Identifier: heartofoakbooks03nort (find matches)
Title: The heart of oak books
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908
Subjects: Nursery rhymes Fairy tales
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : D.C. Heath & Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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asseswith the wood he had cut, he saw a troop of horsemencoming towards him. He had often heard of robbers whoinfested that forest, and, in a great fright, he hastilyclimbed a large thick tree, which stood near the foot of arock, and hid himself among the branches. The horse-men soon galloped up to the rock, where they all dis-mounted. Ali Baba counted forty of them, and he couldnot doubt but they were thieves, by their ill-looking coun-tenances. They each took a loaded portmanteau from Idshorse; and he who seemed to be their captain, turning tothe rock, said, Open Sesame, and immediately a dooropened in the rock, and all the robbers passed in, when thedoor shut itself. In a short time the door opened again,and the forty robbers came out, followed by their captain,who said, Shut Sesame. The door instantly closed;and the troop, mounting their horses, were presently outof sight. Ali Baba remained in the tree a long time, and seeingthat the robbers did not return, he ventured down, and,
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ALI BABA COUNTED FURTY OF THEM. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX ANDTILOE.N FuUNU«TlONS. c i- THE HEART OF OAK BOOKS. 103 approaching close to the rock, said, Open Sesame.Immediately the door flew open, and Ali Baba beheld aspacious cavern, very light, and filled with all sorts ofpossessions, --merchandise, rich stuffs, and heaps of goldand silver coin, which these robbers had taken from mer-chants and travellers. Ali Baba then went in search ofhis asses, and having brought them to the rock, took asmany bags of gold coin as they could carry, and put themon their backs, covering them with some loose fagots ofwood; and afterwards (not forgetting to say ShutSesame ) he drove the asses back to the city; and havingunloaded them in the stable belonging to his cottage,carried the bags into the house, and spread the gold coinout upon the floor befoje his wife. His wife, delighterd with possessing so much money,wanted to count it; but finding it would take up too muchtime, she was res

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