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Ali Baba and the
Forty Thieves
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Series Editors: Bill Bowler and Sue Parminter

Ali Baba and the

Forty Thieves
Retold by Janet Hardy-Gould

Illustrated by Trystan Mitchell

Janet Hardy-Gould has worked as a teacher of English for many

years. In her free time she enjoys reading history books and
modern novels, visiting other European countries, and drinking
tea with her friends. She lives in the ancient town of Lewes in
the south of England with her husband and their two children.
She has written a number of books, including Henry VIII and
his Six Wives, and King Arthur in the Oxford Bookworms series,
and The Great Fire of London, Sinbad, Mu/an, Hercules, and
an adaptation of Sherlock Holmes: The Emerald Crown in the
Dominoes series.

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Story Characters ;.:s; :7«:,W

All Baba The forty thieves

All Saba's wife Morad, Kaslm, Kaslm's wife

All Saba's son All Saba's brother

Morglana, Arshad, the most Najld, Baba Mustafa,

All Saba's servant Important thief Arshad's helper a cobbler
Before Reading ............................................... vi
Thieves in the forest ...................... 1
Act1v1t1es ....................................................... 3
In the treasure cave ....................... 4
Activities ....................................................... 7
Kasim visits the cave ...................... 8
Activities .. . . . .... . ........................................... 11
A thief in town ........................... 12
Activities .... . ....... . .......... . .. . .................. . ....... 15
Chapter'5 The chief arrives ......................... 16
Activities .................................................... . 19
. Clever Morgiana ............... . . ........ 20
Activities .... . ......................... . ... . .................. 23
Project A ..................................................... 24
Project B ......... . ........... . ... . ............................ 26
Word Work .......................... . . . ..................... 28
Grammar ..................................................... 31
About Dominoes ............................................ 34
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BEFORE READING
1 Match the words with the story charaders. Use a didionary to help you.

servant chief of some thieves woodcutter

a Ali Baba is a .......................... ... .. . b Kas,m 1s a ................................. .

c Morgiana is a .............................. . d Arshad is the ............. ................. .

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e Baba Mustafa is a ....... .............. ..... .

2 Which person in the story is this? Write the names.

a He's rich with a nice shop. ..................

b He's poor with a little house. ................. .
c He's old, but works well with his hands. ..................
d She's young, quick, and clever. ..................
e He's angry with Ali Baba and Kasim. ..................
 One day, Ali Baba is working in the
forest. Suddenly he hears some
men. They are coming nearer.

poor without money merchant a person who buys and

sells things
woodcutter a person who
cuts wood forest a place with a lot of trees
rich with a lot of money
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 He quickly goes
behind a tree before
the men arrive.
There are forty
of them! He sees
some treasure in
their bags. 'They're
thieves,' he thinks.

The thieves stand near some rocks. Their

chief says, 'Open Sesame!' A door in the
rock opens, and the men go into a cave.

Later, the thieves come out. They say,

'Close Sesame!' and the door closes.
'Hmm. Interesting. What's in that
cave?' Ali Baba thinks. 'I'd like to see.'

treasure something expensive, like rock a very big stone cave a big hole in a hill
gold and jewels
chief the most important person
thief (,plural thieves) a person who
sesame a seed that you can use
takes things without asking
in cooking
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READING CHECK
Are these sentences true or false? Tick the boxes.
True False
a Ali Baba has lots of money. D �

b Ali Baba's brother, Kasim, has no money. D D

c Ali Baba is working in the garden. D D
d When Ali Baba hears some men, he goes behind a tree. D D
e There are fourteen men. D D
f The men are all thieves. D D
g The men cry, 'Close Sesame: and they go into a cave. D D
h Later, the men leave the cave. D D
i Ali Baba wants to look in the cave. D D
GUESS WHAT
What does Ali Baba do in the next chapter? Tick one box.

a He is afraid of the thieves, so he doesn't go into the cave. D

b He visits the cave and finds treasure in it. He takes some home. D
c He goes into the cave, but some thieves are in it. They kill him. D
d He runs home and tells Kasim. Kasim goes into the cave first. D

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 Chapter 6

Some weeks later, Arshad comes

back to town. Now he's wearing
the clothes of a rich gold merchant.

Arshad opens a new shop.

Ali Baba's son, Morad, has
Kasim's old shop across
the street. Arshad and
Morad are soon friends.

'Father, can my new friend

come for dinner?' Morad asks
Ali Baba one day.
'Of course,' Ali Baba says.

dinner when people eat in

the evening

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 WORDWORK3
1 Find words from Chapters 5 and 6 to match the pictures.

a c. \o.thes. ...... . b j ,· ................ .

C k ................ .. d d ..................

e 1 ................. . f k ................ ..

2 Complete the sentences with words from Chapters S and 6.

a Our dogs are very good.They never a ± ± a � K people.

b 'Can you_ a __ e with me?' 'No. Sorry. I'm tired:
c How can we make dinner? We haven't got any_ i _.
d 'Do you_ e _ o _ _ i _ e that man over there?' 'Yes. He's that tennis player from Spain:
e 'Do you want to_ a __ y me?' 'Yes, I do. I want to be your wife:

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 GRAMMAR CHECK
Everybody, everything, nobody, nothing, somebody, and something
We use everybody and everything to talk about 'all the people' and 'all the things�
'Kasim's ill, tell everybody.' Ali Baba explains every1hing.
We use nobody and nothing to talk about 'no person or people' or'no thing or things�
Nobody recognizes Arshad in his new clothes.
'What are you weighing?' 'Nothing important,' she says.
We use somebody and something to talk about an unknown person or thing.
'Somebody knows about our cave!'
'She wants to weigh something important,' thinks Kasim's wife.

4 Choose the corred word to complete the sentences.

a When the story begins, Ali Baba is a very poor man. He has something ۤ9>
b Nobody I Everybody sees Ali Baba behind the tree.
c Kasi: n wants to take everything I nothing from the cave.
d Ali Saba's son is very nice. Everybody I Somebody likes him.
e 'There's everything I something on the wax in my scales: Kasim's wife thinks.'Is it a gold coin?
f Morgiana hears somebody I nobody in one of the big jars.

S Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

� something nobody somebody nothing everything

a ...Ev.e.r.�bad.,,_ ..... knows the story of Ali Baba and the forty thieves.
b The thieves have a big treasure cave, and they put .........................there.
c At first, .........................knows about the cave. But soon Ali Baba learns about it.
d Kasim says, 'Open Salt!' but .........................happens.
e The cobbler tells .........................about the dead body in four pieces.
f At dinner, Arshad takes ......................... in his hand. It's a knife!

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 Ali Baba finds a thieves' treasure cave, and he is
suddenly rich. Then his brother Kasim visits the
cave, and things go wrong. The forty thieves
find Kasim there, kill him, and cut him into four
pieces. What can Ali Baba do? He wants to bury
his brother quietly. But how can lie? Morgiana,
his servant-girl, has the answer. But what can
she do when the thieves find Ali Baba and want
to kill him, too?

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Illustrated by Trystan Mitchell
This book is supported by a MultlROM, containing a complete
dramatized audio recording of the story plus interactive activities.
Series Editors: Bill Bowler and Sue Parminter
Word count 1,099

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