Unluckily , Aladdin had gone a-hunting for eight days , which gave the magician plenty of time . He bought a dozen copper lamps , put them into a basket , and went to the palace , crying : `` New lamps for old ! '' followed by a jeering crowd . The Princess , sitting in the hall of four-and-twenty windows , sent a slave to find out what the noise was about , who came back laughing , so that the Princess scolded her . `` Madam , '' replied the slave , `` who can help laughing to see an old fool offering to exchange fine new lamps for old ones ? '' Another slave , hearing this , said : `` There is an old one on the cornice there which he can have . '' Now this was the magic lamp , which Aladdin had left there , as he could not take it out hunting with him . The Princess , not knowing its value , laughingly bade the slave take it and make the exchange . She went and said to the magician : `` Give me a new lamp for this . '' He snatched it and bade the slave take her choice , amid the jeers of the crowd . Little he cared , but left off crying his lamps , and went out of the city gates to a lonely place , where he remained till nightfall , when he pulled out the lamp and rubbed it . The genie appeared , and at the magician 's command carried him , together with the palace and the Princess in it , to a lonely place in Africa . Next morning the Sultan looked out of the window toward Aladdin 's palace and rubbed his eyes , for it was gone . He sent for the Vizier and asked what had become of the palace . The Vizier looked out too , and was lost in astonishment . He again put it down to enchantment , and this time the Sultan believed him , and sent thirty men on horseback to fetch Aladdin in chains . They met him riding home , bound him , and forced him to go with them on foot . The people , however , who loved him , followed , armed , to see that he came to no harm . He was carried before the Sultan , who ordered the executioner to cut off his head . The executioner made Aladdin kneel down , bandaged his eyes , and raised his scimitar to strike .
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