son can
marry my daughter.”

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One day, Aladdin’s mother is in the
street. People are dancing and
playing music.
“What’s happening?” she asks.
“ Don’t you know?” people say.
“Tonight the princess is going to
marry a rich man’s son.”
She runs home, and tells Aladdin. At once the princess and the rich
He is very sad, and goes to his man’s son are in Aladdin’s house.
room with the magic lamp. He rubs Aladdin puts the rich man’s son
it. in a dark room. It is a cold room,
The genie is there at once. and the man is afraid.
Aladdin says, “Bring the princess
and the rich man’s son to me.”
Aladdin says to the princess,
“ Don’t be afraid. I love you, and
I want to marry you. Now you are
going home to the palace.”
He rubs the lamp.

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w

In a second, the princess and the He tells Aladdin.

rich man’s son are in the palace. “Good,” Aladdin says. “Now
The rich man’s son says to the bring forty bags of jewels and forty
sultan, “I’m afraid. I don’t want slaves.”
to marry the princess.” The genie says a magic word. At
The genie of the lamp is once forty slaves are there. They
listening. are carrying bags of jewels.
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Aladdin’s mother goes to the palace
with the slaves and the jewels. She
says to the sultan, “ Don’t you
remember my son, Aladdin? These
jewels are from him. Now can he
marry your daughter?”
“Maybe,” the sultan says, “but In the morning, Aladdin goes to the The sultan likes Aladdin, too. He
first I want to see him. He can sultan’s palace on a beautiful white says, “Aladdin, you can marry my
come to my palace tomorrow.” horse. He has fine new clothes. daughter. But first give her a
The princess sees him, and she beautiful palace.”
loves him.

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That night, Aladdin rubs the magic
lamp. He tells the genie, “I want a
beautiful palace. Put flowers in the
gardens and beautiful things in the
rooms.”
In the morning, the sultan looks
out of his window.
He sees a very fine palace, and he Two years later, the magician
says to Aladdin, “Now you can comes to their city again. He wants
marry my daughter.” the magic lamp. “Aladdin has it,”
Aladdin and the princess marry. he thinks.
They are very happy. He buys some new lamps. He
walks along the streets, and he
calls, “New lamps for old! New
lamps for old!”
Aladdin is not at home. The The magician is happy. Aladdin comes home. The palace
princess hears the call, “New lamps “Now I’ve got the magic lamp,” isn’t there! He can’t find the
for old!” She thinks, “Aladdin’s he thinks. princess. He can’t find the magic
lamp is old.” She doesn’t know it is He takes the lamp behind the lamp. He is sad and afraid.
a magic lamp. She gives it to the palace, and rubs it. He says to the Then he remembers the ring!
magician. genie. “Take the princess and
Aladdin’s palace to Samarkand.”
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 He rubs the ring. “He’s a magician, and a very bad The magician comes to the palace.
“What do you want?” the slave of man,” Aladdin says. “ Let’s get the The princess puts the poison in
the ring asks. lamp from him. Listen. He’s going his cup. He drinks it. And in a
“Take me to the princess.” to come back, of course. Say to second he is dead! The lamp is on
At once he is with her, and she him, ‘Would you like a cup of tea?’ the floor beside him.
tells him the story of the man with Here’s a little bottle of poison. Put
the lamps. the poison in the magician’s cup.”
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Aladdin runs into the room. He The sultan looks out of his window.
gets the lamp, and rubs it. “What’s that?” he says. “ It’s
“What do you want?” the genie Aladdin’s palace! And here’s my
asks. dear daughter!”
Aladdin says, “Take us and the He is very happy.
palace to our city.” The princess runs to her father.
“A bad magician took our palace,”
she says. “But Aladdin found me,
and now the magician is dead.
Father, I love Aladdin.”
“Yes, of course, my dear.”
Aladdin and the princess, and
Aladdin’s mother and the sultan are
very happy.
Questions
A (pages 2 to 5) Give very short
answers to the questions.
Example: Who is dead?
Answer: Aladdin’s father.
1 Who works very hard?
2 Who can do magic?
3 Who carries money to his mother?
4 Who answers the question, “Do
you work?”
5 Who has some fine new clothes?

B (pages 6 to 9) Answer the questions.

Begin your answer with: He
Example: What does Aladdin see
under the fire and the
smoke?
Answer: He sees a big blue stone.
1 What does Aladdin see in the
stone?
2 What does the magician take from
his finger?
3 What does Aladdin find on the
table?
4 What does Aladdin see on the a Where is Aladdin?
trees? b What is the beautiful girl
5 What does Aladdin have in his doing?
arms? c Who is she?

C (pages 10 to 12) D (pages 13 to 16) Find the words,

and then answer the questions.
Example: Look at the first picture
on page 10. Where is the Example: “I want to marry her.”
lamp? a Who says it?
Answer: It is in Aladdin’s left hand. b Who does he say it to?
Answer:
1 Look at the second picture on page
a Aladdin says it.
10.
b He says it to his mother.
Where is the ring?
2 Look at the first picture on page 1 “He wants to marry your
11 . daughter.”
a Where is Aladdin? a Who says it?
b What is he carrying? b Who hears it?
3 Look at the second picture on page 2 “Your son is a very rich man.”
11. a Who says it?
a Where is the lamp? b Who hears it?
b What is happening? 3 “What’s happening?”
4 Look at the second picture on page a Who says it?
12 . b Who answers the question?
a Where is Aladdin? 4 “Now you are going home to the
b What is he selling? palace.”
a Who says it?
.
5 Look at the third picture on page
12 b Who does he say it to?
5 “Now bring forty bags of jewels a Who is speaking to the genie?
and forty slaves.” b Which genie is it?
a Who says it? 5 Page 19, picture 3:
b Who does he say it to? a Who is in the picture?
b What is on his right hand?

E (pages 17 to 19) Look at the pictures

and answer the questions.
Example: Page 17, picture 2: F (pages 20 and 21) Finish the
a Who is on the horse? answers to the questions.
b Where is he going? Example: How does Aladdin find
Answer: the princess?
a Aladdin. (The slave of the ring
b He is going to the sultan’s ...)
palace. Answer: The slave of the ring takes
1 Page 18, picture 1: him to her.
a Who is looking out of the 1 How does the princess kill the
window? magician?
b What is he looking at? (She puts . . . )
2 Page 18, picture 3: 2 How does Aladdin’s palace get back
a Who is in the picture? to the city?
b What is he calling? (The genie of the . . . )
3 Page 19, picture 1: 3 How does the sultan hear the story?
a Who is listening to the (His daughter . . . )
magician? 4 How does the story end?
b What is the magician holding? (Aladdin, the princess, the sultan
4 Page 19, picture 2: and Aladdin’s mother are . . . . )
One day a man gives Aladdin some money and
says that he is his uncle. But the man is really an
evil magician who wants Aladdin to find an old
lamp for him. He tells Aladdin that he will find it
in a magic garden where jewels grow on trees like
fruit. . .