ALADDIN

CAVE: Know this. Only one may enter here. One whose

worth lies far within. A diamond in the rough.

(GAZEEM turns to JAFAR with a questioning look.)

JAFAR: What are you waiting for? Go on!

(GAZEEM hesitates, then moves one foot inside the cave. With

great apprehension, he plants his foot down. Nothing happens.

Relieved, he begins his trek again. Then another roar comes.

He turns back, but the lion's mouth slams shut and the dune

collapses back to normal. All that are left are JAFAR, IAGO,

and the two separated halves of the medallion.)

CAVE: Seek thee out, the diamond in the rough.

(IAGO unburied himself from the sand, coughing as he does so.)

IAGO: I can't believe it. I just don't believe it. We're

never gonna get a hold of that stupid lamp! Just

forget it. Look at this. Look at this. I'm so

ticked off that I'm molting! (He flies up to

JAFAR's shoulder.)

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 SWALLOWER's mouth. ABU advances on the guards,

who retreat in fear.)

GUARD 1: He's got a sword!

GUARD 2: You idiot--we've ALL got swords!!

(ABU sets the sword down gently, then runs. ALADDIN and ABU are

once again surrounded, with GUARDS coming from left and right.

He jumps up and climbs a robe trick being done on the street,

as the GUARDS all crash into each other.)

ALADDIN: One jump ahead of the hoofbeats!

CROWD: Vandal!

ALADDIN: One hop ahead of the hump!

CROWD: Street rat!

ALADDIN: One trick ahead of disaster

CROWD: Scoundrel!

ALADDIN: They're quick--but I'm much faster

CROWD: Take that!

(The GUARDS chase ALADDIN up a staircase into a room. He grabs a

carpet and jumps out the window)

ALADDIN: Here goes, better throw my hand in

Wish me happy landin'

All I gotta do is jump!

(The GUARDS follow him out the window, but they go straight down to

the street, and land in a pile with the sign "Crazy Hakim's

Discount Fertilizer." ALADDIN uses the carpet as a parachute

to land safely and out of danger. ALADDIN and ABU high-five each

other.)