Page 36 - Aladdin, or, The wonderful lamp

them with rood tor some days, and wnen
it was all gone Aladdin sold the silver
dishes one by one for their support. In

this way they lived happily for some
years, for Aladdin had been sobered by

his adventure, and now behaved with the
greatest wisdom and prudence. Pie
took care to visit the principal shops and

public places, speaking only with wise
and prudent persons, and in this way he

gathered much wisdom, and grew to be
a courteous and handsome youth besides.

One day, as he was walking in the
city, Aladdin heard a proclamation of the

Sultan, ordering all persons to shut up
their shops and retire into their houses
until the Princess Badroulbadour, the

daughter of the Sultan, had passed by on
her way to the bath, and had again

returned.
Aladdin being hurried along by the
crowd of people hastening to their homes,

found himself in the doorway of a large
building which he guessed to be the baths

where the princess was expected*
He at once placed himself behind the
door, where he was certain not to be

seen, and where he might espy the
princess as she passed.