‘Very good,' smiled the Sultan, and said¹ to his slaves²: ‘Bring Aladdin's mother to me.'

When Aladdin's mother arrived, the Sultan said: ‘So! Your son wants to marry³ my daughter. But first he must give me forty gold plates with jewels⁴. Forty slave-girls, with forty slaves, must carry the plates to me. Then my daughter can be his wife⁵.'

Aladdin's mother went home and told her son, and Aladdin smiled. This was⁶ easy for the jinnee of the lamp, of course⁷, and the next day, when Aladdin went to the palace⁸, everybody⁹ in the city came¹⁰ out to watch.

First came forty slave-girls in dresses of gold, and every girl carried a gold plate with wonderful jewels on it. After them walked forty slaves in coats of gold. And last came Aladdin, on a beautiful white horse.

‘What do you say now?' the Sultan said quietly¹¹ to the Vizier, when he saw¹² all these wonderful things. ‘Aladdin must marry my daughter. How can I say no?' And the Sultan went to Aladdin and took¹³ his hands. ‘My son,' he said. ‘You can marry my daughter tonight.'

‘Tomorrow, Your Majesty,' said Aladdin. ‘Because, before I marry your daughter, she must have a palace — the most beautiful palace in Arabia.'

The jinnee of the lamp worked all night, and the next morning the Sultan saw from his window a beautiful new palace, with gardens of fruit trees and flowers.

‘Wonderful!' he said.

‘Black magic¹⁴!' said the Vizier quietly.

That night Aladdin married¹⁵ Badr-al-Budur and they lived happily¹⁶ in the new palace.

Where was Abanazar all this time? When he could¹⁷ not get the lamp from Aladdin, he went home to Morocco. He was very angry with Aladdin. ‘ But the boy is dead¹⁸ now, ' he thought¹⁹. ‘ And perhaps²⁰ next year I can go back and get the lamp. '

“好主意，”苏丹笑道。然后对他的奴仆们说：“去把阿拉丁的母亲找来。”

阿拉丁的母亲来了以后，。苏丹对她说：“听着！你儿子要想娶我的女儿，就必须再给我 40 盘珠宝，而且必须由 40 个婢女和 40 个奴仆送来。之后我的女儿就会成为他的妻子。”

阿拉丁的母亲回到家，把苏丹的要求告诉了他儿子，阿拉丁轻松地一笑。这个要求对于灯神来说当然是太容易了。第二天，当阿拉丁往宫里去的时候，城里所有的人都出来观看。

首先走来的是 40 个婢女，穿着黄金做成的礼服，每人都托着一个装满了珍稀珠宝的金盘子。在她们的后面是 40 个奴仆，都穿着用黄金做成的外套。阿拉丁骑着一匹白色的骏马，行进在队伍的最后面。

“你还有什么说的呢？”苏丹看到这么多珍稀珠宝后向大臣低声问道，“我女儿 必须 嫁给阿拉丁。我怎么还能说不行呢？”苏丹走到阿拉丁面前拉起他的双手。“我的孩子，”他说，“你今晚就可以娶我的女儿了。”

“陛下，就改在明天吧，”阿拉丁说，“因为在我迎娶你的女儿之前，她必须拥有一座宫殿——阿拉伯最漂亮的宫殿。”

灯神彻夜忙碌。第二天一早，苏丹就看到窗外建起了一座崭新漂亮的宫殿，周围的花园里栽满了果树和鲜花。

“真是绝妙！”他惊叹道。

“巫术！ ” 大臣低声说道。

当晚阿拉丁就和白狄伦?布杜鲁公主结了婚，他们住在新的宫殿里过着幸福的生活。

阿巴那拉尔这段时间在哪儿呢？他没能从阿拉丁手里得到神灯，之后就返回摩洛哥的家去了。他对阿拉丁恨之入骨。“但那孩子已经死了，”他想，“也许明年我再回去的时候就可以得到那盏灯了。”