格列佛游记——阿里巴巴与四十大盗-2

Cassim was a mean and selfish fellow. So early the next morning he started out to get the treasure for himself. He easily found the secret cave and the door in the rock. He said, "Open, Sesame!" and the door opened. He gathered as much gold as he could, but when he was ready to leave, he could not remember what to say. He said, "Open, Barley!" but the door did not open. He named several kinds of grain, but the door did not move at all. Cassim was white with fear!

　　About noon the thieves returned to the cave. Cassim tried to escape, but he was caught and killed. They cut his body into four parts.

　　When night came, Cassim's wife became very uneasy. She ran to Ali Baba and said, "My husband has not come back yet. What shall I do?" So Ali Baba set out for the forest to look for his brother. When he entered the cave, the first thing he saw was his dead brother.

　　He was full of horror. He put the body on one of his donkeys and loaded bags of gold on the other two, and hurried back to Cassim's house. He told the whole story to Morgiana, one of Cassim's slaves, and said, "We must make others think that Cassim died in his bed. Do as I tell you."

　　As she was clever, she understood what he meant. The next morning Morgiana went to the druggist. "My poor master cannot either eat or speak. No one knows what his disease is," she said, and carried home some medicine. The next day she went to the same druggist and with tears in her eyes asked for an essence which was given only to a dying person.

　　So no one was surprised in the evening to hear that Cassim was dead. Then she went to an old cobbler near the gates of the town. She put a piece of gold in his hand and asked him to come with her. She covered his eyes with a handkerchief and led him to the room where the dead body lay. Then she told him to sew the four parts of the body together.

　　After that she covered his eyes again and led him home. But the cobbler had sharp eyes. He was able to see some of the road. And he recognized Cassim's house.

　　凯辛是个非常小气自私的家伙。所以第二天一大早他便动身自己去搬宝藏。他轻易地就找到那个秘密山洞和岩石上的门。他说：『芝麻，开门！』门就开了。他拚命拿金子，能拿多少就拿多少，但就在他准备离开时，他忘了咒语是什幺。他说：『大麦，开门！』但门却没打开。他说了好几种谷物的名字，但门却动也不动。凯辛吓得脸色发白！

　　近中午时，强盗回到洞中。凯辛企图逃走，但却被捉拿杀死了。他们把他的尸体切成四块。

　　夜晚来临时，凯辛的太太变得坐立不安。她跑去找阿里巴巴，说：『我丈夫还没回来。我该怎幺办？』于是阿里巴巴便出发到森林去找他的哥哥。一进入山洞时，他看到的第一样东西是他已死去的哥哥。

　　他内心充满恐惧。他把尸体放在一只驴子上，另外两只则载了好几袋金子，便赶回去凯辛家。他把整个经过告诉凯辛的一个仆人玛琪安娜，他说：『我们必须让别人以为凯辛是死在床上。照我的话去做。』

　　因为玛琪安娜很聪明，她了解阿里巴巴的意思。第二天早上她去找药剂师。『我那可怜的主人既不能吃东西也不能说话。没有人知道他生了什幺病。』她这幺说，并带了些药回去。第二天她又跑去找同一个药剂师，泪汪汪地向他要一种只有垂死的人才用得着的香精。

　　傍晚听到凯辛死去时，没有人觉得惊讶。然后她跑去找靠近镇上城门口的一位老补鞋匠。她把一块金子塞在他手里并要他跟她走。她用手帕把他的眼睛蒙起来，把他带到存放尸体的房间。然后她要他把四块尸体缝在一起。

　　之后，她又把他的眼睛蒙起来才带他回去。但这位补鞋匠的眼睛很好。他看到了部分的路，因而认出那是凯辛的家。