Ali Baba, a poor woodcutter in Persia, happens to overhear a large band of thieves - forty in all - visiting their treasure store in the forest where he is cutting wood.
The thieves' treasure is in a cave, the mouth of which is sealed by magic - it opens on the words "Open, Sesame", and closes on the words "Close, Sesame". When the thieves are gone, Ali Baba enters the cave himself, and takes some of the treasure home........