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The Tale of Aladdin
Adapted by Sanette
Little does he know that the streetrat Aladdin is the one he’s searching for. Aladdin lives on the brink of poverty with his monkey Abu. It’s all he can do to simply survive. However, we get a glimpse of his true character when he gives his only food to some poor children.
He knows that he’s much more than just a stupid thief.
Meanwhile, back at the luxurious palace, the Sultan and his daughter, Princess Jasmine, argue once again about marriage. The Sultan pleads Jasmine to marry.
“You’ve only got three more days!” he tells her frantically.
Jasmine looks sorrowfully at Rajah, her pet tiger. “If I do marry, I want it to be for love,” she says in one last attempt to convince her father.
The Sultan consults Jafar, his most trusted advisor. Jafar insists that he needs the Sultan’s mystic blue diamond in order to find Jasmine a suitor.
In truth, he just wants the diamond to find the one who can enter the cave. He hypnotizes the Sultan with his snake staff to get his way.
That night, Jasmine decides she’s fed up. “I can’t stay here and have my life lived for me,” she declares to Rajah. In the dark of the night, she climbs over the castle walls and disappears into the marketplace.
Once the sun rises, Jasmine realizes how exciting and splendid the marketplace is. The hustle and bustle ring in her ears, the delicious scents waft under her nose, and no one even knows she’s royalty!
Spotting a poor little boy, she hands him an apple. “Here you go,” she says with a smile.
The storekeeper glares at her menacingly. He demands her to pay for the fruit.
Naïve Jasmine just stares at him. “Pay?” 
The storekeeper’s eyes flash in intense anger. Right before he chops off her arm, Aladdin jumps in and saves her with his trickery and cunning.
At Jafar’s secret lair, he finds out that the diamond in the rough is really Aladdin. “Have the guards extend an invitation to the palace, shall we?” he says cruelly to his parrot Iago. 
Jafar sends the guards to seize Aladdin, whom Jasmine had come to really like. Jasmine is outraged and reveals her true identity to Aladdin and the guards. 
Then Jasmine searches out Jafar, ordering him to release Aladdin. Quick on his feet, Jafar tells her that Aladdin has already been beheaded.
In truth, Aladdin is in the dungeon. He’s upset for making such a fool of himself in front of the princess.
Jafar disguises himself as an old man and convinces Aladdin to come with him to the
As Aladdin goes through the
Unfortunately, Abu cannot contain his lust for treasure. By touching a jewel, he causes the Cave to close up on them.
Everything seems to be ruined. Aladdin, Abu, and Carpet are trapped...but maybe the lamp could help them somehow. Aladdin rubs it, and an all-powerful Genie bursts out! Using his street sense, Aladdin manages to trick Genie into getting them out of the cave.
While lounging on a beautiful oasis, Aladdin casually asks Genie what he would wish for.
Genie stops. “Me? No one’s ever asked me that before.... I guess—well—you see....”
“Come on!” Aladdin laughs. “Tell me.”
“Freedom.” Genie looks at the ground.
Aladdin looks at the lamp and tells him that he’ll do it; he’ll set Genie free. Then he makes his first wish—to become a prince so he can marry Jasmine. He takes on a new identity as Prince Ali Ababua.
Aladdin parades into Agrabah with an extravagant display. Jasmine is not impressed. She doesn’t care about riches and frills—she just wants love.
That night, Aladdin decides to try and talk to Jasmine. He flies up to her balcony, but he’s not as smooth as he would have hoped.
“Oh, go jump off a balcony!” she snaps at him.
Aladdin literally does so, making a careful jump unto Carpet. Then he shows Jasmine his magic carpet and takes her on a ride around the world, managing to win her heart.
When Jasmine figures out that he and “Aladdin” are the same person, he lies and says he was a prince all along.
Things seem to be going all right...that is, until Jafar arranges to have Aladdin killed. Luckily, Genie saves the day, using up Aladdin’s second wish.
Aladdin storms into Jasmine’s room, telling her and the Sultan that Jafar tried to kill him. Realizing that the snake staff was controlling the Sultan, he broke it.
“Guards!” yelled the Sultan. “Arrest Jafar at once!” 
Jafar managed to get away, but Jasmine decided to marry Aladdin. The Sultan was happy to have a new son-in-law and future Sultan.
Still, Aladdin felt uneasy about everything. He knew deep-down that he wasn’t a true prince. Later, he sadly told the Genie that he couldn’t set him free. He needed his third wish.
Big mistake. Iago—Jafar’s little minion parrot—snuck into Aladdin’s room to get the lamp. Jafar used it to become the most powerful sorcerer in the world and the Sultan. He showed Jasmine who Aladdin really was—just a worthless streetrat. Then he banished Aladdin to the ends of the earth.
Aladdin knew he had to go back and set things right. He tried to be secretive and grab the lamp, but Jafar caught him. Jafar transformed himself into a snake and battled Aladdin one-on-one.
Aladdin, once again, used his wits to make Jafar use his last wish to become a genie. Then our real Genie flicked his lamp into another
Aladdin knew he could just wish himself to be a prince again, but he wished the Genie free instead.
“Genie, you’re free.”
This was the biggest moment in Genie’s life. Right before he left for his world travels, he hugged Aladdin and told him, “You’ll always be a prince to me.”
The Sultan realized this was true. Aladdin had certainly proven himself worthy in his eyes. He announced, “From this day forth, the princess shall marry whomever she deems worthy.”
And so, Aladdin and Jasmine began their life-long adventures in a whole new world, with a whole new life...together.
THE END!!!
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