Storm in the Desert

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0:00:03 > 0:00:06I was delighted when Jamillah was born.

0:00:06 > 0:00:09The seventh child is always a lucky child.

0:00:10 > 0:00:14Her big brothers adored her and she adored them.

0:00:17 > 0:00:20Her grandfather, Jiddo, told her magical stories,

0:00:20 > 0:00:22which is how she learned about me.

0:00:22 > 0:00:25Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Who drew that?

0:00:25 > 0:00:26I'm way handsomer!

0:00:27 > 0:00:30Jamillah grew up to be courageous.

0:00:31 > 0:00:33One rainy day,

0:00:33 > 0:00:36Jiddo sent her up to the attic to get a box from his trunk.

0:00:44 > 0:00:47Boy, was she in for a surprise!

0:00:50 > 0:00:52If any genie is listening...

0:00:52 > 0:00:55could you give me a wish?

0:00:55 > 0:00:57Your wish is my command.

0:00:57 > 0:00:59JAMILLAH SCREAMS

0:01:01 > 0:01:04Ah! Listen, don't go dropping the lamp again, OK?

0:01:04 > 0:01:06But...

0:01:06 > 0:01:09greetings, oh, wondrous one! Tell me your wish.

0:01:11 > 0:01:14I wish for...

0:01:14 > 0:01:16an adventure.

0:01:26 > 0:01:32THEME MUSIC PLAYS

0:02:03 > 0:02:05Come on, chickens. Breakfast!

0:02:05 > 0:02:07Come and get it.

0:02:08 > 0:02:11Chick-chick-chickens.

0:02:13 > 0:02:15Where are you?

0:02:16 > 0:02:17I've got food.

0:02:17 > 0:02:20Come on, chickens!

0:02:20 > 0:02:24Aren't you hungry? There you are. Don't you want to eat? Strange...

0:02:26 > 0:02:29Maybe they're all sick of rice...

0:02:31 > 0:02:33I'll go to the market and get them an apple.

0:02:35 > 0:02:39HE PLAYS A SNAKE-CHARMING TUNE

0:02:40 > 0:02:44- The snake has never been this sluggish...- Samir! Samir!

0:02:44 > 0:02:45Just the man I wanted to see.

0:02:47 > 0:02:50Have you noticed anything strange lately?

0:02:50 > 0:02:51Apart from my sluggish snake, no.

0:02:51 > 0:02:55I've been getting a very odd message from my crystal ball. Look...

0:02:57 > 0:02:59You see?

0:02:59 > 0:03:01It signifies darkness spreading across the land,

0:03:01 > 0:03:05and yet...the sky is blue.

0:03:05 > 0:03:06How many birds?!

0:03:06 > 0:03:11- I wonder where they're all going. Careful!- What is this strange sight?

0:03:13 > 0:03:17- There you are. I wanted to buy an apple.- Hush, viper child. Look!

0:03:18 > 0:03:20An omen of doom.

0:03:20 > 0:03:22When birds flock - doom.

0:03:22 > 0:03:25TRUMPET BLARES

0:03:32 > 0:03:34Citizens of Baghdad...

0:03:34 > 0:03:37this man beside me is a messenger from Samarra.

0:03:37 > 0:03:42He has ridden a great distance to bring us a warning.

0:03:42 > 0:03:47A haboob is sweeping across the desert towards our beloved city.

0:03:47 > 0:03:50Whoa! What's going on?!

0:03:50 > 0:03:53Quiet! Attend to what I'm saying.

0:03:53 > 0:03:55When the trumpet sounds...

0:03:55 > 0:03:57HE SOUNDS THE TRUMPET ONCE

0:03:57 > 0:04:00..it is the signal to go inside and bar the doors.

0:04:00 > 0:04:02When you hear this...

0:04:02 > 0:04:05HE SOUNDS THE TRUMPET THREE TIMES

0:04:05 > 0:04:07..it is safe to come out.

0:04:07 > 0:04:11Now, I need five volunteers to stand atop the city's walls

0:04:11 > 0:04:13to watch for the haboob's arrival.

0:04:14 > 0:04:17Pick me, pick me!

0:04:17 > 0:04:21- You! You, you, you and... - ME!- Me!

0:04:23 > 0:04:25- You.- Yes!

0:04:25 > 0:04:30- I shall see you later, Aladdin.- What is going on? What is a...haboob?!

0:04:31 > 0:04:34It's a giant sandstorm, kind of like a thunderstorm,

0:04:34 > 0:04:38only with sand instead of water. It ruins all the crops and...

0:04:38 > 0:04:40Come on. We've got to get home.

0:04:41 > 0:04:43WIND WHISTLES

0:04:43 > 0:04:49Now I know why those chickens stay in. Chickens are so smart.

0:04:49 > 0:04:51I'm off to Madame Arka's. She's old and frightened.

