
ALADDINPEDDLER: Oh I come from a land From a faraway place Where the caravan camels roam Where they cut off your ear /Where its flat and immense If they dont like your face /And the heat is intense Its barbaric, but hey--its home! When the winds at your back And the suns from the west And the sand i
JAFAR: Patience, Iago. Patience. Gazeem was obviously
less than worthy.
IAGO: (Extremely sarcastically) Oh, there's a big
surprise. That's an incred--I think I'm gonna have
a heart attack and die from not surprise! What're
we gonna do? We got a big problem here,a big prob-
(JAFAR pinches his beak shut.)
JAFAR: Yes, we do. Only one may enter. I must find this
one, this...diamond in the rough.
(Cut to a rooftop, where ALADDIN rushes up to the edge, carrying
a loaf of bread. He almost drops it over the edge.)
GUARD: Stop, thief! I'll have your hands for a trophy,
street rat!
ALADDIN: (Looks back, then down, then at the bread.) All
this for a loaf of bread?
(He jumps off, landing on two ropes strung between buildings, with
drying clothes on them. He skies down them, collecting bits
and pieces of clothing on him as he goes. Finally, he's
nearing the end of the rope, at a window, when a woman reaches
out and slams the shutters closed. ALADDIN slams into the
shutters and falls to the street, his fall being broken by
numerous awnings and the pile of clothes around him. He pulls
off the top layer of clothes and is about to enjoy his bread
when...)
GUARD 1: There he is!
GUARD 2: You won't get away so easy!
ALADDIN: You think that was easy?
(He looks at three women, laughing at him.)
GUARD 1: You two, over that way, and you, with me. We'll
find him.
(ALADDIN pulls a sheet over him and wraps himself as a disguise.
He rushes over to the women.)
ALADDIN: Morning, ladies.
WOMAN 1: Getting into trouble a little early today, aren't
we Aladdin?
ALADDIN: Trouble? No way. You're only in trouble if you
get caught--
(A hand grabs ALADDIN's shoulder and yanks him back. It's the
first GUARD. ALADDIN's disguise falls off.)
ALADDIN: I'm in trouble!
GUARD: ...and this time--(A screeching sound from ABU,
then the guard's turban is pulled down over his
eyes. ABU dances on the GUARD's head, laughing.)
ALADDIN: Perfect timing, Abu!
ABU: Hello!
ALADDIN: Come on, let's get outta here!
Gotta keep...one jump ahead of the breadline
One swing ahead of the sword
I steal only what I can't afford
That's everything!
(ALADDIN battles a GUARD wielding a sword. He dodges a couple of
swings, then pulls down the GUARD's pants. ABU raspberries the
GUARD, then dodges an attack. The GUARD swings at ALADDIN,
but destroys a barrel of fish. As ALADDIN runs off, the GUARD
pulls a fish over his lower body as a pair of pants.)
One jump ahead of the lawmen
That's all, and that's no joke
These guys don't appreciate I'm broke!
(ALADDIN and ABU scamper up a pile of barrels, then kick one down
on top of another GUARD.)
GUARDS: (one at a time) Riffraff! Street rat!
Scoundrel! Take that!
ALADDIN: Just a little snack, guys!
(ALADDIN scampers to the top of a platform. The GUARDS shake the
platform back and fro trying to knock him off.)
GUARDS: Rip him open, take it back guys!
ALADDIN: I can take a hint, gotta face the facts
You're my only friend, Abu!
WOMEN: Who?!?
(ALADDIN jumps off the platform to certain death, only to grab ABU's
hands like an acrobat. The pair swing into a harem.)
Oh, it's sad Aladdin's hit the bottom
He's become a one-man rise in crime
(ABU finds a plate full of fruit and stuffs his mouth full like a
chipmunk.)
WOMAN: I'd blame parents, except he hasn't got 'em!
ALADDIN: Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat
Tell you all about it when I got the time!
(ALADDIN and ABU exit. Cut to MUSCLEMAN flexing to a crowd. The
GUARDS rush past. Cut to ALADDIN and ABU behind the MUSCLEMAN,
matching his moves, until they make a mistake and are discovered.)
One jump ahead of the slowpokes
One skip ahead of my doom
Next time gonna use a nom de plume.
One jump ahead of the hitmen
One hit ahead of the flock
I think I'll take a stroll around the block.
(A chase sequence, in which ALADDIN and ABU, pursued by the GUARDS,
race through a flock of sheep, hurdle a MAN sleeping on a bed of
nails {of course one extremely large GUARD lands on him}. ABU
disguises himself with jewels until a SHOPKEEPER discovers him.
CROWD: Stop, thief! Vandal!
Outrage! Scandal!
ALADDIN: Let's not be too hasty
(ALADDIN is surrounded by GUARDS in front of a door. The door opens
and a large, ugly LADY comes out.)
LADY: Still I think he's rather tasty
(ALADDIN tumbles away, then puts his arm around a GUARD, acting
like they're all chums.)
ALADDIN: Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat
Otherwise we'd get along!
GUARDS: WRONG!
(They all jump into a pile and fight. When they stop, ALADDIN and
ABU are gone. They are sneaking away in barrels. They run
across a flaming pit, followed by GUARDS who hop up and down,
screaming in pain as they cross the rocks. ALADDIN and ABU
pass a SWORD SWALLOWER, then ABU goes back, pulls the sword
out of the SWALLOWE