He was disobedient to his father and mother, and would go out early in the morning and stay out all day, playing in the streets and public places with idle children of his own age. His son, who was called Aladdin, was a very careless and idle fellow. He could hardly, by his daily labor, maintain himself and his family, which consisted only of his wife and a son. In one of the large and rich cities of China there once lived a tailor named Mustapha.
