"Stop, thief! I'll have your hands for a trophy street rats!" Razoul screamed as he chased my brother, Aladdin, and I on the roof tops of the market place. We stopped at the edge and Aladdin glanced down at the food we had stolen.

"All this for a loaf of bread?" He wondered to himself. The guards were closing in on us now.

"What do we do?" I asked him, worrying a little.

"We have to jump, Kate!" He proclaimed.

I looked down and muttered to myself, "Here goes nothing." With that we both leaped off the ledge. Together we bounced off a couple of clothing lines and landed in a huge pile of clothing. I got buried under a pile of sheets and had to pull myself out from under them. When I could see again, Aladdin was covered in sheets a pair of pants stuck on top of his head. I giggled at the sight of my older brother. Just then the Razoul shouted from the roof top.

"You won't get away that easy!"

"You think that was easy?" Aladdin yelled back at him.

To our right were a group of middle aged women giggling at the two of us. We ran toward them shaking off the sheets and clothes that wrapped around us.

"Hello, ladies." Aladdin greeted, smiling with that boyish charm of his. I stood next to him using the same sweet smile.

"Getting into trouble a little early aren't we, you two?" One of the women mocked with a little laugh.

"Trouble?" Aladdin questioned. "You're only in trouble if you get caught." As soon as he said that, Razoul appeared behind him. He sung Aladdin around by his purple vest and held him firmly.

"Gotcha!" Razoul cried.

"I'm in trouble!" He exclaimed.

I was about to attack the large guard when I noticed a little friend of ours.

"And this time, I-" Razoul began, but was cut off by his turban being pulled down over his face. He released Aladdin and struggled with fixing his hat.

"Perfect timing Abu as usual." Aladdin stated, nodding at our little furry monkey friend. Abu jumped on Aladdin's back as Aladdin turned to me. "Come on, let's get out of here!" We started running again just as I bumped into a guard. I quickly dodged him when he swung his sword. Aladdin began singing to me.

Gotta keep
One jump ahead of the breadline
One swing ahead of the sword

Aladdin jumped on a barrel and jumped the guard's sword swing. He leaped to the ground and pulled down the guards pants. I started laughing, but Aladdin grabbed my wrist and pulled me away as the guards began after us again.
We steal only what we can't afford
( That's Everything! )
We ran under a wooden deck where another guard came at us.
One jump ahead of the lawmen
That's all, and that's no joke

He swung his sword barely missing my head. It hit the wooden post instead. We quickly hopped up a pile of barrels onto the

These guys don't appreciate we're broke

Riffraff's! Street rats! Scoundrels! Take that!
They chucked a bunch of random fruit at us. We dodged it all (what a waste of fruit!).
Just a little snack, guys

They started shaking the platform and I feel into Aladdin who helped me regain my balance.
Rip him open, take it back, guy

We jumped of the deck and landed in a window.
I can take a hint, gotta face the facts
You're my only friend, Abu!

"Hey!" I shouted in annoyance.

"You're my sister, that doesn't count!" He retaliated. I laughed as a bunch of women can up toward us. They pulled Aladdin up and started dancing with him and taunting him.
Who?
He's become a one-man rise in crime

Aladdin accidently ran into a large chubby woman.
I'd blame parents except he hasn't got them

Aladdin started singing to the other women again when I ran over to him.
Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat
Tell you all about it when I got the time!
A grabbed Aladdin's arm and we jumped out the window. We hid behind a strong man, flexing.
One jump ahead of the slowpokes
One skip ahead of my doom
Next time gotta use a nom de plume

We hopped on the backs of sheep as we ran from the guards. They were pushing and throwing the sheep's out of the way.
One jump ahead of the hit men
One hit ahead of the flock
I think I'll take a stroll around the block

I jumped on Aladdin's back, piggy back style, and Abu hopped on my shoulder as we jumped on top of a man lying on a bed of nails. I hope we didn't hurt him too much. I hopped of Aladdin's back and noticed Abu was gone. He was stealing some jewels and diamonds.

Stop, thief! Scoundrel!

Aladdin grabbed Abu and scolded him.

Abu! Scandal!

The guards backed us into a wall.
Let's not be too hasty

A large woman opened the door behind us and picked up Aladdin.

Still I think he's rather tasty

Aladdin rolled away from her and went up to the guards. He leaned on one of their shoulders and sang to them like friends.
Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat
Otherwise we'd get along

The guards all screamed…
Wrong!

They trapped us into a dog pile, but we managed to escape and ran away while the guards thought they were still fighting us. We ran past a man sticking a sword down his throat. Abu pulled out the sword and leaped in front of the guards.

"Ah! He has a sword!" One of the guards cried in fear.

"Idiots! We all have swords!" Razoul shouted, pulling out his own sword and waving it high in the air. Abu laid his sword down and hopped back onto Aladdin's back.

