Alibaba And The Forty Thieves
A long time ago, in the country of persia (which is known as Iran), there lived an old man. The old man had two sons. The elder son was called Kasim and the younger was Alibaba. When the old man died, he left a small fortune. As per his wishes, the fortune was equally divided between the two brothers.
Kasim and Alibaba took the share from their father's money. However, they did not make any good use of the small amount of money. Instead, both of them spent the money in a short period of time.
Soon, they were left penniless. But, it was then the two brothers' fortune changed in opposite directions.
Kasim was lucky to find a wealthy girl. After his marriage to her, his Father-in-law owned a big shop which was filled with many expensive objects.
Apart from the shop he had a substantial amount of gold hidden in his house. When he died, Kasim became the owner of the shop. Thus, it was known to everyone that Kasim was now a wealthy man.
On the other hand, Alibaba married a poor girl. Both of them had no fortune. Hence, they lived in a small house. Alibaba had to work hard for a living. He managed to earn a little money by selling wood.
Everyday, he would go to the jungle to cut wood. Then he would put the wood on the backs of his three donkeys. He would then sell this would in the town. Thus Alibaba managed to live with difficulty.
One day, Alibaba was on his daily job of cutting wood in the forest. It was noon time. He had almost finished cutting the wood.
After completing his work, he was slowly mounting the wood on the backs of his donkeys. At that time, he suddenly heard the sound of horses. He thought to himself, "I wonder who is going through the forest at this time."
As Alibaba observed, the galloping horses has raised a big dust cloud. Such a noise could be made only by a great number of horses.
On keen observation, Alibaba noticed that there were more than 30 horsemen. They were all coming to his direction.
Alibaba thought, "oh my God! This seems like a gang of robbers. They are all coming towards me.
What if they see me? They will surely kill me and take away my donkeys. What can I do?" Alibaba was very scared. He was trapped in the forest. He could not go out without being seen by the robbers.
Alibaba thought quickly. He had no time Or place to run. He pushed his animals into a place where they could not be seen. Then he found a huge tree with big leafy branches.
He immediately climbed up on the tree. The tree was next to a huge rock. Alibaba was safely hiding in the branches of the tree.
Alibaba then waited for the robbers to pass him. To his surprise, they all stopped under the tree. he remained atop without making noise. then he silently observed the men.
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