The guards chased Aladdin and Abu through the streets, but they managed to escape. As they sat down to eat, Aladdin noticed two hungry children. Like him, they had no money for food. So, although he was starving himself, Aladdin gave his food to the grateful children.
Inside the palace the Sultan was having a difficult morning, too. His beautiful daughter, Princess Jasmine, had insulted yet another prince who had come to propose to her.
“Oh, Jasmine, you’ve got to stop rejecting every prince who comes to call,” said the Sultan. “The law says you must marry a prince by your next birthday.”
“The law is wrong. If I do marry, I want it to be for love,” replied Jasmine.
Later, as Jasmine petted her tiger, she said softly, “I’ve never had any real friends – except you, Rajah. I’ve never even been outside these palace walls. I must get away before it’s too late.”
That night Jasmine changed into ordinary clothes. With a sad good – bye to Rajah, she climbed over the garden wall to freedom.
Jasmine’s eyes grew wide with wonder as she explored the marketplace of Agrabah the next morning. She had never seen so many strange sights before.
Soon Jasmine spotted a hungry child. Without a second thought she plucked an apple from a fruit stand and handed it to him.
“You’d better be able to pay for that!” shouted the fruit seller.
“I’m sorry, sir,” stammered the Princess. “I don’t have any money. But of you let me to the palace, I can get some from the Sultan.”
“Thief!” shouted the fruit seller.
Luckily for Jasmine, Aladdin came by just in time.
“Forgive my poor sister,” he said to the fruit seller. “She’s a little crazy in the head. She thinks the monkey is the Sultan.”