The classic story of "Alibaba and the Forty Thieves" is a section of "Arabian Nights" (also known as One Thousand and One Nights), which is an outstanding large-scale folk story collection in the Arab region in the Middle Ages.

Its author is the Arab people. It was compiled by Arabs at that time who collected stories that were passed down orally, so it is a folk story collection and it is impossible to clearly state who the author is. Story content: The protagonist Alibaba was originally a poor and penniless woodcutter. He is honest and kind-hearted. On the way to chop wood, he accidentally discovered the treasure house of the robber group and obtained a large amount of treasure, but he did not take it for himself. The robbers secretly planned to kill Alibaba to eliminate future troubles. Thanks to the help of the smart, witty and hateful maid Megana, Alibaba was able to escape danger and defeat the robbers. Megana cleverly destroyed the robbers' evil plans three times, killing two robbers with their companions' knives and burning another 37 robbers with boiling oil. Finally, she alertly discovered the bandit leader's sinister plot and bravely took the opportunity of dancing to stab him to death with a dagger. Alibaba gave her half of the treasures in the treasury and let his nephew marry her.