The big white stone moved again, and now Aladdin could¹ not see the sky. He was² in the dark³, under the ground⁴, and could not get out.

‘Uncle Abanazar! Uncle!' Aladdin hit the stone but nothing moved. ‘Don't leave me here! Please!'

Aladdin put his ear to the stone, but he could hear nothing. ‘I am Aladdin, son of Mustafa,' he said⁵, and listened again. But the stone did⁶ not move.

Then Aladdin began to cry. ‘What am I going⁷ to do?' he thought⁸, and put his head in his hands.

After a time he began to feel hungry, and took⁹ some of the fruit out of his pocket¹⁰. He put some in his mouth, but he could not eat them. ‘These are stones, not fruit,' he thought. ‘I'm going to die¹¹ down here.'

For three days and three nights Aladdin sat¹² on the stairs¹³ and waited, but no help came¹⁴. On the third day he remembered Abanazar's ring on his finger — the ring to protect¹⁵ him. He could not see the ring in the dark so he put his right hand on it ?

WHOOSH¹⁶!

There was a sudden¹⁷ noise, and blue smoke came out of the ring. And then, out of the smoke came a big jinnee.

‘I am here, master¹⁸, I am here,' the jinnee cried. ‘I am the slave¹⁹ of the ring. What is your wish?'

Aladdin was very surprised²⁰, and very afraid. At first he could not speak, then he said, ‘Take me out of here.'

‘To hear is to obey,' the jinnee said, and a second later²¹ Aladdin was back on the hills under the blue sky.

There was nobody²² there, and the fire was cold and black. Happily²³, Aladdin began to walk home.

When he got²⁴ there, his mother was very happy to see him. ‘Oh, Aladdin!' she cried. ‘What happened to you? And where is your uncle?'

白色的巨石重又盖住了洞口，阿拉丁此时看不到天空了。他被关在黑暗的地下，出不去了。

“阿巴那扎尔叔叔！叔叔！”阿拉丁无助地敲打着纹丝不动的巨石，“不要把我丢在这里！求求你！”

阿拉丁把耳朵凑在石头上，但什么都听不到。“我是阿拉丁，穆斯塔法的儿子。”他喊道，然后再凑上去听，但石头还是没有动。

阿拉丁开始哭了。“我该怎么办呢？”他把头埋在两手之中沉思起来。

过了一段时间，他感觉饿了，就从口袋里掏出一些摘来的果子。放进嘴里才发现根本咬不动。“这些东西都是石头，不是果子，”他想，“看来我要死在这下面了。”

阿拉丁坐在台阶上等了三天三夜，但没有人来救他。第三天的时候他想起了手上戴着的阿巴那扎尔给他的戒指——能够保护他的戒指。黑暗中他看不到戒指，所以他伸出右手去摸?

呼啦！

伴着这突如其来的声音，一股青烟从戒指里冒了出来。随后从烟雾里现出一个巨型的神灵。

“我来了，主人，我来了，”神灵喊道，“我是这戒指的奴仆。你有什么愿望？”

阿拉丁很惊讶，也很害怕。起初他说不出话来，但最后还是说道：“把我从这里带出去。”

“听到就得遵从。”戒指神说道。阿拉丁刹那间就回到山里的地面上，他又能看到蓝天了。

周围没有人，火堆里黑色的余烬已经冰凉了。阿拉丁高兴地走上了回家的路。

回到家，母亲见到他甭提有多高兴了。“哦，阿拉丁！”她哭道，“到底发生了什么事？你的叔叔呢？”