格列佛游记——阿里巴巴与四十大盗-1

In a town in Persia there lived two brothers. One was named Cassim and the other Ali Baba. Cassim married a rich wife and lived in luxury, but Ali Baba had to live by cutting wood and selling it in the town.

　　One day when Ali Baba was in the forest, he saw a troop of men on horseback coming toward him. As he was afraid they were a band of robbers, he climbed up a big tree to hide himself. They came to the foot of the tree and got off their horses. Then the chief of the thieves went up to a large rock. "Open, Sesame!" he cried, so loudly that Ali Baba could hear him. Instantly a magic door opened in the rock and they all went in, and then the door shut by itself. They stayed inside for some time. At last they came out. This time the chief of the band called out, "Shut, Sesame!" The door closed and the men rode away.

　　Ali Baba wanted to know what was in the cave. After a minute or two he stood before the rock. "Open, Sesame!" he cried out. Once again the hidden door opened. He went through the doorway. The door closed behind him. He was surprised to find such a large, well-lit place. He saw rich bales of silk, plenty of gold and silver, and bags of money. He took no notice of the silver, but took out as many bags of gold as his donkeys could carry, and hurried home.

　　At the sight of the gold his wife got so excited that she ran to Cassim's to borrow a measure. Cassim's wife wondered what she wanted to measure. So she put some tallow at the bottom of the measure.

　　When Ali Baba's wife brought it back, she found a piece of gold sticking to the bottom.

　　"Your brother is richer than you," said his wife to Cassim. "He has more money than he can count."

　　The next morning Cassim went to his brother. He showed the gold piece to Ali Baba and said, "You say you are poor, but you measure gold. How did you get it?"

　　As Ali Baba thought Cassim knew his secret, he told him about the cave and the magic words to open the door.

　　波斯的某座小镇住着两个兄弟。一个叫做凯辛，另一个叫做阿里巴巴。凯辛娶了个有钱的太太而过着奢侈的生活，但阿里巴巴却靠砍柴到镇上贩售维生。

　　有一天阿里巴巴在森林里的时候，他看到一群人骑着马过来。因为他害怕他们是一群强盗，所以就爬到树上躲起来。他们骑到树下后便下马。接着强盗首领走到一颗大岩石前叫道：『芝麻，开门！』他叫得很大声，因此阿里巴巴可以听到他的话。岩石里马上开了一扇神奇的门，他们进去后，门又自动关了起来。他们在里面待了一会儿，最后他们走了出来。这次强盗首领大叫：『芝麻，关门！』门关上后他们就骑马离开了。

　　阿里巴巴想要知道洞里有什幺东西。一、两分钟后他站在岩石前大叫：『芝麻，开门！』这扇隐藏的门再次打开。他穿过门口，门在他身后关上。他很惊讶地发现这个地方很宽阔，而且照明也很好。他看到一捆捆的丝和大批的金银财宝，还有一袋袋的钱。他没有理会银子，但带走了他驴子所载得动的一袋袋金子，便赶回家去。

　　一看到这些金子，阿里巴巴的太太好兴奋，便跑到凯辛家去借个秤斗。凯辛的太太想知道她到底要秤什幺，所以就在秤斗的底部涂上一些油脂。

　　当阿里巴巴的太太把秤斗拿回来还时，凯辛的太太发现一小块金子粘在秤斗的底部。

　　于是凯辛的太太就对老公说：『你的弟弟比你更富有。他的钱多得数不完。』

　　隔天早上凯辛跑去找他弟弟。他把那小块金子拿给阿里巴巴看，说：『你说你很穷，但你却秤金子。你是从哪里得到的？』

　　由于阿里巴巴以为凯辛知道了自己的秘密，便把山洞的事和开门的咒语告诉了他。