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often upon the sofa, till she had done; when
she was very well satisfied to find the number
of measures amounted to so many as they did,
and went to tell her husband, who had almost
finished digging the hole. While Ali Baba was

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burying the gold, his wife, to show her exactness
and diligence to her sister-in-law, carried the
measure back again, but without taking notice
that a piece of gold had stuck to the bottom.
“Sister,” said she, giving it to her again, “you
see that I have not kept your measure long; I