Toward noon, the thieves returned to their cave. When they were within a short distance of it and saw Cassim’s mules laden with baskets, standing about the rock, they were a good deal surprised. They drove away the ten mules, which took to flight in the forest. Then the Captain and his men, with their swords in their hands, went toward the door and said, “Open Sesame!” At once it flew open.
快到中午的時候，盜賊們回到了他們的藏寶洞。當他們到達距離藏寶洞不遠的時候，他們看到了戈西姆的那群馱著籃子的騾子，他們非常驚訝地站在巖石周圍。他們趕走了那十頭騾子，騾子們在森林里四散跑開了。然后強盜頭目和他的小弟們手里拿著寶劍，靠近那扇門并說道：“芝麻開門?！遍T立刻打開了。
Cassim, who from the inside of the cave heard the horses trampling on the ground, did not doubt that the thieves had come and that his death was near. Determined, however, on one effort to escape, he placed himself near the door ready to run out as soon as it should open. The word “Sesame” was scarcely pronounced when it opened, and he rushed out with such force that he threw the Captain to the ground. He could not, however， escape from the other thieves, who slew him on the spot.
戈西姆在山洞里聽到了馬在地上踩踏的聲音，他毫不懷疑那群強盜來了，他死期將至。然后他決定要盡可能地逃脫，他站在門邊并做好準備，只要門開了他就立刻跑出去?！爸ヂ椤边@個詞一被發出，門立刻就開了，他拼盡全力跑出去，以至于撞倒了強盜頭目。然而他卻躲不開其他的強盜，他們把他當場殺死。
On entering the cave the thieves found, near the door, the sacks which Cassim had filled, but they could not imagine how he had been able to get in. The wife of Cassim, in the meantime, was in the greatest uneasiness when night came and her husband did not return. After waiting as long as she could, she went in great alarm to Ali Baba and said to him, “Brother, I believe you know that Cassim has gone to the forest; he has not yet come back, although it is almost morning. I fear some accident may have befallen him.”
那群強盜一進入藏寶洞就發現在門邊放著的，戈西母裝滿金子的袋子，但他們無法想象他是如何進去的。與此同時，夜幕降臨，戈西母的妻子十分不安，她的丈夫一直沒有回來。她盡可能地等了很久，然后驚慌失措地對阿里巴巴說：“弟弟，我相信你知道戈西母去了森林；雖然快早上了，他還沒回來。我擔心他出了什么事。”
Ali Baba immediately set off with his three donkeys and went to the forest to seek Cassim. As he drew near the rock, he was astonished to see that blood had been shed near the cave. When he reached the door, he said, “Open Sesame!” and it opened.
阿里巴巴立刻帶著三頭毛驢出發，進入森林去尋找戈西母。當他走近巖石時，他驚訝地發現洞穴附近血流成河。他靠近大門并說道：“芝麻開門！”，門打開了。
He was shocked to see his brother’s body in the cave. He decided to carry it home and placed it on one of his donkeys, covering it with sticks to conceal it. The other two donkeys he quickly loaded with sacks of gold, putting wood over them as before. Then, commanding the door to close, he took the road to the city, waiting in the forest till nightfall, that he might return without being seen. When he got home, he left the two donkeys that were laden with gold for his wife to unload; and having told her what had happened, he led the other donkey to the home of his sister-in-law.
他很震驚地在藏寶洞中看到了自己哥哥的尸體。他決定把尸體帶回家，并把它放在了自己的一頭毛驢上，用柴火把它遮住。他又迅速把兩匹驢馱上一袋袋金子，像從前一樣把木頭放在上面。然后，他命令關門，走上回城的路，在森林里等到天黑，這樣他回去的時候就沒人能看到他。他到家時，他讓妻子卸下那兩頭馱著金子的驢；并告訴她發生了什么，就牽著另一頭驢到了他嫂子家。
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