阿里巴巴和四十大盗

Long long ago, a young man named Ali Baba lived in Persia. He was poor and kind. His elder brother, Cassim, was very rich. One day, Ali Baba went to the forest. He saw a troop of thieves come to a huge pile of rocks. " One, two, three. . . " Ali Baba counted. There were forty thieves. The captain said, " Open, Sesame. " Then a cave appeared in the rocks. They went in, and the door closed behind them.

很久很久以前，在古代波斯国住着一个年轻的男人叫阿里巴巴。他贫穷却善良。 他的哥哥叫卡西姆，是个贪婪的有钱人。 有一天，阿里巴巴去了森林。 他看到一群强盗来到一堆山石前。“一、二、三…”阿里巴巴数了数。 一共有四十个强盗。强盗首领对着山石念道：“芝麻，开门。” 然后一个山洞出现在山石后。 强盗们一个接一个地走进洞里，洞门自动关上了。

Soon the door opened again, and the thieves came out. The captain said, " Shut, Sesame. " And the door closed. The thieves rode away. Ali Baba climbed down the tree. He went to the rocks and said, " Open, Sesame. " The door opened at once. Inside the cave, Ali Baba saw piles of gold and countless bags of money. He loaded many bags of gold on his donkey and went home.

很快，洞门又打开了，强盗们从里面走了出来。 强盗首领念道：“芝麻，关门。” 然后山洞就关闭了。 强盗们沿着来路骑马离开。 阿里巴巴从树上爬下来。他走到那堆山石前，试着念道：“芝麻，开门。” 洞门果然开了。 山洞里，阿里巴巴看到成堆的金银珠宝和钱币。 他立刻装了几袋金子，放到毛驴背上带回了家。

Ali Baba told his wife of his good luck. She was very happy. " Let's weigh the gold. We should know how rich we are, " his wife said. They didn't have scales, so Ali Baba's wife went to borrow one from Cassim's wife.

阿里巴巴将这件事告诉了妻子，妻子喜出望外。 “我们先称一下这些金子，好知道咱们到底多富有了呀。”阿里巴巴的妻子提议道。 他们没有称量工具，阿里巴巴的妻子便去向卡西姆的妻子借秤。

Cassim's wife thought, " They are so poor. What do they have to weigh?" To find out, she put some honey on the bottom of the scale. After Ali Baba returned the scale, Cassim's wife found a piece of gold stuck to the honey. Then Cassim went to Ali Baba's house and asked, " Where did you get the gold?" Ali Baba told him the story. Cassim thought, " I'll find the gold there. "

卡西姆的妻子想：“他们这么穷，能有什么东西要称呢？” 为了搞清楚，她特意在秤的底盘上滴了几滴蜂蜜。 阿里巴巴还了称后，卡西姆的妻子发现一小片金子沾在了蜂蜜上。 随后卡西姆跑去阿里巴巴家问道：“这些金子你是从哪儿得来的？” 阿里巴巴就将自己的奇遇告诉了他。卡西姆暗暗想道，“这些财宝应该归我所有。”

Early the next morning, Cassim went to the forest and found the cave. He went in and grabbed many bags of gold. But when he was ready to go, he suddenly forgot the magic words. Then the thieves returned. They were very angry. They killed Cassim and left his body in the cave.

第二天一早，卡西姆就进了森林并且找到了那个山洞。 他进去后把所有袋子都装满财宝。 但当他准备离开时，他却怎么也想不起开门的咒语了。 正在这时，强盗们回来了。他们十分生气，将卡西姆杀死，把尸体留在了洞中。

When the night fell, Cassim's wife got really worried. She told Ali Baba that Cassim went to the forest and hadn't come back. Ali Baba went to the cave and found Cassim's body. He was very sad. He put the body on the donkey and went home quickly. " We must hide the truth, " he told Cassim's wife. Cassim had a clever servant, Morgiana. She wept to everyone, " My master is dying! " So when the family said Cassim was dead, no one was surprised.

夜幕降临，卡西姆的妻子见卡西姆还没有回来，心里非常着急。 她跑去向阿里巴巴哭诉：“卡西姆大清早就到森林里去了，现在还没回来。” 阿里巴巴听后立刻赶着他的毛驴去了藏宝的山洞。看到哥哥的尸体，他悲痛欲绝。 他迅速用毛驴驮着尸体回了家。阿里巴巴告诉卡西姆的妻子：“咱们一定要设法隐瞒这件事。” 卡西姆家有位聪明能干的女仆叫莫吉安娜。她四处向人散播卡西姆病重的消息。 最后，当家人宣布卡西姆的死讯时，没人对这件事产生怀疑。