8 The Tale of Aladdin

CHAPTER 8 The Tale of Aladdin THE THIRTY-FIRST NIGHT The following night, when Scheherazade was in bed, her sister Dinarzad said, "Please, sister, tell us one of your lovely little tales."The king added, "Let it be more amazing than what came before." Scheherazade replied, "With the

第八章阿拉丁的故事第三十一晚第二天晚上，当舍赫拉扎德躺在床上时，她的妹妹迪娜扎德说：“姐姐，请给我们讲一个你可爱的小故事吧。”国王又说：“要比以前更令人惊奇。” 山鲁佐德回答说：“用

greatest pleasure!" It is said, O great King, that there once was a poor tailor who lived in China with a son named Aladdin. The father worked very hard, while Aladdin was quite lazy and spent his days playing with other boys in the streets, returning home only for his daily meals. The father kept working right up until the day he died. After this, Aladdin's mother sold the shop and started to spin yarn for cloth so the family could have money. Aladdin was fifteen years old then, and he continued in his lazy ways. One day, a stranger came up to Aladdin. He told the boy he was his uncle and that he had come to pray at his dead brother's grave. The stranger returned home with Aladdin for dinner, and the man told his story, bringing Aladdin's mother to tears.

最大的快乐!”据说，伟大的国王啊，从前有一个贫穷的裁缝住在中国，他的儿子叫阿拉丁。 父亲工作非常努力，而阿拉丁却非常懒惰，整天和其他男孩在街上玩耍，每天只有吃饭的时候才回家。 父亲一直工作到死。 在这之后，阿拉丁的母亲卖掉了商店，开始纺纱织布，这样家里就有钱了。 阿拉丁那时已经十五岁了，但他仍然过着懒散的生活。 一天，一个陌生人走到阿拉丁面前。 他告诉男孩，他是他的叔叔，他是来为他死去的哥哥的坟墓祈祷的。 那个陌生人带着阿拉丁回家吃晚饭，那个人讲述了他的故事，阿拉丁的母亲哭了。

The next day, the stranger took Aladdin to the market and bought him new clothing. The uncle showed Aladdin the better parts of the city, and offered to put him to work as a merchant. Aladdin walked with the man for a long time. They left the city, passing the gardens beyond it and traveling up a high mountain. Here the stranger built a fire. When it grew hot, he said a spell over it. The sky grew dark and the earth shook, opening up to reveal a great slab of marble. Aladdin was afraid, but the stranger told him to lift the slab and go down into the earth below. "You will see three rooms, with jars full of silver and gold," he said. "But do not stop there. In the fourth room, there is a garden of fruit trees and a staircase leading up to an altar. Above this altar, you will find a lamp. Pour out the oil and bring the lamp back to me." The stranger gave Aladdin a ring to wear for protection, and the boy went down into the earth.

第二天，陌生人带阿拉丁去市场，给他买了新衣服。 叔叔带阿拉丁参观了城里的好地方，并提议让他当商人。 阿拉丁和那个人走了很长时间。 他们出了城，经过城外的园子，上了一座高山。 陌生人在这里生了一堆火。 当它变热的时候，他对它念了一个咒语。 天空变暗，大地震动，露出一块巨大的大理石板。 阿拉丁很害怕，但陌生人告诉他举起石板，到下面的泥土里去。 “你会看到三个房间，里面有装满金银的罐子，”他说。 但不要止步于此。在第四个房间里，有一个果园和一个通往祭坛的楼梯。 在祭坛上方，你会发现一盏灯。 倒出油来，把灯拿来给我。” 陌生人给了阿拉丁一枚戒指，让他戴上保护自己，然后男孩就下到地下了。

He did everything the stranger had told him to, but when he returned, he could not quite reach the top of the opening without help. "O my son," the stranger told him, "give me the lamp so that I can help you climb up." Aladdin was afraid to give the stranger the lamp and said, "No, Uncle, the lamp is safe with me. Give me your hand and help lift me out of this place." The man asked again for the lamp, and Aladdin said no again. This went on for some time, and the stranger became more and more angry. Finally, the stranger closed the slab and said another spell, covering the slab with earth and leaving Aladdin trapped in the dark. But morning drew near Scheherazade, and she fell silent. Dinarzad said to her sister, "Sister, what an amazing story!" Scheherazade replied, "It is nothing compared with what I will tell you tomorrow, if the king lets me live."

