DLTK's Fairy Tales Activities
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
The famous fairytale Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp is thought to be from One-Thousand-and-One Nights, which is a collection of stories that is thought to have originated from the Middle East. Written by Yara Assaf for DLTK's Fairy Tale Activities for Kids.
Once upon a time there was the son of a poor tailor in the Arabian Desert named Aladdin.
The father would ask Aladdin everyday to work with him in his job as a tailor, but instead Aladdin spent most of his days in the streets of their neighborhood, playing with other lazy boys.
Aladdin never helped his father with work.
Aladdin’s father became so overwhelmed and tired with all the work he had to do on his own, that he fell ill and died. This left Aladdin alone with his upset widowed mother, whom he was now responsible for taking care of.
Even then, he did not try to change his lazy and passive ways. He continued to waste time in the streets of his town, playing with friends and ignoring the responsibility he was left with for his household and mother.
Eventually; his mother had to put herself to work just to get by, in place of her son.