“Ricnard!” I said,“curiosity often causes a lot of trouble.” And Ali Baba a wife curious to know how muen gold they now possessed, could not resist the temptation to weigh the gold. Finding she hadn’t a large enough measure of he? own she hurr'Jd round to Cassim’s wife to borrow one. Now Cassnn’s wite “'5 curious to know why such poor people as Ah Baba and his wife should measure. So she tooic tie trouble to smear the bottom of tiie measure wUI fat, hoping that a particle of whatever Ah Baba's wife was epinc to measure would stick to the bottom and remain unnoticed until the mealirc was returned. Ali Baba’s wife hurried home and, not noticing the fat in her excitement, weighed the gold, and returned the measure.

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6631, 9 June 1928, Page 7 (Supplement)

“Ricnard!” I said,“ curiosity often causes a lot of trouble.” And Ali Baba a wife curious to know how muen gold they now possessed, could not resist the temptation to weigh the gold. Finding she hadn’t a large enough measure of he? own she hurr'Jd round to Cassim’s wife to borrow one. Now Cassnn’s wite “'5 curious to know why such poor people as Ah Baba and his wife should measure. So she tooic tie trouble to smear the bottom of tiie measure wUI fat, hoping that a particle of whatever Ah Baba's wife was epinc to measure would stick to the bottom and remain unnoticed until the mealirc was returned. Ali Baba’s wife hurried home and, not noticing the fat in her excitement, weighed the gold, and returned the measure.