Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp

INTRODUCTION

Today is Day #3, and I’d like to present to you a Chinese Fairie Tale known as “Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp.” This story starts off as a person outsmarts a genie. But that is another story…

Once upon a time, there was a poor old beggar named Aladdin. He lived with his mother in the Middle East. They loved each other very much, and their love was better than money. But they did not know that yet.
Aladdin was not what you would call a “good” boy. He spent hours with gangsters and did not care much for studying. But one day, everything changed. Everything. Because a magician moved in to China from Africa. He noticed Aladdin and found he was incredibly stealthy. So he took him under his wing.
The reason why exactly was because of a lamp. A magical lamp with a genie inside who would do anything he was told. But according to the rules of magic, someone else was needed to do get the lamp. Someone stealthy, someone spunky. That was the reason Aladdin was chosen.
And so, the magician went up to Aladdin and told him that he was his uncle. How wrong he was to believe that. After all, Aladdin’s uncle was dead, as was his father. Tsk, tsk, tsk.
The magician took Aladdin up on a hill. Aladdin’s “uncle” then uttered some magic words. “Baku, Baku, Baku.” Suddenly a mountain emerged from the hill. Aladdin was transported (by the magician) on the top of the mountain. Then a hole appeared on the top of the mountain. “I want you to give me a lamp. It’s inside that hole. Oh, and I’ve transported a ring with you. If anything goes wrong, just rub the ring, and a genie will come to deal with your needs.”
At that moment, the magician uttered some magic words, and in response a hole appeared in the very top of the mountain. Aladdin jumped in the hole.
In the mountain, Aladdin met djinns ( “djinns” is another word for “ghosts”) Aladdin met his dead father, who told him that the magician wasn’t his real uncle and that he was evil. “Is your name Aladdin?” asked a djinn. “Yes.” Aladdin was told that he was the chosen one, and so he was given a lamp. The lamp, thought Aladdin, should not be given to that cruel-hearted schemer. So, when requested, Aladdin had not given the lamp to the magician. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! GIVE ME THE LAMP OR YOU WILL DIE!!” Aladdin smirked. “What‘cha gonna do?” The magician lost his temper and cast Aladdin in a pit of pitch-black darkness, doomed to die of starvation.
But I will interrupt this story for a moment. The magician lost his temper-then cast Aladdin and his beloved lamp in a dark pit. What we notice here is that the magician lost his lamp by losing his temper. So, we learn NOT to lose our temper.
You see, the magician forgot about the genie in the ring. Aladdin used this genie to come back home. He told his mom about the lamp. Then, Aladdin noticed that there was some dirt on the lamp. Rubbing the lamp, Aladdin found a genie that would do anything that was asked of him.
Aladdin wanted to see a girl that he loved very much. It was a princess. They married and never heard of that magician with a disgusting temper.

I like this story. It teaches not to lose your temper.
Oh, and this is NOT the original story of Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp.