The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-29
The Book Of knowledge
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ALI BABA AND THE FORTY
THIEVES
Summary of a Famous Tale
From 1.-THE Arabian Nights
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Ali Bahia vas a poor man who
lived with his wife in a town in
Persia. One day he went into the
forest to cut some fireWood. He
saw d band of forty thieves, and
climbed into a tree and hid him
self.
The tree grew beside a great
rock, and the forty thieves came
10 this rock and cried: open, Sc
same.." A door opened. leading in
to a cave, and the thieves went
in and placed there the gold and
silver they had stolen. Then they
came out and cried: Shut, Sc
same!' The cave closed up, and
they rode away.
Ali Baba then came down from
the tree and cried: open, Sc
same!" Again the cave cpered.
He entered and found himself in
a sort of treasure-house, stored
with sacks of gold and silver.
Ali Baba seized as many sacks
as he codd carry and took them
home.
Nov" he said to his wife, Il
will soon grow as rich as my
brother Cassim."
This thought pleased him very
much, for his brother was a proud
and naughty man who had a
ried a very wealthy woman.
eve must measure h o much
gold we've got said Ali Baba's
wife.
S. he went to Cassim's house
and asked for the loan of a meas
ure. Cassim's wife wondered what
her sister-in-law was going to
weight, so she put some wan I'M
der the measure. When it was re-
turned to her she found, to her
immense purprise, a piece of gold
sticking to it.
She at once told Cassim, and
Cassim went to Ali Bahia and ask
eo him where he had got his gold.
Ali Bahia frankly told his brother
about h treasure-house in the
rock, and told him how 10 open
and shut the cave.
III have all that gold carried
away before Ali Bahia gets any
more of it," said Cassim to him
self.
He at once took ten mules to
the cave with the idea of Loading
then with all the sacks. He cried,
open, Sesame!" and got into the
cave. and danced with delight
when he saw how much treasure
there was. But he became SO eX-
cited that, when he started to take
away the sacks, he forgot the
words that opened the cave, and
so could not get out.
While he was trying to think OF
the right word, the forty thieves
returned, found him in the cave,
and killed him.
The next day, Ali Bahia went to
get some more gold and discover
ed the body of his brother. He
carried it away and had it
buried.
Then, in accordance with Per
sian customs, he took his widowed
si~ster-in-law into his home. With
her came a clever female slave
whose name was Morgiana.
When the forty thieves found
that the body of Cassim had been
removed from the cave, they were
full of fear.
$50 there's another man w h o
knows our ~secret!" said The cap
tain OF the thieves. But l know
how to find him."
He disguised himself, went to
the town, and inquired if a man
who had been slain by the sword
had recently been buried. He at
last learned that such a MAJ had
been buried by Ali Baba.
Now" said the captain To his
men, Il must arrange to get all
Of you hidden in the house of this
Ali Baba; and you must come out
at night, kill everybody there, and
escape without being SEEN
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