Ali Baba
Ali Baba,protagonist of the tale ‘Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves’, included in most standard editions of The Arabian Nights (also known as The Thousand and One Nights). The poor woodcutter Ali Baba one day observes a band of 40 robbers who access their treasure grove by pronouncing a magic formula (‘Open, Sesame’) that makes the mountain split. After the robbers have left, Ali Baba enters the cave and takes away some bags of money. At home he secretly counts the money using a measure he borrowed from his rich brother. However, the latter's wife has prepared the measure so that a coin is left sticking to it when returned. In that way, the rich brother finds out about the treasure, has Ali Baba disclose the working mechanism of the magic opening, and enters the cave himself. Wishing to leave, he has forgotten the magic formula and is trapped. The returning robbers discover and subsequently kill him. Ali...
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