Notes

Ali Baba lives in a small town. He is very poor. He is a woodcutter. He works very hard.
One day, ali baba is in the forest. He sees a group of man. They are very strong. Ali baba is afraid of them. Ali baba counts them.
There are forty thieves. Now, their leader stops. He walks over to a big rock. He says, "Open sesame!" And the door is open now. Ali baba is surprised.
The robbers go inside. They soon go out. The leader says, "Close sesame!" The forthy thieves return to forest. Ali baba is curious. He says, "Open Sesame!é The door is open again. Ali baba goes into the cave. He is very surprised. There are a lot of gold and jewelry. He takes some gold coins and jewelry. He puts them into bags. He goes home. At home everyone is happy. They are rich now. Ali baba wants to measure the gold coins. Ali baba runs to Kasım's house. Kasım is ali baba's brother. He opens the door. Ali baba says, "I want to borrow a measure," kasım is very curious he thinks, "What is he weighting?" He puts some honey under the measure. Then kasım follows Ali Baba secretly. Ali baba measures the gold coins. He can't see the honey. Now, two gold coins stick under the measure. Kasım sees the gold coins. He is shocked. "They are very poor. Where do these gold coins come from?" Kasım thinks. Kasım Goes to ali baba's house. He asks,"Brother, where do you get so much gold?" Ali baba tells Kasım about his story. Kasım is jealous of ali baba. He goes home. He sleeps. In the morning, he wakes up very early. He goes to the forest. He finds the cave. He says,"Open sesame!" The door is open. Kasım is surprised. Kasım looks at the treasure. He is verry happy." I am very rich!" he says. He fills the bags. Now he wants to go out. But he forgets the magic word. He says, "Open barley!" The door doesn't move. Kasım is scared. The forty thieves return to the cave. They find Kasım. Kasım says, "Don't kill me. Ali baba knows here too!" They kill kasım. They are very angry. They want to find Ali Baba now. The leader of thieves buys thirty nine very big jars. He goes to Ali Baba's town. He meets Ali Baba. He says, éI am a merchant. I am very tired. Can you give me a bed for the night?" Ali Baba says, "Sure." They have dinner together. The jars are in the garden. The thirty nine thieves are in the jars. They are waiting. They plan to kill Ali Baba after midnight. Ali baba has got a smart daughter. She is very suspicious. She hears voices. The voices are coming from the jars. She looks inside of a jar secretly. She sees a thief. She looks inside of the thirty nine jars secretly. There are thieves in the jars. She then pours some hot oil over a jar. The thief in that jar shouts. The other thieves are scared. They all run away. After midnight, the leader of the thieves claps his hands. "Whay can't the thieves hear me?" he thinks. He goes to the garden. And he can't find his men. The jars are empty. The leader is scared. He runs away too. Ali Baba and his family are safe now. Ali Baba is happy and rich. He buys a mansion. A sultan meets Ali Baba. He is jealous of Ali Baba. And he wants to take Ali Baba's gold coins. One day the sultan invites Ali Baba to his palace. They have dinner together. The sultan says, "Ali Baba, stay here tonight. İt is late." Ali Baba's smart daughter is in the palace too. She changes her clothes. She is a belly dancer now. She wants to protect her father. Ali baba's daughter goes into Ali baba's room. She hides Ali Baba in a closet. She puts a pillow under a blanket. After midnight two men come into Ali Baba's room. And they stab the pillow. One of the men says "Ali Baba is dead now." They leave the room. Ali baba and his daughter run away. Ali baba is unhappy. He doesn't want to be rich anymore. Ali baba gives some of his gold coins to poor people. Then he takes the rest of the gold coins to the cave. He leaves al the gold coins in the cave. He isn't rich now. But he is happy. He lives happily with his family.