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6 ALI BABA poor is richer than you are, for he does not count his money, but measures it.'

Cassim hearing those words, and seeing a piece of gold, grew as envious as his wife, and hastening to his brother threatened to inform the Cadi of his wealth, if he did not confess to him how he came by it.

Ali Baba without hesitation told him the history of the robbers, and the secret of the cave, and offered him half his treasure:, but the envious Cassim disdained the offer, determined to have fifty times more than that out of the robbers' cave.

Accordingly, he rose early the next morning, and set out with ten mules loaded with great chests.

He found the rock easily enough by Ali BaBaba's description, and, having said, open Sesame, he gained admission into the cave, where he found more treasure than he even had expected from his brother's account of it.

He immediately began to gather bags of gold and pieces of rich brocade, piling them close to the door; but when he had got together as much, even more than his ten mules could possibly carry, and wanted to get out to load them, the thoughts of his wonderful riches had made him entirely forget the word which caused the door to open.

In vain he tried Vame, Fame, Rame, Vetame, and a thousand others; the door remained as immoveable as the rock itself, notwithstanding