Genie in a Bottle by Sarah Mlynowski

Author:Sarah Mlynowski
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2016-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

Bright and early the next morning, we’re off via flying carpet to the palace: me, Jonah, Prince, and Aladdin (oh, and Karimah, who’s in my ring). It’s a little squished, but we manage. I’m feeling much more rested and alert. Jonah did kick me in the chin twice in the middle of the night, but I was so tired I was able to fall right back asleep.

“Can’t we just wish ourselves there?” Jonah asks now as we narrowly sideswipe a man leading two children down the road.

“Sorry, Mr. Donkib,” Aladdin calls out with a wave.

Ruff! Prince adds.

“I don’t want to waste wishes when we have transportation,” I say. “Even if it’s bad transportation. Besides, we’re almost at the palace.” I can see it in the distance.

We fly low through the village and swerve our way through the cobblestone streets and between date trees and even a few camels.

I can’t help looking down and admiring my new outfit. I didn’t know that Aladdin’s mom was a seamstress, but she sewed us new clothes to wear this morning. I’m in a purple silky jumpsuit that almost looks like Karimah’s silver one. Jonah’s jumpsuit is dark green and the billowy material of the pants puffs out in the slight breeze as the carpet flies. Both of us have matching shoes that curl up at the toes. And Aladdin’s mom gave me a drawstring purse and a pretty red flower to tuck into my hair.

Aladdin is wearing a spiffy outfit, too. His jumpsuit is dark blue with a gold belt and a gold vest. If you look closely you can see that the outfits are sewn together with leftover materials, maybe scraps from his mom’s job. But from far away, you can’t tell. I’m glad Aladdin dressed up to meet the princess. I’m sure we’ll need to convince her to like him.

Jonah steers the magic carpet around some trees, and we come into a clearing. There’s a golden walkway lined with tall palm trees leading up to the palace. The palace itself is massive and topped with gold domes and surrounded by lush gardens.

The magic carpet hovers behind a huge date tree near the golden walkway.

“So what now?” Aladdin asks. “Do we ring the doorbell?”

“Would they let us in?” Jonah asks, holding one of the carpet tassels in pause mode.

Doubtful. It’s not as if the royal family knows us. And when they ask why we’re here, we can’t exactly come out and say we’re matchmaking the princess and a poor villager.

“I think we need Princess Badr-al-Badur to come outside,” I say.

“But how?” Jonah asks. “Should we throw pebbles at her window or something?”

“If a villager throws rocks at the palace, he’ll get arrested for sure!” Aladdin says.

“Okay, no pebbles,” I say. “But let’s see if we can find her room.”

“Hey!” Aladdin says. “I think that’s her.” He points to one of the lower towers. I can make out a room with an open window. There’s a beautiful girl with long dark hair covered by a pretty purple veil, packing her purse.

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