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I am Shahrazad, the wife of the king of Persia.

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I am not the king's first wife.

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Oh no! He has had hundreds of wives!

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I will explain.

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For years, each and every day the king would marry a beautiful young woman.

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Then the very next morning, he would order her to be killed!

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The people in the kingdom became very angry at this.

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Mothers and fathers cried, and all the young women shook with fear.

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No one wanted to marry the king.

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But unfortunately a king may do whatever he wants.

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One day it was my turn, and I became his bride.

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But as you can see, I am still alive.

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On the night of the day we were married, I kissed the king and said,

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"Shall I tell you a story to pass the time, sire?"

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"I love stories!" he said.

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So I told him a very good tale full of adventure.

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And the king listened all night.

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When I came to the end of the story, the king clapped his hands and said,

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"Oh, what a fine story!

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Please tell me another one, right now."

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Just then the sun peeked through the window, and a rooster crowed.

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"I am sorry, husband," I said.

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"The night is over, and there is no time left.

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But if you let me live, tonight I will tell an even better story."

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So the king did not kill me that day.

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That night, I told him a very long story.

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It was so long that when morning came, I was not finished.

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The king had to spare my life again so that he could hear how the story ended!

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So it has gone on, night after night.

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At sunrise, he lets me live another day so he can hear another exciting story.

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Would you like to hear one of the king's favorite stories? Yes?

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Then I will tell you all about Aladdin and his wonderful lamp.

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Long ago, a poor tailor lived in a faraway land by a great sea.

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This tailor had a son named Aladdin, who wanted to do nothing but play.

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When Aladdin was ten years old, the tailor said,

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"Son, you must learn a trade.

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I will teach you to be a tailor like me."

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"I don't want to work," Aladdin grumbled.

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Every time the tailor turned his back, Aladdin would run out the door to play.

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"Come back!" the tailor called, but the boy would not obey.

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Aladdin's father was so sad that he became ill.

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He soon died of a broken heart.

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Aladdin and his mother were alone in the world.

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"All day I spin yarn so I can buy bread,"

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sighed his mother, who was named Zeba.

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"You play all day.

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You come home only when you are hungry!"

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And that is how things remained until Aladdin was seventeen years old.

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That year a stranger named Magrib came to the city.

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Nobody knew that Magrib was a magician.

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That was his secret.

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One day Magrib was watching the children who played in the streets.

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His pale eyes shone beneath the hood of his dusty robe.

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He pointed to Aladdin.

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"Who is that boy?" he whispered to a nearby child.

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"Who is his father?"

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"That's Aladdin," the child said.

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"He's the tailor's son."

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Magrib asked many questions.

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He learned everything about Aladdin.

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Then he smiled.

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"My search is over!" said the magician.

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"I have found him!"