ican magician threw his arms about Aladdin's
neck, and kissed him several times with tears in his eyes. Aladdin, who
observed his tears, asked him what made him weep. "Alas! my son," cried
the African magician with a sigh, "how can I forbear? I am your uncle;
your worthy father was my own brother. I have been many years abroad,
and now I am come home with the hopes of seeing him, you tell me he is
dead. But it is some relief to my affliction, that I knew you at first
sight, you are so like him." Then he asked Aladdin, putting his hand
into his purse, where his mother lived, and as soon as he had informed
him, gave him a handful of small money, saying: "Go, my son, to your
mother, give my love to her, and tell her that I will visit her
to-morrow, that I may have the satisfaction of seeing where my good
brother lived so long."

As soon as the African magician left his newly-adopted nephew, Aladdin
ran to his mother, overjoyed at the money his uncle had given him.
"Mother," said he, "have I an uncle?" "No, child," replied his mother,
"you have no uncle by your father's side, or mine." "I am just now
come," said Aladdin, "from a man who says he is my uncle on my father's
side. He cried and kissed me when I told him my father was dead; and to
show you that what I tell you is truth," added he, pulling out the
money, "see what he has given me; he charged me to give his love to you,
and to tell you that to-morrow he will come and pay you a visit, that he
may see the house my father lived and died in." "Indeed, child," replied
the mother, "your father had a brother, but he has been dead a long
time, and I never heard of another."

The mother and son talked no more then of the African magician; but the
next day Aladdin's uncle found him playing in another part of the town
with other youths, and embracing him as before, put two pieces of gold
into his hand, and said to him: "Carry this, child, to your mother, tell
her that I will come and see her to-night, and bid her get us something
for supper; but first show me the house where you live."

After Aladdin had showed the African magician the house, he carried the
two pieces of gold to his mother, and when he had told her of his
uncle's intention, she went out and bought provisions. She spent the
whole day in preparing the supper; and at night, when it was ready, said
to her son: "Perhaps your uncle knows not how to find our house; go and
bring him if you meet with him."

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