0:04:51 > 0:04:54- I'll be back as soon as I can, OK? - I know what to do anyway.

0:04:54 > 0:04:57Get the water, cover the food and nail the windows.

0:04:59 > 0:05:02- I'll see you. - And put cloth in all of the cracks.

0:05:02 > 0:05:03Let's hurry, Jamillah.

0:05:07 > 0:05:10Hold it. I'll nail it. Quick!

0:05:15 > 0:05:18Ode For The Sky, by Genie.

0:05:18 > 0:05:19"Why, oh, why

0:05:19 > 0:05:24"must I write about the sky?"

0:05:24 > 0:05:27HAMMERING Shh!

0:05:29 > 0:05:30Have you no respect for art?!

0:05:32 > 0:05:34Ugh!

0:05:34 > 0:05:38"Why? Because the sky is high."

0:05:40 > 0:05:43HAMMERING RESUMES

0:05:43 > 0:05:45Oh...

0:05:45 > 0:05:47Ugh!

0:05:47 > 0:05:50Dear masters. Dear noisy masters.

0:05:50 > 0:05:54Did I ever mention that Genie - moi - is a poetic genius

0:05:54 > 0:05:55who needs peace?

0:05:55 > 0:05:59- And quiet!- Sorry, Genie, but there's a haboob coming!

0:05:59 > 0:06:01So thrilling!

0:06:01 > 0:06:03Just the stuff for poetry.

0:06:05 > 0:06:09Haboob Poem, by Genie.

0:06:09 > 0:06:11SOMETHING BANGS AGAINST THE ROOF

0:06:11 > 0:06:14"Oh, winds of fury..."

0:06:14 > 0:06:18Genie! Can't you do something helpful?

0:06:18 > 0:06:20Like... Like...

0:06:21 > 0:06:24..do a spell to stop the storm?

0:06:24 > 0:06:27- Only in urgent conditions can a genie mess with nature.- Ugh!

0:06:27 > 0:06:30This is urgent! Don't you remember?

0:06:30 > 0:06:33Don't you remember how the sand gets in your hair

0:06:33 > 0:06:35and in your clothes?

0:06:35 > 0:06:37And in your lamp.

0:06:41 > 0:06:44I hate that! OK, I'll do it. Hang tight.

0:06:46 > 0:06:48TRUMPET BLARES ONCE

0:06:48 > 0:06:49That's the warning.

0:06:49 > 0:06:51WIND ROARS

0:06:55 > 0:06:58The storm is not 20 minutes away. I saw it with my own eyes.

0:06:58 > 0:07:01It's an amazing sight.

0:07:01 > 0:07:04It's like a curtain, stretched across the horizon,

0:07:04 > 0:07:05blocking out the sun.

0:07:05 > 0:07:07To safety, go!

0:07:12 > 0:07:14- There, nothing can get in now. - KNOCKING AT DOOR

0:07:14 > 0:07:16- OUTSIDE:- Aladdin! May I come inside? It's Samir.

0:07:16 > 0:07:20I can't open the door! You're going to have to go round the back.

0:07:21 > 0:07:26GENIE: Behold. The secrets of wind charming lies within.

0:07:26 > 0:07:30I haven't used this in 2,000 years - since Queen Nefertiti.

0:07:30 > 0:07:34But...I thought you were 972 years old?

0:07:34 > 0:07:36There is still a lot for you to learn about genies.

0:07:36 > 0:07:40I'm 972-and-a-half genie years.

0:07:40 > 0:07:43Nothing like people years.

0:07:46 > 0:07:47Hello, friends.

0:07:47 > 0:07:50May I stay with you? My current home has no roof.

0:07:50 > 0:07:52Of course.

0:07:52 > 0:07:59Is it true that a haboob is caused by seven giant dervishes,

0:07:59 > 0:08:01whose skirts stir up the sand?

0:08:01 > 0:08:04- What ARE they teaching you? - A little snug...

0:08:04 > 0:08:07THEY GROAN Ah-ha!

0:08:07 > 0:08:09- Oh, ho-ho-ho!- Yes!

0:08:12 > 0:08:16- It's...full of papers. - Important papers.

0:08:16 > 0:08:20A gold star for my first exam.

0:08:20 > 0:08:23Er, Genie, can you please focus?

0:08:23 > 0:08:25The storm is coming!

0:08:25 > 0:08:27BANGING Right...

0:08:27 > 0:08:29Spell, spell... Who's got the spell?

0:08:31 > 0:08:36Ha! Got it. The wind charm spell. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

0:08:36 > 0:08:38Got it.

0:08:38 > 0:08:43- Good. I am going to need a few things.- Like what?- Like...

0:08:43 > 0:08:48a chicken feather, a flat stone, a single drop of water and...

0:08:48 > 0:08:50- a jewel.- Now he tells us(!)

