Arabian Nights Page #7

you put me in a bad mood.

My news will only make it worse. Your

brother is raising an army against you.

He's finally come into the

open... how big, how big?

Big enough.

Schahzenan! Kill him!

Kill him!

Traitors!

Guards!

Guards!

You're right about women

loving men unworthy of them.

Perhaps she loves Gulnare and not me...

but there's still time to find out...

they don't marry until next week.

Wrong! Gulnare and the Princess

are being married tomorrow!

Where did you come from little fellow?

He's a darling.

Come here, little fellow.

I'm getting married tomorrow... to

the Grand Vizier's son, Gulnare.

It's all signed, sealed and delivered...

you wouldn't understand...affairs of state.

But I did meet a charming young man,

he...

there's no point in thinking

about him, is there...only...

The saddest words in any language...

"if only"...

What did you find out, Master Aladdin?

She doesn't love Gulnare...she loves me!

You always were a terrible young monkey!

I was just telling Mother about...

The Princess and Gulnare were

married an hour ago, in secret.

No!

The Grand Vizier won't let a little thing

Iike magic monkeys stop him making

his son heir to the throne.

Of course he won't!

Look at her...clever...beautiful...

wealthy... flexible...

Have they consummated the marriage yet?

Not yet, but any moment now.

I hear he's quite the

acrobat in the sexual arena.

If Gulnare had his life to live again,

he'd still fall in love with himself.

What has to be, cannot be changed.

I'll think of something pleasant...

Iike that young prince from Zourman.

My dove...it's me...your husband...

Who else...

I'm here!

Ooh...My love, why you look as beautiful...

as beautiful as...as...um...

That's okay...I'll guess the rest.

Gulnare?

Gulnare?

Where are you?

It's an insult to my

daughter, and worse, to me!

Your Majesty...

You stink!

So would you, Sire, if you'd

spent all night in a privy.

He prefers a stinking privy

to a beautiful young woman...

I tell you there's something

seriously wrong with this boy, Assad!

The marriage is annulled!

Get out!

Three million in gold is most

generous, Prince Aladdin,

- for my daughter's hand in marriage.

- I love her, Your Majesty.

Good, that always helps. But l

can't sanction this marriage

unless I know my daughter is going to live

in the style to which she is accustomed...

- and you haven't even got a

palace. - I'm building one.

You can marry her when l

see it with my own eyes.

It'll be ready in a week's time.

You don't know builders, my boy.

My own palace took over a year to build.

- Mine will take a week! - A week?

I like you, Master Aladdin...

believe it or not, I've had some

two hundred odd Masters in my time,

and you're the noblest of them all,

but remember, I still have

Solomon's curse in my face,

and I will betray you at the drop

of a turban, if it suits me.

- Of course...no hard feelings.

- No hard feelings...

- I have to survive.

- Don't we all?

Perhaps...Palace!

Well, mortals, where are

my compliments, please?

Magnificent!

It is my best work since the Taj Mahal!

Let's go and feed the sturgeon!

Yes, much better!

This was perhaps the happiest

day of Aladdin's life.

He should have been a bit

more pessimistic...

he always said a pessimist is someone

who really knows what's going on...

Mustappa,

you're working too hard! too hard!

You're right, Hector...but

there's so much to learn...

Ahhh, I'm naked...naked!

What's going on, Chief?

I once swore by Hector's feathers.

I want them back!

Tell me harp, is that rogue

Aladdin dead in the cave?

"No, he is not dead On this very day

He is to be wed Losing your

temper, Mustappa, didn't pay".

Who's he marrying?

"The fairest flower in the land

He must be very smart and plucky

To wed the Princess of Samarkand

- He finally got very lucky".

- No, he finally got the lamp!

New lamps for old! New oil

lamps for old oil lamps!

That's right, I'm exchanging

new lamps for old lamps!

Come and see for yourself!

New lamps for old...

It's too early.

So it is, my love.

That ring...is beautiful!

It's yours!

You're so generous, my love.

Have you always been rich?

Always, always. My father was

rich, and his father before him...

our title is one of the

most ancient in Zouman.

Well, it suits you. You're

everything a prince should be,

but never is...you're handsome,

you're gallant, you're

generous... but your mother...

My mother's what they call an eccentric...

after all, she can afford to be.

No, I love her for it...she's different...

Iike a breath of fresh air...

I've never known anyone like her.

And I've never known anyone like you!

They were in love and only

had eyes for each other...

so they didn't see what

was going on around them.

Why are you giving new oil lamps

for old? There's a catch, huh?

No, no catch, no catch...just

the bargain of the year.

You see, where I come from, we

prize old and ancient things.

Hey, can I trade in my wife for a new one?

No, my friend, only oil lamps

this trip, eh? New lamps for old!

Didn't Aladdin sense something was

wrong? He must've sensed some danger?

Normally he would've

done... but he was in love.

And that changes everything.

Yes, men and women act out of character.

You, for example?

Oh, yes, my father thought

I'd never get married...

he said when two people marry, each

of them has to make sacrifices,

and I was too strong-willed for that...

but I've changed.

That must be love.

Tell me about Aladdin.

New lamps for old! I'm giving

away new oil lamps for old!

A once-in-a-lifetime offer!

Did you say new lamps for old?

It's a bargain!

Everyone loves a bargain.

Here we are, thank you!

Everyone loves a bargain...

What happened?

- Where's the lamp?

- Gone...vanished...pfft!

Mustappa! Now my Princess will

find out I'm not a Prince.

Worse, what happens when the

Caliph discovers all the money

we gave him has turned to dust?

- Time to run, my son. -

No one runs in our family!

Where did you hear that

rubbish? Taste my dust!

What's going on?

Where is everyone?

Where's the palace?

Gone, like the snows of

yesteryear! It was all a fake...

there's no palace, no riches,

and this your husband is no prince...

he's a thief, from a family of thieves!

It's a lie! Tell him, Aladdin!

- Well, it's a bad way of putting

it. - Don't be ashamed son!

We are proud of our heritage, daughter.

Our family are aristocrats, too...

descended from the finest

rogues in all Asia!

That's for telling me you were a prince!

It's Mustappa! Don't

believe everything he says!

He's go no reason to lie...you do!

Hey, smart boy! You're in trouble, oh...

Where did the palace come

from... and the money?

Magic!

Ingrate! Genie, Genie, how could you

possibly team up with this African squelch...

I couldn't warm to him if

we were cremated together!

Oh, oh, what do you want, what do you want?

I just got off my sick bed to come here.

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