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Ali Baba in 2001
Ali Baba and Mergina were studying in the same
college. Ali Baba had a crush on Mergina. He could do anything for her. One day
Mergina was very upset. Ali Baba at once noticed that.
"Mergina, is there something wrong?" he asked.
"Well! yes. You see when I switched on my computer today, I found that all my
files were missing," she replied.
"Then who do you suspect of the theft?" asked Ali Baba.
"Whoever he maybe, he must be computer literate for sure."
Ali Baba thought about it all day in the college and in his house in Baghdada
(Garden of his grand father). He was more upset than Mergina. He also promised
Mergina that he would help her in getting her files back.
He then asked his father to tell him the old fable of Ali Baba. When he heard
the story he knew that it must be one of the forty thieves, whom he envied
throughout the centuries, according to the book Arabian Nights.
"Well two can ... I mean forty-one can play the game then," he murmured.
That night when everyone was asleep he opened his computer and connected to the
net. He entered the word "THIEVES". After a minute the computer gave the list of
160 sites pertaining to thieves. He then started searching for 'his' thieves, or
his Jackpot.
After four hours of searching, he found a site of those 40 thieves. There was a
clue, too. There was an article in the site which he knew was written by Mergina
for Young World. "And they had it under their name."
Ali Baba put a bold 'X' on the first page of the website. As he was getting
sleepy, he switched off his computer.
Next day he went on line again, typed the word THIEVES again. The list was
displayed once again. He started searching. But to his dismay the first page of
every site was marked with a bold 'X'.
"So, they know I am after them," thought Ali Baba. "And now I can't do
anything." Then he got a remarkable idea. He phoned Dexter the genius who at
that time was brain washed and only knew the phrase "Omellete du Fromage."
"Hello, I am Ali Baba, Dexter there is a problem," then he told Dexter the whole
story. "Now, you see that I must find their password to get the files back."
"Omellete Du Fromage," replied Dexter.
"Thank you very much my friend," said Ali Baba. He punched in the password and
it worked. The site was once again opened.
"I will do this tomorrow," thought a sleepy Ali Baba.
Next day was a Sunday. He opened his computer, double clicked the icon giving
access to the net. But to his horror a line appeared.
"Your internet service has been disconnected due to the non-payment of the
previous bills."
"Oh, don't do this to me," said Ali Baba, but, so what?
Ali Baba then went to the cyber cafe near his house in Baghdada. He was about to
catch the thief when he himself was caught by his father, red-handed. It was
Sunday. Father was home and Ali Baba's faithful brother proved his faithfulness
by telling his father where Ali Baba was.
As for Ali Baba his father, only knowing the negative aspects of a cyber cafe,
grounded Ali Baba for a month and his pocket money was reduced to one third.
So Ali Baba keep your chin up and do hope that Mergina does not get involved
with Dexter the computer genius.
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