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Story Hour Readers — Book Three by Ida Coe;Alice Julia Christie Dillon
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the palace, carrying the magic fruit as a gift. No one paid any
attention to her.

She went every day for a week, before the Sultan noticed that she was
there.

"Who is the poor woman who comes here every day?" he asked. "Bring her
forward. I wish to speak to her."

Aladdin's mother knelt before the throne and told the Sultan of her
son's love for the Princess. "He sends you this gift," she continued,
presenting the magic fruit.

The Sultan was astonished at the gift. He exclaimed, "Here indeed is a
gift worthy of my daughter! Shall I not give her to the one who sends
it?"

Then the Sultan told Aladdin's mother to return in three months' time,
and he would give the Princess to her son in marriage.

When the time had passed, Aladdin again sent his mother to the Sultan.

"I shall abide by my word," said the Sultan, "but he who marries my
daughter must first send me forty golden basins filled to the brim with
precious stones.

"These basins must be carried by forty black slaves led by forty white
ones, all of them dressed in rich attire."

Aladdin's mother returned home.
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