One night, Ali Baba happened to know where the thieves hid the gold and the password. He got the gold.

一天夜晚，阿里巴巴碰巧知道盗贼的金子藏在哪儿，他还知道进洞的密码。阿里巴巴得到了金子。

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One night when the thieves had gone out to rob a tax collector, the boy led the best mule out of the stable, loaded it with gold pieces, and fled.

一天晚上，贼人们出去偷一个收税官的家，小伙子从马厩里挑了最好的骡子，驮了一袋金币溜走了。

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In his retelling, the fabled three wise men, who visited the infant Jesus with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh, are not sages but thieves who escaped prison by posing as holy men.

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