“I am, sir,” replied Aladdin, “but he died a long while ago.” When the stranger heard this, he embraced Aladdin saying: “My boy – I am your long lost uncle.” Aladdin ran home and told his mother all about this newly found relative, and she prepared supper for them all. A stranger came up to him and asked him if he was the son of Mustapha the Tailor. A long time ago, in Persia, a poor boy called Aladdin was playing with his friends in the streets of his city.
