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Tonight, we'll be reading Aladdin and The Wonderful Lamp, a story out of the Blue Fairy Book

edited by Andrew Lang in 1889.

Aladdin is a Middle Eastern folk tale

and is one of the tales from the book of 100 and one knights, otherwise known as the Arabian Nights.

Since it first appeared in the early 18th century, Aladdin has been one of the best known and most retold of all fairy tales. Let's get cozy. Close your eyes.

eyes.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breath.

Aladdin and the wonderful lamp.

There once lived a poor Taylor 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 Mustafa the Taylor.

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