Page 24 - Aladdin, or, The wonderful lamp

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for the rest of our lives.”
Aladdin gave a spring, jumped into

the opening with a willing mind, and
went down to the bottom of the steps.

He found the three halls exactly as the
magician had said* He passed through
them with the greatest care, as he was

fearful he might be killed if he were
careless. He went on to the garden, and

mounted to the terrace without stopping*
He took the lamp, as it stood lighted in
the niche, threw out its contents, and,

observing that it was as the magician
had said, quite dry, he put it into his

bosom. He then came down the terrace
and stopped in the garden to look at the
fruit, which he had only seen for an

instant as he passed along. The trees
of this garden were all full of the most

extraordinary fruit. Each tree bore
fruits of a different colour. Some were

white, others sparkling and transparent,
like crystal; some were red and of

different shades, others green, blue,
violet • some of a yellowish hue, in
short, of almost every colour. The

white were pearls ; the sparkling and
transparent were diamonds ; the deep