Reading Diary B [Arabian Nights]

         In order to save her own life  Scheherazade continues to tell her husband, the Sultan, charming stories.

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 1:

• One day, a man claiming to be Aladdin's uncle came forth to visit him. The man, a magician, tells Aladdin to tell his mother who knew his father had a brother but thought he was dead.
• The uncle tells his mother that he had been out of the country for 40 years. He lavishes Aladdin with presents, as if to gain his trust.
• The man takes him on a long journey. He gives him a ring and tells him to find a lamp. When he did the Uncle demands the treasure but Aladdin denies him. It turns out that he was no uncle, he was just a magician using Aladdin as a pawn for this great lamp. He leaves Persia forever but forgets the ring needed to control the genie in the lamp. 

"What wouldst thou with me? I am the Slave of the Ring, and will obey thee in all things." Genie

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Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 2:

• Aladdin goes home to his mother, whom he tells about the lamp. She begs him to sell it for she believes that its evil. He refuses and they live without poverty for many years.
• One day, the Sultan orders everyone to stay at home so his princess can go for a bath. With the desire to see her, Aladdin hid behind the door, saw her unveiled face, and fell in love instantly.
• He tells her mother to ask the Sultan for Aladdin to marry his daughter. She goes to the palace every day for a week bearing magic fruit inside a napkin. She goes unnoticed until the sixth day. 
• She finally is able to show the Sultan her gifts but the vizir wanted the princess for his own son. He told the Sultan to withhold her for three months, hoping his son would make for a better present. 
• Aladdin waited patiently but one night, they find out that the princess is to marry the vizir's son. Desperate, he asks the genie to bring him the bride and groom. 
• He brings back the bed containing the pair and Aladdin tells her that he is her rightful husband while sending the vizir's son out in the cold. The genie then puts them back in the palace.

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 3:

• The princess and the vizer's son break up in fear of another night. At the end of the three month mark, Aladdin's mom comes back to remind the Sultan of his promise. 
• The Sultan, displeased buy his impoverished life, asks that before he to marry his daughter, he bring 80 slaves bearing treasure. He asked the genie to do so. He also asks him to build a palace suitable for the princess.
• He was made captain of all the Sultan's armies, won wars, and lived in content for many years. Meanwhile, the vizir's resentment grows.

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 4:

• The magician hears of Aladdin's triumphs and comes for his demise. He devises a plan to sell new lamps for old in which the princess hands him the genie.
• Everything is gone, the magician sends Aladdin back to poverty while the palace and the princess are whisked to Africa.
• The Sultan gives him 40 days to find the princess.
• Aladdin asks the genie after rubbing the ring to save his life. He hesitantly tells him that he cannot, he must ask the slave of the lamp. But he is able to transport him to his wife's window.

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 5:

• Aladdin and the princess reunite and she tells him what happened. The magician carries the lamp with him. 

"He wishes me to break my faith with you and marry him, saying that you were beheaded by my father's command. He is forever speaking ill of you, but I only reply by my tears. If I persist, I doubt not that he will use violence." Princess

•  He tells the princess to play like she has forgotten China and will make things right by the magician. She asks to taste the wines of Africa. He goes to his cellar, she puts powder in his cup, and he dies. 

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 6:

• The magician is dead and Aladdin has the lamp again. All is well but not for long, turns out he had a brother, more evil than he. The brother travels to China to avenge his brother's death. 
• He disguises himself as a holy woman, Fatima who tells the princess of a Roc egg. Wanting to give his wife everything she desires, he asks the genie.
• The genie tells Aladdin of the evil brother's plan. Aladdin fakes a head ache and kills the brother claiming he is Fatima.
• All is well, he even succeeded the Sultan and they lived happily ever after.