Cogia Hassan was by no means pleased , for he feared that his chance of killing Ali Baba was gone for the present ; but he pretended great eagerness to see Morgiana , and Abdallah began to play and Morgiana to dance . After she had performed several dances she drew her dagger and made passes with it , sometimes pointing it at her own breast , sometimes at her master 's , as if it were part of the dance . Suddenly , out of breath , she snatched the tabor from Abdallah with her left hand , and , holding the dagger in her right hand , held out the tabor to her master . Ali Baba and his son put a piece of gold into it , and Cogia Hassan , seeing that she was coming to him , pulled out his purse to make her a present , but while he was putting his hand into it Morgiana plunged the dagger into his heart . `` Unhappy girl ! '' cried Ali Baba and his son , `` what have you done to ruin us ? '' `` It was to preserve you , master , not to ruin you , '' answered Morgiana . `` See here , '' opening the false merchant 's garment and showing the dagger ; `` see what an enemy you have entertained ! Remember , he would eat no salt with you , and what more would you have ? Look at him ! he is both the false oil merchant and the Captain of the Forty Thieves . '' Ali Baba was so grateful to Morgiana for thus saving his life that he offered her to his son in marriage , who readily consented , and a few days after the wedding was celebrated with greatest splendor . At the end of a year Ali Baba , hearing nothing of the two remaining robbers , judged they were dead , and set out to the cave . The door opened on his saying : `` Open Sesame ! '' He went in , and saw that nobody had been there since the Captain left it . He brought away as much gold as he could carry , and returned to town . He told his son the secret of the cave , which his son handed down in his turn , so the children and grandchildren of Ali Baba were rich to the end of their lives . -LRB- 1 -RRB- -LRB- 1 -RRB- Arabian Nights . HANSEL AND GRETTEL Once upon a time there dwelt on the outskirts of a large forest a poor woodcutter with his wife and two children ; the boy was called Hansel and the girl Grettel . He had always little enough to live on , and once , when there was a great famine in the land , he could n't even provide them with daily bread .
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