Me a river craw-fish, me no have a mu-ma,
Poor me, river craw-fish! river a me mu-ma.”
The child ran right into the river and became a cray-fish.
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MODERN EUROPEAN STORIES.
100. Ali Baba and Kissem. [[Note]]
Alexander Townsend, Flamstead, St. Andrew.
Ali Baba was the brother of Kissem, but Ali Baba was a poor man and Kissem was a rich man. Ali Baba had two donkeys and an ox,—all his living. Ali Baba was cutting wood one day, he heard a company of horse coming afar. Took his donkeys and hid them in the bush, hid himself in a tree. Forty men were coming on; the head man came right to the cave where he was. Name of the cave was “Sesame.” This cave was shut, would open by the word “Open, Sesame.” And they brought forty bags of gold an’ put in. Shut without word. Ali Baba saw them from the tree-top. When gone, Ali Baba came down to the cave, said, “Open, Sesame, open!” Ali Baba took all the money he could, loaded it on the donkey.