There are many people who do not agree in this circumstance , and pretend that Little Thumb never robbed the Ogre at all , and that he only thought he might very justly , and with a safe conscience , take off his boots of seven leagues , because he made no other use of them but to run after little children . These folks affirm that they are very well assured of this , and the more as having drunk and eaten often at the fagot-maker 's house . They aver that when Little Thumb had taken off the Ogre 's boots he went to Court , where he was informed that they were very much in pain about a certain army , which was two hundred leagues off , and the success of a battle . He went , say they , to the King , and told him that , if he desired it , he would bring him news from the army before night . The King promised him a great sum of money upon that condition . Little Thumb was as good as his word , and returned that very same night with the news ; and , this first expedition causing him to be known , he got whatever he pleased , for the King paid him very well for carrying his orders to the army . After having for some time carried on the business of a messenger , and gained thereby great wealth , he went home to his father , where it was impossible to express the joy they were all in at his return . He made the whole family very easy , bought places for his father and brothers , and , by that means , settled them very handsomely in the world , and , in the meantime , made his court to perfection . -LRB- 1 -RRB- -LRB- 1 -RRB- Charles Perrault . THE FORTY THIEVES In a town in Persia there dwelt two brothers , one named Cassim , the other Ali Baba . Cassim was married to a rich wife and lived in plenty , while Ali Baba had to maintain his wife and children by cutting wood in a neighboring forest and selling it in the town . One day , when Ali Baba was in the forest , he saw a troop of men on horseback , coming toward him in a cloud of dust . He was afraid they were robbers , and climbed into a tree for safety . When they came up to him and dismounted , he counted forty of them . They unbridled their horses and tied them to trees . The finest man among them , whom Ali Baba took to be their captain , went a little way among some bushes , and said : `` Open , Sesame ! '' -LRB- 1 -RRB- so plainly that Ali Baba heard him . A door opened in the rocks , and having made the troop go in , he followed them , and the door shut again of itself . They stayed some time inside , and Ali Baba , fearing they might come out and catch him , was forced to sit patiently in the tree . At last the door opened again , and the Forty Thieves came out .
As the Captain went XXXXX last he came out first , and made them all pass by him ; he then closed the door , saying : `` Shut , Sesame ! ''
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