Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves The Story

Now, I must confess that I did lose my head when I saw all the thieves' treasure. But there was so much wealth in that cave, of all sorts -- towering piles of gold, heaps of jewels, stacks of amazon.com stock -- and I was simply overcome with greed. Despite Ali Baba's admonitions to take only what I could carry, I ran all around the cave pulling out the richest, heaviest items to take back with me.

Ali Baba was outside, pleading with me to hurry up, when he heard voices, and the sound of men approaching the cave. It was Calvin the Great and his two henchmen, with more bags of loot. My brother tried to warn me, but I was too far inside the cave to hear him. Realizing he was no match for the three thieves, Ali Baba hid himself and hoped that somehow I would evade detection.

Unfortunately, that was not to be. I had found a statue made out of pure gold, which would have required two people to carry it. I went out to the cave entrance to ask Ali Baba to lend me a hand, and walked right into the thieves. They were very angry with me, and my attempts at smoothing things over only made them more furious. As a punishment, Calvin cast a particularly nasty curse -- a spell that shrunk me to the size of a twelve-inch doll.

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