Alibaba and the Forty Thieves

Five main characters

of the story:
Alibaba- he is a poor
woodcutter who
gainsMorgianaclever slavegirl from
Ali Baba and the
Forty Thieves
.

She is initially in
Cassim's household
buton his death she
joins his brotherAli
Babaand through her
quick wittedness she
saves Ali's life
manytimes and
eventually kills his
worst enemy, the

leader of the Forty

Thieves
.

As reward, Ali frees

her andMorgiana
marries Ali's son
.

Cassim-

rich brother of Ali

Babawho is killed

by the Forty Thieves

when he is caught
stealingtreasure
from their magic
cave.
Captain of the 40
thieves- the leader of
the 40 thieves, one
who plotted revenge

against Ali Baba

forstealing their
riches, pretended as
an oil merchant and
asMustafah- an old
tailor who sew the
four quadrants of
Cassims body into
whole
.

ituation that cant

happen in real life:
O

ne unrealistic
THING in the story
is the use of the
magic words
O

pen sesame and

Close
sesamethat were
used for the door of
the cave or merely
the use of magic
itself
.

Humans cant use

magic

Magicnever exists in
real life, if all things
were done using
magic, life would be
really easy and
things could bedone
in an instant
.

Furthermore, we
know mere W
ORD

S cant open and

close doors, move
mountains,turn the
lights on, etc
.

(i-english mo nlang
to: kelangan nten

gumalaw para
magawa natin ang
dapatnting gawin)
.

SUMMA
RY

VE
R

SI
O

N 2:Ali Baba and

the Forty
Thievesis one of
the stories from1001
Arabian Nights
.

This is one of the

morecomplex stories
among popular fairy
tales

Ali Baba, a poor

woodcutter, is in the
forest one day when
hehears a band of
thieves coming
.

Frightened, he hides
.

He hears the captain

of the thieves saying

pen,sesame! and
sees a door open in
the side of a hill,
revealing a cave
filled with riches
.

After the
thievesleave, Ali
Baba enters the cave
and takes some gold
home with him
.

He and his wife

decide to bury
thegold
.

His wife wants to

measure out the
gold, so she borrows
a measuring cup
from the wife of
AliBabas brother,
Qasim
.

The sister-in-law,
being curious, puts

some wax in the

bottom of the cup
.

Thus, alittle bit of

gold is stuck in the
measuring cup when
Ali Babas wife
returns it
.

Qasim aks Ali Baba

wherethe gold came
from, and Ali Baba
tells him
.

Ali Baba shares the

gold he has with his
brother but Qasim
isgreedy
.

He goes to the cave,

says,
O

pen Sesame! and

goes in to load up all
the gold he can carry
.

Unfortunately, when
he is ready to leave,

he cannot remember
the magic words
.

He is stuck in the
cavewhen the
robbers return
.

The thieves kill

Qasim, but they also

want to take revenge

on Ali Baba
.

Theymake several
attempts, but in each
case their nefarious
plans are foiled by
Ali Babas clever
servant
girl,Morgiana

In the end, Ali Baba

marries Morgiana
off to his son (or, in
some retellings, his
nephew)
andeveryone who is
still alive lives
happily ever after
.

M
OR

AL LESS
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