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Ali Baba and the Forty Gold Raiders
Posted by Brett G. Rudder, Oct 2, 2008. 376 views. ID = 1833
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Ali Baba and the Forty Gold Raiders
In a town called Persia, far, far away
In time long before the time today
There dwelled a number of brothers,
There was one more than one
Cassim Baba was one, and rich was he,
He was so strongly addicted to money
Ali Baba was the other, and he was poor
He didn’t have much, and didn’t want more
Cutting down wood for a measly cent,
And going home to nothing, when the day was spent
That was the way Ali Baba lived
Though he had nothing, what he had he’d give
Cassim had no trouble, to himself he told,
But he always had a hunger for more riches and gold
Brothers though they were, Ali had no help
Cassim merely passed him off as scum, poor whelp
Ali didn't mind, he loved his wife,
And he always had a happy outlook on life
One sunny day, looking for wood,
Ali heard some galloping in the forest neighborhood
He climbed up a tree, quicker than a flash,
And forty gold raiders galloped past
The thieves dismounted, and bowed to the Chief raider Head
The captain walked up to a rock, "Open Sesame," he said
The rock swung open, to Ali's suprise,
And all forty gold raiders walked inside
Two hours later, the raiders walked out.
Ali was so happy he feared he would shout
The gold raiders left, to rob another town
When they were out of sight, Ali jumped down
Looking around, he approached the rock
From top to bottom, he looked for a lock
Finally satisfied, he cleared his throat
And shouted, "Open Sesame!" hoping against hope
He walked inside, and blinked in surprise
There were gold coins, and jewels of every size
He grabbed a few bags, and loaded his skinny donkeys
Then he rode off quick with his donkeys honking
Inside his home, he showed his wife
She was so pleased to live a rich life
She had to borrow a ruler from Cassim to measure gold
She told him she’d bring back, before he got old
Cassim, being so crafty,
put strong glue on the stick
And so, since he was so nasty,
He could find out what stuck to the stick
The stick came back, without harm
And Cassim looked at the bottom with alarm
A gold coin was there stuck to the wood
And if Cassim could get his share, he would
Making Ali tell him where he got the gold,
Cassim took off with donkeys two times tenfold
He got to the cave, and muttered the phrase,
Then stared for he'd never seen so much gold in all his days
Turning to leave the shining cave,
He found the door had shut on him!
He tried to remember the magic phrase,
But the mountainous gold had made his brain dim
He shouted in despair, then a terrible scream
The gold raiders were back, to kill Cassim.
He cowered, but for no use,
They cut him down and ripped him loose
Then, with fear that their gold was discovered,
They made sure that the whole town, they had covered
They found Ali Baba, and marked his door
But Ali's servant found the door and marked ten more
The Gold Raiders had a problem; Ali's home they could not find
There had to be some punishment; one poor raider lost his mind
The boss set up shop in the little town,
Soon after talking to many people, Ali could be found
The captain, in disguise, visited Ali's home of toil
And pretended he was a trader of Zaitoon Oil
He made his men hide in the oil buckets.
Their boss said that at dinnertime they would cause a ruckus
Ali's servant found out, and made some hot, hot oil
And poured it in to the buckets to boil
Each one of the raider's men died
And the servant put a knife in the boss' hide.
After inheriting Cassim's gold,
Ali Baba cleared the whole cave hold.
When the last coin of gold was shoveled out
The big door shut its mouth.
--Brett G. Rudder
Copyright 2008 Brett G. Rudder. All rights reserved. FifteenMinutesOfFiction.com has been granted non-exclusive rights to display this work. For permission to reprint this item, please contact the author.
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