Wishbone and the Forty Thieves

Wishbone is Ali Baba, and Kasim is Wishbone's brother in this story. Ali Baba sold sticks for money because he was poor. Kasim was rich and lived in a big house and Ali Baba lived in a little house.There were forty thieves and Ali Baba was watching them. A thief opened the cave after spitting on his hands and saying "Open Sesame". Ali Baba went into the cave too. When the thieves left, they had gold and jewels that they had stolen. Ali Baba took back some of the gold and went home. Ali Baba's wife asked for a scale to weigh the gold and Kasim's wife was wondering what they were doing. So, she put candle wax on the bottom of the scale when she found out that they were weighing gold because some of the gold dust got stuck in the wax.Later, Kasim came to Ali Baba's house and he asked why they had a scale. Ali Baba told him the story about the thieves and the cave. The thieves were thinking about who stole their gold and hid in barrels. In one of the barrels they put oil. They carried the barrels by horses.At the end, Ali Baba found out what the thieves were doing and why they were doing it.I enjoyed this story because it had gold in it. Also, the setting was exciting.The author teaches you not to steal.

The important events in the story are when the thieves come and scare Ali Baba. The most important event is when the thieves steal the gold. I liked when Ali Baba gets and weighs the gold. The author is trying to tell us that you shouldn't steal.