Bring it out for me, please.”Īladdin wasn’t sure but he went into the cave anyway. It’s yours! Oh, and you’ll see an old lamp in there. “Go inside,” said the man, “you will see lots of gold in there. When the smoke cleared Aladdin could see there was a big hole in the ground, a bit like a cave. The man threw some magic-coloured powder at the ground and bang! Suddenly the air was filled with smoke. They had traveled for hours when the man stopped.Īladdin thought that was odd because there were no houses or people anywhere nearby.
The next day, Aladdin packed his things and left with the man. I will pay him so much that you will not be poor anymore.”Īladdin said, “Please can I go, mum? We do need the money!” What Aladdin and his mother didn’t know was that the man wasn’t a businessman at all. “I am a businessman,” he told Aladdin’s mother, “I have come all the way from Arabia. One day, a rich stranger came looking for Aladdin. Once upon a time, in a little desert hut, lived a boy called Aladdin and his mother.