0:09:13 > 0:09:16- I found a stone! - What about the jewel?!

0:09:20 > 0:09:22All right.

0:09:22 > 0:09:23I'll get a drop of water!

0:09:25 > 0:09:27I found a feather!

0:09:28 > 0:09:30WOOD SPLINTERS OVERHEAD

0:09:30 > 0:09:32Aladdin, watch out!

0:09:32 > 0:09:34ALADDIN SCREAMS

0:09:36 > 0:09:37Aladdin!

0:09:42 > 0:09:46- Are you hurt?- No, I'm just stuck.

0:09:46 > 0:09:50You have to get Genie to stop the storm. It's our only hope.

0:09:50 > 0:09:51Here, take the feather.

0:09:54 > 0:09:56So you're telling me

0:09:56 > 0:09:59- that wind is not caused by the breath of an elephant?- Yes...

0:10:04 > 0:10:08Genie, Aladdin's stuck. You must stop the storm.

0:10:08 > 0:10:09- Aladdin!- Oh, my goodness!

0:10:11 > 0:10:14I must get this spell right. And begin.

0:10:15 > 0:10:20HE CHANTS IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

0:10:23 > 0:10:25LOUD WHOOSHING

0:10:27 > 0:10:29Aladdin, hold on!

0:10:31 > 0:10:32HE GROANS

0:10:34 > 0:10:39- Genie! Nothing happened!- Sorry! I don't know what I'm forgetting.

0:10:39 > 0:10:41Think, Genie, think.

0:10:41 > 0:10:43HE GROANS

0:10:44 > 0:10:47The wind is too strong!

0:10:47 > 0:10:49Relax.

0:10:49 > 0:10:54It's hard to focus when you're tense.

0:10:54 > 0:10:55The spin!

0:10:58 > 0:11:02HE CHANTS

0:11:12 > 0:11:15TRUMPET BLARES THREE TIMES

0:11:15 > 0:11:17- Aladdin!- What? Yeah, I'm OK, I'm OK.

0:11:22 > 0:11:24Thank you, Samir.

0:11:24 > 0:11:26- Thank you.- Three cheers for Genie.

0:11:26 > 0:11:28ALL: Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!

0:11:31 > 0:11:36I don't understand. The wind just stopped, the sand disappeared.

0:11:36 > 0:11:38- It's a miracle.- Yes.

0:11:38 > 0:11:40It reminds me of a poem I once wrote.

0:11:40 > 0:11:43"Oh, grand, miraculous me.

0:11:43 > 0:11:46"The amazing, splendorous Genie."

0:11:47 > 0:11:49Oh! Oh!

0:11:49 > 0:11:51I think it appears that

0:11:51 > 0:11:54the grand miraculous genie is afraid of chickens!

0:11:54 > 0:11:58No! I'm not scared. I'm just not a fan.

0:11:58 > 0:12:00THEY LAUGH

0:12:03 > 0:12:05Every story has an ending.

0:12:05 > 0:12:09And eventually, Jamillah had to say goodbye to Baghdad.

0:12:10 > 0:12:12It was nice to get home and see her family,

0:12:12 > 0:12:16but Jamillah couldn't wait for her next adventure with Aladdin...

0:12:16 > 0:12:18and me, her brilliant genie.

0:12:21 > 0:12:27# So what is your wish? Say, oh, wondrous one

0:12:27 > 0:12:32# Just don't rock my lamp And your will is done

0:12:35 > 0:12:39# No need for applause Yes, I'm number one

0:12:41 > 0:12:46# A thousand years in here It's been too long

0:12:49 > 0:12:54# Your genius genie So smart and strong

0:12:55 > 0:13:01# Shazam! Kar-kazam Oh, it's all gone wrong!

0:13:02 > 0:13:06# She's Jamillah, she's a scamp

0:13:06 > 0:13:09# I'm the genie from the lamp

0:13:09 > 0:13:13# That's Aladdin, he's our lad

0:13:13 > 0:13:16# In old Baghdad

0:13:16 > 0:13:19# She's Jamillah, she's a scamp

0:13:20 > 0:13:23# I'm the genie from the lamp

0:13:23 > 0:13:26# That's Aladdin, he's our lad

0:13:26 > 0:13:31# In old Baghdad

0:13:31 > 0:13:34# She's Jamillah, she's a scamp

0:13:34 > 0:13:37# I'm the genie from the lamp

0:13:37 > 0:13:41# To stop the storm How to begin?

0:13:41 > 0:13:45# Just watch me make my magic spin

0:13:45 > 0:13:47# La-la-la-la La-la-la...

0:13:47 > 0:13:51# La-la-la-la La-la-la!

0:13:51 > 0:13:55# La-la-la-la! La-la-la...

0:13:55 > 0:13:58# La-la-la-la La-la-la! #

0:13:58 > 0:14:00ALL: Hey!