"The Magician is here," said the Princess. "He carries the magic lamp hidden in his robes during the day, and he places it under his pillow at night."
While the Magician was sleeping that night, Aladdin stole softly into the room and took the magic lamp from under the pillow. Then he rubbed the lamp and the Genie appeared.
"I command you to carry the Princess and the palace back to Persia," cried Aladdin.
The following morning, the Sultan looked out of the window. There, to his surprise, stood the palace of Aladdin, in the very place from which it had disappeared.
Aladdin and the Princess lived happily for many years. When the Sultan died, they ruled in his place. They were beloved by the people, and there was peace in all the land.
[THE WHITING AND THE SNAIL]
"Will you walk a little faster?"
Said a whiting to a snail,
"There's a porpoise close behind us,
And he's treading on my tail.
See how eagerly the lobsters
And the turtles all advance!
They are waiting on the shingle--
Will you come and join the dance?
"You can really have no notion
How delightful it will be,
When they take us up and throw us
With the lobsters out to sea!
But the snail replied, "Too far, too far!"
And gave a look askance--
Said he thanked the whiting kindly,
But he would not join the dance.
"What matters it how far we go?"
His scaly friend replied,
"There is another shore you know,
Upon the other side.
The further off from England
The nearer is to France;
Then turn not pale, beloved snail,
But come and join the dance."
LEWIS CARROLL.