He has strangled
the true Fatima, and disguised himself in her clothes with intent to
murder me."
Aladdin then informed her how the genie had told him these facts, and
how narrowly she and the palace had escaped destruction though his
treacherous suggestion which had led to her request.
Thus was Aladdin delivered from the persecution of the two brothers,
who were magicians. Within a few years the sultan died in a good old
age, and as he left no male children, the Princess Buddir al Buddoor
succeeded him, and she and Aladdin reigned together many years, and
left a numerous and illustrious posterity.
[Illustration]
THE HISTORY OF ALI BABA, AND OF THE FORTY ROBBERS KILLED BY ONE SLAVE
There once lived in a town of Persia two brothers, one named Cassim
and the other Ali Baba. Their father divided a small inheritance
equally between them. Cassim married a very rich wife, and became a
wealthy merchant. Ali Baba married a woman as poor as himself, and
lived by cutting wood, and bringing it upon three asses into the town
to sell.
One day, when Ali Baba was in the forest and had just cut wood enough
to load his asses, he saw at a distance a great cloud of dust, which
seemed to approach him. He observed it with attention, and
distinguished soon after a body of horsemen, whom he suspected might
be robbers. He determined to leave his asses to save himself. He
climbed up a large tree, planted on a high rock, whose branches were
thick enough to conceal him, and yet enabled him to see all that
passed without being discovered.
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