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ignorant or meir vaiue, so maaoin put
them all behind one of the cushions o f
the sofa on which they were sitting.

She, however, felt the greatest horror at
the wickedness of the magician, and she

and Aladdin went to rest filled with
thankfulness at his fortunate escape.

Next morning, when Aladdin awoke,
his first thought was that he was very

hungry, and would like some breakfast.
“ Alas, my child,” replied his mother,
“ I have not a morsel of bread to give

you. You ate last night all the trifling
remains of food in the house. Have,

however, a little patience, and it shall not
be long before I will bring you some. I

have a little cotton of my own spinning,
I will go and sell it, and buy something

for our dinner/*
Keep your cotton, mother,” said
Aladdin, for another time, and give me

the lamp which I brought with me
yesterday. I will go and sell that, and

the money it will fetch will serve us for
breakfast and dinner too, nay, perhaps

also for supper,”
Aladdin’s mother took the lamp from

the place she had put it in. “ Here
k is,” she said to her son, “ but it is,