Excerpt from Favourite Fairy Tales The horsemen soon galloped up to the rock, where they all dismounted. Ali Baba, who could see all that passed without being seen, counted forty of them, and he could not doubt but they were thieves by their ill-looking countenances. Each took a loaded portmanteau from his horse and went towards the rock, when he who seemed to be their captain said, Open, Sesame and immediately, a door opened in the rock then all the robbers passed in, and' the-door shut of itself. In a short time the door ' opened again, and the forty robbers came out, followed by their captain, who said, Shut, Sesame when the door instantly closed and the troop, mounting their horses, were presently out of sight. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.