他照陌生人说的做了，但是当他回来的时候，如果没有帮助，他无法到达洞口的顶部。 “啊，我的儿子，”陌生人对他说，“把灯给我，我可以帮你爬上去。” 阿拉丁不敢把灯给陌生人，说：“不，叔叔，灯在我这里很安全。 求你伸手扶我离开这地方。” 那人又问阿拉丁要灯，阿拉丁又拒绝了。 这种情况持续了一段时间，陌生人变得越来越生气。 最后，陌生人合上石板，又念了一个咒语，用泥土覆盖了石板，阿拉丁被困在黑暗中。 可是，天快亮了，舍赫拉扎德沉默了。 迪娜扎德对妹妹说：“姐姐，这真是个神奇的故事！”山鲁佐德回答说：“如果国王让我活下去，明天我要告诉你的事情就不算什么了。”

THE THIRTY-SECOND NIGHT The following night, when Scheherazade was in bed, her sister Dinarzad said, "Please, sister, tell us more of this amazing tale." The king added, "Tell us more of what happened to Aladdin." Scheherazade replied, "With great pleasure!" It is said, O great King, that the stranger was really a great wizard and that he had learned his art in Africa. There he had heard of a great treasure in China that lay buried in the earth. It was said that among the riches was a lamp that could make its owner more powerful than a thousand kings. The wizard had heard that only a certain poor boy of that city could remove the lamp from its resting place, and that the boy's name was Aladdin. So the wizard had come looking for the boy. He planned to use him to get

第三十二夜第二天晚上，当舍赫拉扎德躺在床上时，她的妹妹迪娜扎德说：“姐姐，请再给我们讲讲这个神奇的故事吧。” 国王又说：“再告诉我们阿拉丁发生了什么事。” 山鲁佐德回答说：“非常乐意！”据说，伟大的国王啊，这个陌生人确实是一个伟大的巫师，他在非洲学会了他的艺术。 在那里，他听说在中国有一个巨大的宝藏埋在地下。 据说在这些财宝中有一盏灯，它的主人可以比一千个国王更强大。 巫师听说只有那个城市里的一个可怜的男孩才能把灯从安息地移走，而这个男孩的名字叫阿拉丁。 所以巫师是来找那个男孩的。 他打算利用他得到

the lamp and, afterward, to kill him. Now Aladdin was trapped beneath the earth. He found that all the rooms had been closed. He cried and rubbed his hands together, calling upon God to deliver him. He happened to rub the ring the stranger had given him and, when he did so, a genie suddenly appeared before him. The genie said, "Ask what you wish, for I must obey whoever wears that ring on his finger." Aladdin was overjoyed and asked the genie to put him back aboveground. Immediately the earth opened, and the boy was saved. Aladdin returned home and his mother wept with happiness, for she had not seen him for three days. Aladdin told her of everything that had happened to him. Then he went to sleep. Aladdin slept for three days. When he woke up, his mother asked him to take some of the fabric she had woven to the market and sell it for food. The boy suggested selling the lamp instead, and his mother thought that was a good idea. She

那盏灯，然后杀了他。 现在阿拉丁被困在地下。 他发现所有的房间都关了。 他一边哭一边搓着双手，祈求上帝拯救他。 他碰巧揉搓了陌生人给他的戒指，当他这样做的时候，一个精灵突然出现在他面前。 精灵说：“问你想要什么吧，因为我必须服从他手指上戴戒指的人。” 阿拉丁喜出望外，请求精灵把他放回地面。 地立刻开了，孩子得救了。 阿拉丁回到家，他的母亲高兴得哭了，因为她已经三天没见到他了。 阿拉丁把发生在他身上的一切都告诉了她。 然后他就睡着了。阿拉丁睡了三天。 当他醒来时，他的母亲让他把她编织的一些布料拿到市场上卖给食物。 男孩建议把灯卖掉，他妈妈认为这是个好主意。 她