ALADDIN.

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ee was the only child of a poor tailor named
. Mustafa. Hewas an idle fellow, and would not work,
nor learn any trade, but spent all his time in the streets.
Mustafa fell ill and died, and then Aladdin and his mother
were poorer thanever. One day, as Aladdin was lounging
through the streets, a man came up, and clasping him in
his arms told Aladdin that he was his uncle, his father’s
younger brother. He made much of the boy, and one
morning took him for a long walk in the country. At a
certain place he told Aladdin to build a fire, and he did so;
when the fire and smoke died away, there was seen a great
flat stone with a ring in the centre. The pretended uncle,
who was really a magician, told Aladdin to lift the stone
and go down into the cavern, and bring him the lamp he
would find there. Aladdin did as he was told, and passed
through a garden ablaze with jewels, many of which he
picked up and put in his pockets and in the bosom of his
shirt, where he placed the lamp. When he came to the
steps he asked the magician to give him his hand. But
this the magician would not do until Aladdin first gave him
the lamp. This Aladdin refused to do, and the magician

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