Ali Baba

Ali Baba

The men stayed inside the rock for some time but Ali Baba didn't move. At last the door opened and the forty men came out. The door closed and the rock looked like an ordinary rock again. Then the men galloped away. As soon as they were gone, Ali Baba climbed down and stared at the rock for a long time. Then he cried "Open Sesame!"

The door opened. Ali Baba looked inside and couldn't believe his eyes. There was treasure everywhere. Gold and silver lay in heaps on the floor and jars were filled to the brim with gleaming jewels. Costly silks were thrown everywhere. Rare carpets were heaped in the corner. Money bags lay in piles.

When Ali Baba saw this, he was sure the forty men had been robbers, and that this was their treasure."Thank goodness they didn't see me," he thought.