In a desert city, known as Agrabah, there was a great, big palace that oversaw all the little homes in front of it. It was ruled by a ruler known as a Sultan. He had a daughter, a princess named Jasmine. She was in love and engaged to a young man who had lived on those streets all his life. His name was Aladdin. His mom had died when he was young, and his father had left them to find something that would make a better life for them, but that had never happened and had stayed away. Aladdin also lived in a hovel rather than at the palace. It had been his home since he was a kid.
These humans also had magical friends and animal friends who went on adventures with them. There was a big, blue genie and a magic carpet that Aladdin had found in the Cave of Wonders. The genie was quite humorous quite a bit, but sometimes, the carpet was a lot smarter, even he didn't speak like everyone else, but had his own ways of communicating.
Jasmine had a pet tiger named Rajah. He was like a guard dog for the castle and his human lady mistress.
Aladdin had his own special pet, a monkey named Abu. He had rescued him from thieves on the streets long ago. They had been best friends for years now and made quite a team still, as needed. And then there was the red and blue parrot, Iago. Iago once worked for an evil sorcerer called Jafar. Jafar was dead now and had tried to kill the gang several times when he had been alive. Iago was a fast talking, loud, greedy parrot who had been taught about corruption at least since Jafar had had him. Iago had saved the gang a few times and even from his evil master. He had turned to the side of good and paid a price for it at the time, but had lived to tell the tale.
Together, all the friends had many adventures together. They never knew what each day would bring.
Al and Jasmine were engaged yes, but weren't ready to be married yet. They still were getting to know each other and all, even though they knew each other rather well.
There were also times when Al's point of view and actions clashed with the guards of the palace too, as he had always been dodging them on the streets for as long as he could remember.
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Iago and Abu had always been greedy about gold, treasures, and even food, when they were hungry. If they weren't fed in the palace at a certain time, they would resort to getting their own food from the marketplace sometimes, if they didn't get it from the palace kitchens.
Iago had a bit more of greed to him though than his monkey friend. And he was able to carry Abu to locations as well.
Lately, their human friends were more busy than usual around the palace and lunch was always at unpredictable times. The bird and monkey kept on sneaking around on the rooftops and tops of the marketers on the streets, just trying to make a living every day.
At this time, there was a man passing by on the streets. He had eyes for the exotic and special foods that he got. He was a big tubby guy. His name was Bahshir Darwoud. He had the typical beard on his face. He carried a sword like most of the folk here in Agrabah. He would be crazy if he didn't.
As a guy who had eyes for the exotic, Bahshir suddenly caught a glimpse of red overhead and he spotted a red bird with some blue feathers and golden beak. He had a brown monkey beside him. What were they doing? Did they belong to the vendor below?
Bahshir watched them while he did purchase some food for himself for the day. After awhile, he saw the animals trying to steal some food, and they did. Those little thieves! He would keep an eye on those animals. If they belonged to that guy, he wouldn't mind, but the teller seemed baffled that some of his food had gone missing.
If these animals didn't have an owner, he would gladly take them in.
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In the coming weeks, Bahshir saw the animals on the streets quite often. But he began to see the parrot more often than the monkey. Since the bird could fly, he could do what he pleased more so, he thought.
But one day, the bird made the mistake of stealing from Bahshir. Iago had taken some grapes from him. He noticed just in time. "Hey! Bird! Get back here, you thief!" he yelled angrily.
Iago knew he had been busted, but he flew on as the man went on chasing after him. "Aw! Can't let him catch me." Iago told himself.
He flew upwards and landed on a palace walkway, high enough from the man, who was now waving his sword at him. "You do that again and I swear you'll feel my sword!" Bahshir exclaimed.
Iago only looked down at him in humor. He wasn't getting him up here. "Hey, it's only food!" the bird shouted down at him. Then he flew off to find the humans who took care of him.
"That bird is going to pay for this if he continues to steal on these streets." Bahshir growled. He didn't take stealing lightly, as did many of the other tellers.
But then, he knew he would continue doing it, so he began to devise a plan, one or two different plans. He was going to get that bird, one way or another. He could also be useful, in how he talked, but he would see.