1 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:17,395 Aladdin's mother was frozen with fear. 2 00:00:17,396 --> 00:00:21,253 So the grand vizier walked over to her. 3 00:00:21,254 --> 00:00:25,480 He grabbed Zeba's arm and pulled her toward the sultan. 4 00:00:25,481 --> 00:00:30,083 "Come along, woman!" he said impatiently. 5 00:00:30,084 --> 00:00:34,982 Zeba stumbled toward the sultan and fell to her knees before him. 6 00:00:34,983 --> 00:00:38,277 "Oh, Sultan," she cried. 7 00:00:38,278 --> 00:00:43,868 "May you rule for many years with joy and happiness!" 8 00:00:43,869 --> 00:00:47,484 "Stand up, good woman," said the sultan. 9 00:00:47,485 --> 00:00:51,900 "I see you every day, but you do not speak. 10 00:00:51,901 --> 00:00:55,333 Now tell me what you want!" 11 00:00:55,334 --> 00:00:58,239 "Oh, Sultan!" she begged. 12 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:02,066 "I cannot speak until you promise me one thing. 13 00:01:02,067 --> 00:01:07,414 You must promise you will not put me or my son to death!" 14 00:01:07,415 --> 00:01:11,770 The sultan was amazed at these words and looked at his adviser. 15 00:01:11,771 --> 00:01:15,309 The grand vizier shrugged his shoulders. 16 00:01:15,310 --> 00:01:21,438 "All right, good woman, I promise not to kill you," said the sultan. 17 00:01:21,439 --> 00:01:24,739 "Or my son," said Zeba. 18 00:01:24,740 --> 00:01:27,914 "Or your son!" laughed the sultan. 19 00:01:27,915 --> 00:01:31,130 "Now please—speak!" 20 00:01:31,131 --> 00:01:37,801 So Zeba told the story of how Aladdin hid behind a door to see Princess Badra. 21 00:01:37,802 --> 00:01:39,828 "He disobeyed my order?" 22 00:01:39,829 --> 00:01:42,550 The sultan frowned. 23 00:01:42,551 --> 00:01:45,645 Zeba took a deep breath. 24 00:01:45,646 --> 00:01:49,568 "Yes, he did," she said sadly. 25 00:01:49,569 --> 00:01:52,379 "My son saw her face. 26 00:01:52,380 --> 00:01:56,433 He thinks she's the most beautiful girl ever born." 27 00:01:56,434 --> 00:02:00,401 The sultan frowned again. 28 00:02:00,402 --> 00:02:06,609 "Now he says he will die if he cannot marry your daughter!" Zeba said breathlessly. 29 00:02:06,610 --> 00:02:09,933 The sultan stared fiercely at Zeba. 30 00:02:09,934 --> 00:02:16,768 The entire hall waited for the sultan to say or do something. 31 00:02:16,769 --> 00:02:20,595 "Ha-ha!" laughed the sultan suddenly. 32 00:02:20,596 --> 00:02:23,614 "You have a crazy son, woman!" 33 00:02:23,615 --> 00:02:28,971 Everyone in the hall laughed with the sultan, and Zeba was relieved. 34 00:02:28,972 --> 00:02:35,895 Then she held the bowl up to the sultan and pulled off the cloth covering the jewels. 35 00:02:35,896 --> 00:02:40,006 "A gift for you from my son, Aladdin!" 36 00:02:40,007 --> 00:02:45,634 she shouted, and the crowd gasped at the sight of the brilliant stones. 37 00:02:45,635 --> 00:02:51,123 The sultan stopped laughing when he saw the jewels shining in the bowl. 38 00:02:51,124 --> 00:02:54,916 The sultan had mountains of gold and silver. 39 00:02:54,917 --> 00:03:01,149 But he had never seen anything like these jewels! 40 00:03:01,150 --> 00:03:07,339 "The largest stone in my palace is smaller than the smallest of these!" 41 00:03:07,340 --> 00:03:11,611 cried the sultan, picking up a huge ruby. 42 00:03:11,612 --> 00:03:15,688 "Grand Vizier, have you ever seen anything like this?" 43 00:03:15,689 --> 00:03:21,852 "No, my lord, never," answered the adviser, looking very unhappy. 44 00:03:21,853 --> 00:03:28,155 "The one who has sent me this gift should become my daughter's husband!" said the sultan. 45 00:03:28,156 --> 00:03:31,164 "Don't you agree, Grand Vizier?" 46 00:03:31,165 --> 00:03:34,971 "But, my lord!" gasped the adviser. 47 00:03:34,972 --> 00:03:36,634 "Have you forgotten? 48 00:03:36,635 --> 00:03:42,219 You already promised the princess to my son!" 49 00:03:42,220 --> 00:03:45,073 The sultan looked down at the floor. 50 00:03:45,074 --> 00:03:50,967 "What you say is true, my friend, but this gift changes everything. 51 00:03:50,968 --> 00:03:54,535 My daughter must marry the richest man in the kingdom." 52 00:03:54,536 --> 00:04:00,075 "Sultan," said the grand vizier, "please do not be hasty. 53 00:04:00,076 --> 00:04:04,105 You know nothing of this man, Aladdin." 54 00:04:04,106 --> 00:04:08,633 The sultan ignored his adviser's pleas and turned to Zeba. 55 00:04:08,634 --> 00:04:13,039 "Go and tell your son that my daughter shall marry him. 56 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:17,414 But I need three months to prepare for a grand wedding. 57 00:04:17,415 --> 00:04:20,866 Tell him he must have patience." 58 00:04:20,867 --> 00:04:25,636 Zeba thanked the sultan and joyfully hurried home. 59 00:04:25,637 --> 00:04:30,121 Aladdin had been waiting for his mother, watching from a window. 60 00:04:30,122 --> 00:04:35,139 At long last, he saw her running down the street of crooked houses. 61 00:04:35,140 --> 00:04:40,535 Her head scarf was flying behind her as she ran, and she was smiling. 62 00:04:40,536 --> 00:04:48,943 Then Aladdin noticed something even more important—Zeba did not have the bowl of jewels. 63 00:04:48,944 --> 00:04:54,943 "The sultan has accepted my gift!" he cried.