Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp

Aladdin, an impoverished young ne'er-do-well named Aladdin, is befriended by a sorcerer who passes himself off as the brother of Aladdin's late father. Although he pretends to make arrangements to set up the lad as a wealthy merchant, his real motive is to persuade young Aladdin to retrieve a wonderful oil lamp from a booby-trapped magic cave.

After the sorcerer attempts to double-cross him, Aladdin finds himself trapped in the cave. When he rubs his hands in despair, he inadvertently rubs a ring the sorcerer had lent him, and a djinni appears, who takes him home to his mother. Aladdin is still carrying the lamp, and when his mother tries to clean it, a second, far more powerful djinni appears, who is bound to do the bidding of the person holding the lamp. With the aid of the djinni of the lamp, Aladdin becomes rich and powerful and marries the Emperor's daughter. The djinni builds Aladdin a wonderful palace - far more magnificent than that of the Emperor himself.

The story doesn’t end there because the sorcerer returns and is able to get his hands on the lamp by tricking Aladdin's wife. More troubles follow, but Aladdin manages, with the help of the djinni of the lamp, to overcome them all and everyone lives happily ever after.