Script

SIDE 1

KASSIM

So, what did you steal this time?

ALADDIN

Steal? I don't know what you're talking about, Kassim.

BABKAK

Come on, Aladdin. You've taught us every swindle we know.

OMAR

Babkak's right. You're the best thief this side of the River Jordan.

ALADDIN

That's all behind me now, Omar. I promised my parents before they died that I'd never steal again.

KASSIM

(pulls a loaf of bread of out ALADDIN's satchel)

So what's this?

ALADDIN

(grabs the bread back)

Food doesn't count. A guy's gotta eat.

OMAR

Maybe we should all clean up our act. Every time I pick a picket, I feel awful.

BABKAK

Falafel? Did somebody say falafel?

KASSIM

The way I see it, we're just stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. It just so happens that we're the poor.

ALADDIN

I don't know, Kassim. When people see me, I don't want the first thing they think to be "thief."

KASSIM

People don't think that.


RAZOUL

Thief!


KASSIM

Of course, I could be wrong. Time to run!