talking The Arabian Nights of remorse at marrying the child of his trusted vizier so he was unusually kind to her Hence he did not say no when she asked if her younger sister Duniazad could join them at the end of the evening so that she could tell her a story before going to bed But there is a condition he said I must be free to listen too What kind of story will it be The kind of story that entertains children and adults kings and queens the rich and the poor the kind of story your grandmother told you when you were a boy Shahrazade answered sweetly When Duniazad entered the royal bedchamber she bowed to Shahriyar kissed her sister Shahrazade and asked her in a low sad voice Shahrazade as this is your last night with us on this earth can you please tell me one of your best stories so that I may remember you forever Duniazad settled at her sister's feet while Shahriyar stretched on his couch put his arms behind his head and felt himself relaxing for the first time in a year Maybe this bride will prove different from all the others he thought to himself as Shahrazade started
Aladdin and the Lamp Once upon a time in a faraway land lived a mischievous lad called Aladdin Aladdin and his mother only had each other for support for Aladdin's father Mustafa the tailor had died when his son was just a child Aladdin's poor mother toiled day and night to feed herself and her son mending clothes and spinning cotton She barely earned enough to put one meal a day on the table Aladdin was easily old enough to help her but he was lazy He never did a stroke of work preferring to roam the streets playing pranks with other good for nothing youths Now one day a tall dark stranger came to the city where Aladdin lived This man was an evil magician well practiced in the dark arts During his long years of training he had learned of a lamp a lamp so powerful that its owner's every wish would instantly be granted Of course there was nothing the magician wanted more than to have this lamp so he had studied long and hard in his attempts to locate it He now knew where it was hidden and he also knew that
