Once upon a time there lived a poor tailorDawno, dawno temu żyl sobie biedny krawieche had a son called Aladdinmial syna imieniem AladynAladdin was a careless, idle boy who would do nothingAladyn byl beztroskim, bezczynnym chlopcem, który nic nie robilalthough, he did like to play ball all day longChociaż lubil grac w pilkę calymi dniamithis he did in the streets with other little idle boysRobil to na ulicach z innymi malymi, leniwymi chlopcamiThis so grieved the father that he diedTo tak zasmucilo ojca, że umarlhis mother cried and prayed but nothing helpedJego matka plakala i modlila się, ale nic nie pomagalodespite her pleading, Aladdin did not mend his waysMimo jej próśb Aladyn nie zmienil swego postępowaniaOne day Aladdin was playing in the streets as usualPewnego dnia Aladyn jak zwykle bawil się na ulicacha stranger asked him his ageNieznajomy zapytal go o wiekand he asked him if he was not the son of Mustapha the tailori zapytal go, czy nie jest synem krawca Mustafy"I am the son of Mustapha, sir" replied Aladdin- Jestem synem Mustafy, panie - odparl Aladyn"but he died a long time ago""Ale on umarl dawno temu"the stranger was a famous African magiciannieznajomy byl slynnym afrykańskim magiemand he fell on his neck and kissed himUpadl mu na szyję i pocalowal go"I am your uncle" said the magician- Jestem twoim wujem - rzekl czarodziej