Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp [7]
when
the genie appeared commanded him to bring a roc's egg. The genie
gave such a loud and terrible shriek that the hall shook.
"Wretch!" he cried, "is it not enough that I have done everything
for you, but you must command me to bring my master and hang him
up in the midst of this dome? You and your wife and your palace
deserve to be burnt to ashes, but that this request does not come
from you, but from the brother of the African magician, whom you
destroyed. He is now in your palace disguised as the holy woman,
whom he murdered. He it was who put that wish into your wife's head.
Take care of yourself, for he means to kill you." So saying, the
genie disappeared.
Aladdin went back to the Princess, saying his head ached,
and requesting that the holy Fatima should be fetched to
lay her hands on it. But when the magician came near,
Aladdin, seizing his dagger, pierced him to the heart.
"What have you done?" cried the Princess. "You have
killed the holy woman!" "Not so," replied Aladdin,
"but a wicked magician," and told her of how she had
been deceived.
After this Aladdin and his wife lived in peace.
He succeeded the Sultan when he died, and reigned
for many years, leaving behind him a long line of kings.
End
the genie appeared commanded him to bring a roc's egg. The genie
gave such a loud and terrible shriek that the hall shook.
"Wretch!" he cried, "is it not enough that I have done everything
for you, but you must command me to bring my master and hang him
up in the midst of this dome? You and your wife and your palace
deserve to be burnt to ashes, but that this request does not come
from you, but from the brother of the African magician, whom you
destroyed. He is now in your palace disguised as the holy woman,
whom he murdered. He it was who put that wish into your wife's head.
Take care of yourself, for he means to kill you." So saying, the
genie disappeared.
Aladdin went back to the Princess, saying his head ached,
and requesting that the holy Fatima should be fetched to
lay her hands on it. But when the magician came near,
Aladdin, seizing his dagger, pierced him to the heart.
"What have you done?" cried the Princess. "You have
killed the holy woman!" "Not so," replied Aladdin,
"but a wicked magician," and told her of how she had
been deceived.
After this Aladdin and his wife lived in peace.
He succeeded the Sultan when he died, and reigned
for many years, leaving behind him a long line of kings.
End