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Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

Andrew Lang

A lazy boy is led to a secret cave by a stranger who says he is his uncle, and sent down to fetch an old lamp. When Aladdin rubs it, a genie appears, ready to do whatever its master asks.

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There once lived a poor tailor, who had a son called Aladdin, a careless, idle boy who would do nothing but play all day long in the streets with little idle boys like himself. This so grieved the father that he died; yet, in spite of his mother's tears and prayers, Aladdin did not mend his ways. One day, when he was playing in the streets as usual, a stranger asked him his age, and if he were not the son of Mustapha the tailor.

Es lebte einmal ein armer Schneider, der einen Sohn namens Aladin hatte, einen sorglosen, faulen Jungen, der den ganzen Tag nichts anderes tat, als mit kleinen Taugenichtsen wie ihm selbst auf der Straße zu spielen. Das grämte den Vater so sehr, dass er starb; doch trotz der Tränen und Bitten seiner Mutter besserte sich Aladin nicht. Eines Tages, als er wie gewöhnlich auf den Straßen spielte, fragte ihn ein Fremder nach seinem Alter und ob er nicht der Sohn des Schneiders Mustapha sei.

"I am, sir," replied Aladdin; "but he died a long while ago."

„Das bin ich, Herr“, antwortete Aladin; „aber er ist schon vor langer Zeit gestorben.“

On this the stranger, who was a famous African magician, fell on his neck and kissed him, saying: "I am your uncle, and knew you from your likeness to my brother. Go to your mother and tell her I am coming."

Daraufhin fiel der Fremde, der ein berühmter afrikanischer Zauberer war, ihm um den Hals, küsste ihn und sagte: „Ich bin dein Onkel und habe dich an deiner Ähnlichkeit mit meinem Bruder erkannt. Geh zu deiner Mutter und sage ihr, dass ich komme.“

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  • Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp · English (original)B2 Intermediate · 5,295 words · ~35 min
  • Aladin und die Wunderlampe · GermanB2 Intermediate · 5,401 words · ~35 min
  • Ο Αλαντίν και το μαγικό λυχνάρι · GreekB2 Intermediate · 5,361 words · ~35 min
  • Aladino y la lámpara maravillosa · SpanishB2 Intermediate · 5,367 words · ~35 min
  • Aladin et la lampe merveilleuse · FrenchB2 Intermediate · 5,946 words · ~40 min
  • अलादीन और जादुई चिराग · HindiB2 Intermediate · 6,110 words · ~40 min
  • Aladin dan Lampu Wasiat · IndonesianB2 Intermediate · 4,906 words · ~35 min
  • Aladino e la lampada meravigliosa · ItalianB2 Intermediate · 5,172 words · ~35 min
  • アラジンと魔法のランプ · JapaneseB2 Intermediate
  • 알라딘과 요술 램프 · KoreanB2 Intermediate · 3,823 words · ~25 min
  • Aladdin en de wonderlamp · DutchB2 Intermediate · 5,698 words · ~40 min
  • Aladyn i cudowna lampa · PolishB2 Intermediate · 4,478 words · ~30 min
  • Aladim e a Lâmpada Maravilhosa · PortugueseB2 Intermediate · 5,240 words · ~35 min
  • Aladin și lampa fermecată · RomanianB2 Intermediate · 5,253 words · ~35 min
  • Alaaddin ve Sihirli Lamba · TurkishB2 Intermediate · 3,911 words · ~25 min
  • Aladdin và cây đèn thần · VietnameseB2 Intermediate · 7,018 words · ~45 min
  • 阿拉丁和神灯 · ChineseB2 Intermediate
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