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Quarry Bay, Hong Kong
26 TALES FROM THE ARABIAN MIGHTS
They climbed on their horses. The chief shouted
Close Sesame!' and the door of the cave shut. Then
they all rode away.
Ali Baba ... body
Then the door opened, but not because of Kassim. The
thieves had come. They had opened the cave door
from the outside. They were bringing more treasure.
When the r...
... Sesame!' Then the
wall of the mountain opened and there was a large cave.
The thieves carried bags into the cave and the mountain closed behind them. Then they came out again and
got on their ... flowers. Salem could hear the sound of water and birdsong.
Then he heard other sounds. They came from the other old men .The men wore black, and they cried in their
rooms.
T...
... they went to the mountains; and as it was a lovely day, they
stayed there till the evening. Now, whether it was that they had
eaten so many nuts that they could not walk, or whether they
were ... about
a good deal from one side to the other, they made up their minds
to fix their quarters there: butthe landlord at first was unwilling,
and said his house was full, thinking they mi...
... neighbours in
the wood, who had bought the fuel from the boys and helped them by giving them
fruit and rice, heard of the return of their father and of the wonderful change in their
lot. Now the whole ... gazed at
the men, the guardian faded away and he was left alone with them. Slowly the spell
cast on them was broken, and they dropped their weapons, prostrated themsel...