Page 19 - Aladdin, or, The wonderful lamp

eat or them and gave him much good
advice the while*

Then beguiling the way by kindness
and, pleasant talk he induced Aladdin

to come with him much further, and
they walked on till they came to a

narrow valley with mountains on all
sides.

This was the spot that the magician
had all along wanted to reach, and to
which he had brought Aladdin for a

secret purpose of his own.
“ W e shall now/5 said he to Aladdin,

“ go no farther, and I shall here shew
you some extraordinary wonders, that

no one besides yourself will ever have
seen. I am now going to strike a light,

and do you, in the meantime, collect all
the dry sticks and leaves that you can

find, in order to make a fire.”
There were so many pieces of dry

sticks scattered about this place, that
Aladdin very soon collected more than
enough, by the time the magician had

lighted his match* He then set them
on fire, and as soon as they were in a

blaze, he threw a certain perfume that
he had ready in his hand upon them. A

dense smoke rose up, while the magician

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