Aladdin and the Cure for Hair

Aladdin was a young boy who lived in a faraway land. He had a magic lamp with a Genie who could grant him wishes. But Aladdin had a strange problem. He didn't want gold or jewels. He was worried about his hair.

You see, Aladdin had very, very messy hair. No matter how much he combed it, it would stick up in all directions. He looked like he had been electrocuted! The other kids teased him, calling him "Bird's Nest Head."

One day, he rubbed the magic lamp. *POOF!* The blue Genie appeared.

"Master!" boomed the Genie. "What is your wish? Do you want a flying carpet? A palace made of diamonds?"

"No," said Aladdin sadly. "I want a cure for my messy hair. I want it to be silky and smooth."

The Genie scratched his head. "That's a tough one, kid. Magic usually does big things, not hair styling. But let me check my spell book."

The Genie flipped through a giant book. "Aha! Here it is. The Potion of Silky Smoothness. But you have to find the ingredients yourself."

"I'll do anything!" said Aladdin.

"First," said the Genie, "you need the slime of a giant snail from the Slippery Forest. Second, you need the juice of a sour lemon from the Lemon Tree of Doom. And third, you need to mix it with the yolk of a golden egg."

Aladdin set off on his adventure. He went to the Slippery Forest. It was so slippery he kept falling down! *Whoops! Slip! Slide!* Finally, he found a giant snail and politely asked for some slime. The snail gave him a jar full.

Next, he went to the Lemon Tree of Doom. The lemons there were so sour that just looking at them made your face scrunch up. He picked one and squeezed the juice.

Finally, he found a golden goose and got a golden egg.

He mixed everything together. It looked gross—green and slimy. "Eww," said Aladdin. But he put it on his hair.

Suddenly, his hair started to sizzle and pop! *Fizz! Pop! Crackle!* smoke came out of his ears.

When the smoke cleared, Aladdin ran to a mirror. His hair was... GONE! He was completely bald!

"Genie!" he screamed. "You made me bald!"

The Genie appeared, laughing. "Oops! I think I read the wrong page. That was the Potion of Hair *Removal*!"

Aladdin was so angry, but then he looked in the mirror again. "Actually," he said, rubbing his smooth head. "This is kind of cool. No more combing! No more tangles! And nobody can call me Bird's Nest Head anymore!"

So Aladdin stayed bald and became the coolest kid in the kingdom. And whenever his hair started to grow back, he just used a little bit of the snail slime potion again.