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READING #3
There once lived a poor tailor who had a son called
Aladdin, a careless, idle boy xx1xx would
do nothing but play all day long in the streets with little idle boys like
himself. This so grieved the father that xx2xx
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 xx3xx him if he was not the son of
Mustapha the tailor. "I am, sir," replied Aladdin; "but he xx4xx
a long while ago." On this the stranger, who was a famous magician, fell
on his neck and kissed him saying: "I am your uncle, and xx5xx
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 xx6xx,
but I always thought he was dead." However, she prepared supper, and told
Aladdin to seek his uncle, who came laden with wine and fruit. He fell
down and kissed the place where Mustapha used to sit, telling Aladdin's
mother not to be xx7xx at not having seen
him before, as he had been out of the country for forty years. 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
had learned xx8xx trade, he offered to get
a shop for him and stock it with merchandise. The next xx9xx
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 xx10xx
his mother, who was overjoyed to see her son dressed so fine.
Adapted from Aladdin and the Lamp.
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