"Pa, I am the shortest in my class," complained Josh, "and people tease me for that."

"Do they?" answered Rosh, "Well, they don't know the secret advantages of being short then."

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Retold Arabian Nights Tale: Ali Baba And 40 Thieves 12

Discovering thieves hidden in oil barrels frightens Marjina to death.

Could one literally die from fear?

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Retold Arabian Nights Tale: Ali Baba And 40 Thieves 04

Qasim gets to the treasure, but can he get it out?

Stressed minds make mistakes. Mistakes can be fatal.

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Retold Arabian Nights Tale: Ali Baba And 40 Thieves 11

Captain of the thieves identifies Alibaba’s house & returns to hatch a deadly plan.

Death comes knocking ...

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Retold Arabian Nights Tale: Ali Baba And 40 Thieves 05

With slave-girl Marjina, Alibaba plans full Islamic burial rites for Qasim, but how to avoid suspicion?

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Retold Arabian Nights Tale: Ali Baba And 40 Thieves 09

The blindfolded Mustafa leads the thief to Alibaba's house.

The home is marked, but Marjina foils the ID.

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Retold Arabian Nights Tale: Ali Baba And 40 Thieves 07.

Alibaba observes Qasim's full mourning rituals. But why wash a dead body if you bury or burn it anyway?

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Retold Arabian Nights Tale: Ali Baba And 40 Thieves 08

With mutual distrust growing, thieves widen their search and discover Mustafa.

He tells a noteworthy tale ...

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"Interestingly again, this wasn’t a one-off bird showing greater intelligence."

"More than half the birds tested were able to use these three tools in the correct sequence to get to their food..."

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Retold Arabian Nights Tale: Ali Baba And 40 Thieves 06

Marjina convinces the Haqeem that Qasim is very sick & then Mustafa to go blindfolded to sew the corpse.