er listen to these fanciful excuses. Nay, nay, myson, she cried, seeing there was no withdrawing from herpromise ; I will go, but give me till the morning tostrengthen and prepare myself. So Aladdin curbed his impatience and agreed to waituntil the following day ; but, since he realised that it… … 1 1 4 i i T ••• difficulty, he spoke to his mother on the matter. O mymother, he said, it was the condition of thy promise thatI should not invoke the Slave of the Lamp in the furtheranceof this my desire ; yet it must be understood between usthat if thou make a blunder—which thou needst not…
Fairy tales · Folklore -- Arabian Peninsula
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