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privately i q mm ror Home minutes.
Then to Aladdin’s mother he said, ** My
good woman, I will indeed make your
son happy by marrying him to the

princess my daughter, as soon as he
shall send me forty large basins of massive

gold, quite full of the same sort of things
which you have already presented me with

from him, brought by an equal number
of black slaves, each of whom shall be

led by a white slave, young, well-made,
handsome, and richly-dressed. These
are the conditions upon which I am ready

to bestow upon him the Princess my
daughter. Go, my good woman, and I

will wait till you bring me his answer.”
Full of disappointment, Aladdin’s
mother made her way home, and told

her son the news of the Sultan’s strange
wish. But Aladdin only smiled, and

when his mother had gone out, he took
the lamp and rubbed it, when the Genius
instantly appeared and Aladdin com­

manded him to lose no time in bringing
the present which the Sultan had wished

for. The Genius only said that his
commands should be at once obeyed, and

then disappeared*
In a very short time the Genius returned