Gender Discrimination
Ali Baba...narration
Characters
Ali Baba
Ali Baba’s Wife
Ali Baba’s son
Kasim
Kasim’s Wife
Margiana
Abdallah
Apothecary
Leader of the Thieves
2 Robbers
In a town in Persia there dwelt two brothers, one named Kasim, the other Ali Baba. Kasim 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 hid behind a bush 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 there the leader of the thieves, went a little way among some bushes, and said:
“Open, Sesame!”
So plainly that Ali Baba heard him. And to Ali Baba’s utter amazement, the huge rock covering the mouth of the cave, moved to a side.
The thieves unloaded the bags off their horses and went inside the cave and the leader of the robbers, 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. After sometime, the forty thieves came out and their leader shouted “Shut, Sesame!” The rock moved, covering the mouth of the cave. The forty thieves bridled their horses and mounted, the leader of the thieves put himself at their head, and they returned as they came. Then Ali Baba came out from behind the bush and went to the door concealed among the bushes, and said:
Ali Baba: Who are they? Are they thieves? Is it a magic cave? Ok, let’s see. “Open, Sesame!”
[Curtains will be drawn]
The cave flew open. Ali Baba, who expected a dull, dismal place, was greatly surprised to find it large and well lighted, hollowed by the hand of man in the form of a vault,
Characters
Ali Baba
Ali Baba’s Wife
Ali Baba’s son
Kasim
Kasim’s Wife
Margiana
Abdallah
Apothecary
Leader of the Thieves
2 Robbers
In a town in Persia there dwelt two brothers, one named Kasim, the other Ali Baba. Kasim 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 hid behind a bush 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 there the leader of the thieves, went a little way among some bushes, and said:
“Open, Sesame!”
So plainly that Ali Baba heard him. And to Ali Baba’s utter amazement, the huge rock covering the mouth of the cave, moved to a side.
The thieves unloaded the bags off their horses and went inside the cave and the leader of the robbers, 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. After sometime, the forty thieves came out and their leader shouted “Shut, Sesame!” The rock moved, covering the mouth of the cave. The forty thieves bridled their horses and mounted, the leader of the thieves put himself at their head, and they returned as they came. Then Ali Baba came out from behind the bush and went to the door concealed among the bushes, and said:
Ali Baba: Who are they? Are they thieves? Is it a magic cave? Ok, let’s see. “Open, Sesame!”
[Curtains will be drawn]
The cave flew open. Ali Baba, who expected a dull, dismal place, was greatly surprised to find it large and well lighted, hollowed by the hand of man in the form of a vault,