The song Arabian Nights, sung over scenes of the desert and the city of Agrabah, in all its exotic splendor.
"Oh, I come from a land, from a faraway place
Where the caravan camels roam
Where they'll cut off your ear if they don't like
Your face
It's barbaric but hey -- it's home
When the winds from the east
And the sun's from the west
And the sand in the glass is right
Come on down, stop on by,
Hop a carpet and fly
It's another Arabian night
Arabian nights
Like Arabian days
More often than not
Are hotter than hot
In a lotta good ways"
The narrator, a street vendor, rides a heavily laden camel through the bazaar, the clomp clomp of the camel's
hooves falling in beat with the song.
"Arabian nights
'Neath Arabian moons
A fool off his guard
Could fall and fall hard
Out there on the dunes ..."
The camel kneels and the narrator slides off with flourish. He brightens, noticing the readers, speaks into the story.
"Ah, salaam, and good evening to you, worthy friend. Please, please, come closer."
The page zooms in hitting peddler in face.
"Too close. A little too close."
The page zooms back out to CU.
"There. Welcome to Agrabah, city of mystery, of enchantment, and the finest merchandise this side of the river Jordan, on sale today."
He sets up the stand where all the materials are for him to sell.
"Come on down. Heh, heh. Look at this. Yes. Combination hookah and coffeemaker. Also makes julienne fries. Will not break."
He taps the machine on table.
"will not..."
It falls apart.
"It broke. Ohh! Look at this."
The peddler pulls out Tupperware.
"I have never seen one of these intact before. This is the famous Dead Sea Tupperware. Listen."
He pries it open, makes raspberry sound.
"Ah, still good."
The page begins to turn to the right. The peddler hurries to catch it.
"Wait, don't go!"
It stops from turning.
"I can see that you're only interested in the exceptionally rare. I think, then, you would be most rewarded to consider this."
The peddler pulls the magic lamp out from his sleeve.
"Do not be fooled by its commonplace appearance. Like so many things, it is not what is outside, but what is inside that counts."
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