1. ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES By Emigdi Subirats

2. Once upon a time two brothers lived in a town in Persia, one named Cassim, and the other Ali Baba. Cassim married a rich wife, but Ali Baba was poor. He cut wood and carried it with three donkeys. One day he saw forty men with horses. Robbers!!! He climbed a tree to hide. There was a rock. One said: "Open, Sesame," and a door opened in the rock. The robbers passed and the door closed. Ali Baba stayed in the tree, and after some minutes the door opened again, and the robbers came out. Then the captain of the robbers closed the door by saying, "Shut, Sesame," cassim