One jump ahead of the hoof beats (Vandal!)
One hop ahead of the hump (Street rat!)

We ran up a staircase but the guards blocked our path.
One trick ahead of disaster (Scoundrel!)
They're quick, but I'm much faster (Take that!)

We jumped in a window and picked up two carpets. I took mine and stood on the ledge while Aladdin looked to the guards.
Here goes, better throw my hand in
Wish me happy landing'
All I gotta do is jump

We both leaped out of the window with the carpets placed under us. Looking back, the guards had fallen out of the window and landed in a pile of cow pies (Ew!). We turned the carpets into parachutes and landed softly on the ground in an alleyway.

"And now esteemed effendis, we feast! Alright!" Aladdin said as he tore the bread into three pieces and handed one to me and one to Abu. I looked down at it and smiled. I was about to take a bite when Aladdin nudged me. I glanced up and he pointed straight ahead. In front of where we sit were two little kids rummaging around in a dumpster. One was a boy and the other a girl. They looked sad and hungry. I looked at Aladdin. His face expression told me he was thinking the same thing as me. Abu realized what we were thinking and looked down at this bread that had already had a bite taken from it. He gave us a cold expression and pulled his bread close to him, showing he wasn't going to share. I rolled my eyes as Aladdin and I got up. We walked over toward the little kids. They reminded me of us when we were little. The girl looked about 10 and the boy looked 6. That was the exact same age difference as Aladdin and I. Aladdin is 17 and I'm 13. That's a 4 year difference. Anyway, the kids saw us approaching and looked frightened.

"Here," Aladdin offered as he held the bread out to the girl. She stepped back, pulling her brother with her. "Go on, take it."

The girl reluctantly took it as she giggled with her brother. I handed mine to the small boy.

"Here you go." I told him, sweetly. After he took it, I ruffled his hair a little. Abu then suddenly ran over and, even though he looked unhappy about it, handed his bread to the girl. She giggled in delight and patted Abu on the head. Abu smiled and then jogged to catch up with Aladdin and I. We walked out into the main canter off the market place. For some reason everyone was gathered around. Aladdin pushed through the crowd to see if he could see anything. I followed closely behind him. As we walked I heard a few people talking.

"On his way to the palace I suppose" One man said.

"Another suitor for the princess." Another man commented.

We made it to the other the front where we could see a man on a beautiful white horse. The man looked somewhat like a clown with a ton of fancy jewelry and make up and that curly mustache. I guess when you're as rich as he is it doesn't matter how you look. People still look up and stare at you in amazement when you are rich. Suddenly, something ran past my legs. I looked up to see the little boy and girl from the alley run into the middle of the street. They had run in front of the horse that wined and bucked at them. The man on the horse scoffed at them and raised his whip. I gasped as the whip came down. But it didn't hit the kids. Instead for the first time I noticed my brother was standing there protecting the children. He had caught the whip on his arm and was now holding it.

"Hey, if I was as rich as you, I could afford some manners!" Aladdin yelled at the prince. He threw the whip back in his face.

"Oh!" The prince growled. "I'll teach you some manners!"

He reared his horse towards Aladdin and kicked him hard, causing him to fall in a puddle of mud. The crowd broke into laughter as they all pointed and taunted Aladdin. I quickly ran over and helped him out of the mud.

"Look at that everyone!" Aladdin yelled at the crowd as he stood up. "It's not every day you see a horse with two rear ends!" The prince suddenly stopped and turned around with beady eyes. The crowd was now laughing at Aladdin's joke and not Aladdin. I being one of those people laughing. The crowd quieted down and started dispersing as the prince yelled back at Aladdin.

"You are a worthless street rat! You were born a street rat and you will die a street rat! Only your flees will mourn you!" The prince continued into the gates. Aladdin charged at him, but the gates closed to fast. I ran over to him.

"I'm not worthless!" Aladdin cried at the gate. "And I don't have flees!" Aladdin started starching his head.

"I know that." I exclaimed trying to reassure him. "Don't listen to a snobby, jerk like him."

"You're right." He said with a sigh. "Come on, let's go home." We began on our way.

We walked on in silence but once we neared our home Aladdin started singing.

Riffraff, street rat!

I don't buy that!

I started singing with him.

If only they looked closer!

Would they see two poor kids? No sire.

We made it back to the house and Aladdin kept singing as he tucked Abu into bed. Next he helped get me into bed. Kissing my forehead and he pulled the blanket up around on shoulders. I closed my eyes and listened to him finish his song as he stared out the window.

They'd find out there's so much more to me.

He let out a sigh.

"Someday, guys, things are going to change. We'll be rich, live in a palace, and have no problems at all." He said softly as he sunk down on the ledge and eventually fell asleep.