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The
exciting story of Aladdin and his magic lamp has excited the
minds of readers worldwide – a tale of thievery, love,
genies and magic!
This
single page item is a reproduction of the first page of the
classic story, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp. It makes for
a terrific piece to frame and decorate a study or bedroom
– and would be perfect for any Princess Jasmine fan!
The
page is standard 8.5" x 11" in size and has been
hand antiqued via our own unique paper aging process to achieve
a look you won’t find anywhere else.
The
actual page contains the following text (though please note
that the formatting and font will be different as viewed on
this page – see photo for exact formatting and look!):
Aladdin
and the Wonderful Lamp
There
once lived a poor tailor, who had a son called Aladdin, a
careless, idle boy who would do nothing but play ball all
day long in the streets with little idle boys like himself.
This so grieved the father that he died; yet, in spite of
his mother’s tears and prayers, Aladdin did not mend
his ways. One day, when he was playing in the streets as usual,
a stranger asked him his age, and if he was not the son of
Mustapha the tailor. “I am, sir,” replied Aladdin;
“but he died a long while ago.” On this the stranger,
who was a famous African magician, fell on his neck and kissed
him, saying, “I am your uncle, and knew you from your
likeness to my brother. Go to your mother and tell her I am
coming.” Aladdin ran home and told his mother of his
newly found uncle. “Indeed, child,” she said, “your
father had a brother, butI always thought he was dead.”
However, she prepared supper, and bade Aladdin seek his uncle,
who came laden with wine and fruit. He presently fell down
and kissed the place where Mustapha used to sit, bidding Aladdin’s
mother not to be surprised at not having seen him before,
as he had been forty years out of the country. He then turned
to Aladdin,and asked him his trade, at which the boy hung
his head, while his mother burst into tears. On learning that
Aladdin was idle and would learn no trade, he offered to take
a shop for him and stock it with merchandise. Next day he
bought Aladdin a fine suit of clothes and took him all over
the city, showing him the sights, and brought him home at
nightfall to his mother, who was overjoyed to see her son
so fine.
The
next day the magician led Aladdin into some beautiful gardens
a long way outside the city gates. They sat down by a fountain
and the magician pulled a cake from his girdle, which he divided
between them. They then journeyed onward till they almost
reached the mountains. Aladdin was so tired that he begged
to go back, but the magician beguiled him with pleasant stories,
and led him on in spite of himself. At last they came to two
mountains divided by a narrow valley. “We will go no
farther,” said the false uncle. “I will show you
something wonderful; only do you gather up sticks while I
kindle a fire.” When it was lit
Our
antiqued paper is delicately laced with a subtle hint of gold
in the creases creating an almost magical look. (Although
it’s difficult to catch with a camera, you can see in
the image below how the shimmering is caught in the light)
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