Aladdin
Enjoy the famous tale of Aladdin and the wonderful old lamp. This richly illustrated series of retold fairy tales for children aged 5-12 years old will bring an extra dimension to your English teaching. With listening, speaking, reading, writing, and drama activities, Classic Tales graded readers make it easy for you to create complete language lessons around a popular and engaging traditional tale.
Story Summary
The Magician’s Plan
A magician read about a magic lamp with a genie who could do anything. His magic ball told him the lamp was in a cave in China, and only a boy named Aladdin could get it. The magician found Aladdin, whose father was dead and whose mother was poor. Pretending to be Aladdin’s uncle, he gave money to his mother and offered Aladdin work. The magician took him to the hills, opened the ground with magic, and told him to bring back the old lamp from a small cave. He gave Aladdin a magic ring for help and sent him inside.
The Magic Lamp and the Jewels
Aladdin found the lamp but took strange fruit from the garden instead of gold. When he refused to give the lamp to the magician, the man angrily trapped him inside. Accidentally rubbing the ring, Aladdin called a red genie, who took him home. His mother cleaned the lamp, and an orange genie appeared, bringing silver trays of food. At the market, Aladdin learned the “fruit” were valuable jewels. When Princess Zadia walked by, Aladdin fell in love. He asked his mother to give the king the jewels and ask for her hand. The king asked her to return in three months.
Winning the Princess
When Aladdin’s mother returned, the king demanded forty more trays of jewels and a gold palace next to his own. Using the genie of the lamp, Aladdin got everything he needed, including fine clothes, a white horse, and a hundred men to give money to the poor. The king, impressed by the gold palace in his garden, agreed to the marriage. Aladdin and Princess Zadia were very happy together. Every day, Aladdin’s men gave food and money to the poor. Far away, however, the magician discovered that Aladdin still had the lamp and decided to steal it back.
The Magician’s Trick
Disguised as a poor man, the magician offered “new lamps for old” near the palace. Princess Zadia, not knowing its power, sent the old lamp to him in exchange for a new one. With the lamp, the magician ordered the genie to take the palace and everything inside to his home far away. When Aladdin returned, the king was furious and ordered his execution. The rope on Aladdin’s hands rubbed the magic ring, summoning the red genie. Aladdin told him to take him to Princess Zadia, who explained the magician wanted to marry her and kept the lamp under his coat.
The Final Victory
Aladdin told Princess Zadia to be kind to the magician and give him a drink that night. She smiled, invited him, and the ladies sang while they drank. Aladdin quietly put something in the magician’s drink, and he soon fell asleep. Aladdin’s men tied him up and carried him out of the palace. Rubbing the magic lamp, Aladdin asked the genie to return the palace and everything in it to China. The king was happy to have his daughter back, and Aladdin and Princess Zadia lived happily together. They never saw the magician again, and peace returned to their lives.
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Sue Arengo
A Storyteller for Young Learners of English
Sue Arengo is a British author who writes wonderful stories for children learning English. She has worked with Oxford University Press for over 20 years, creating books that are fun and easy to read. Many of her books are part of graded reader series like Classic Tales, Dominoes, and Oxford Bookworms.
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