BR1-07 Ali Baba and the Forty thieves

I read Ali Baba and the Forty thieves. I chose it because I knew almost of the story, but I did not all of it. It story is that. Long time ago in Persia, there lived a man named Ali Baba. His brother Kasim was a rich, but Ali Baba was a poor. One day, Ali Baba saw thieves gathering to a cliff. Leader of thieves cried "Open sesame!" and a hole appeared. They hid their treasures in the hole. After they gone, Ali Baba go to cliff and cried "Open sesame!". Hole opened. Ali Baba into it and lifted gold. The brother of Ali Baba, Kasim ask to Ali Baba why and where did you get it? Ali Baba could not lie his brother, so he told because of it. Kasim went to a cliff and cried "Open sesame!". He entered hole and shut off the gate. He excited a lot of treasures, but he lost spell to open hole. And he killed by thieves. Ali Baba went and picked up his corpse to the hole. Thieves found someone entered hole and picked up corpse of Kasim. Thieves seek Ali Baba's life, but they could not. Finally Gamal, the leader of thieves also killed by servant of Ali Baba.

This book is very famous in Japanese. The magic spell to open is "Hirake goma" in Japan. "Hirake" means open. "Goma" means sesame. Its meaning is same. It is interesting.[241words-total 5632words]