Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
The Tale of a Poor Woodcutter
WEB The Story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves IN former days there lived in a town of Persia two brothers one called Cassim the other Ali Baba Cassim was rich and a great merchant he had warehouses full of costly goods and he lived in a fine house which he had built for himself in the best part of the town Ali Baba on the other hand was poor and he had nothing in the world except his donkey which he used to fetch and carry wood to provide for his family
Ali Baba's Lucky Day
Now Ali Baba and his donkey went every day into the forest to fetch wood One day when he was in the forest he came upon a band of forty thieves on horseback They were dividing up some ill gotten gains Ali Baba seeing them drew back behind a tree and hid himself until they should depart When the thieves were gone he came out from his hiding place and to his surprise he saw the door of a cave open in the side of a rock
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