Aladdin and the Lamp

Maggie (Jianmei) Cao

Author: Judith Dean
When Read: 2010.5.21 - 2010.5.24

Long long ago, there was a young boy in China. His name was Aladdin. He lived with his mother. They were very poor.

One day an old man asked Aladdin to help him find a magic lamp . Aladdin went down into the cave to find the magic lamp.The bad old man just wanted the lamp, but Aladdin is a clever boy and he said "let me out first." The bad old man didn't help Aladdin and he shut Aladdin in the cave. In the cave Aladdin knew this lamp had magic powers. He used the lamp to come back home and become rich and he married a Emperop's daughter.

The bad old man wanted the lamp, and one day when Aladdin was not at home the bad old man beguiled the lamp off Aladdin's wife , and Aladdin's castle disappeared. Aladdin was very angry, and he used the big green genie to find his castle and he caught the bad old man. Later Aladdin, his wife and his mother lived happily .

This story tells us 'Believe oneself. That makes for a wise man.'