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HURRAY FOR ALI BABA BERNSTEIN HURRAY FOR ALI BABA BERNSTEIN BY JOHANNA HURWITZ ILLUSTRATED BY GAIL OWENS Starwalk Kids Media New York Hurray for my friends Helen and David Stephenson Chapter 6, “Ali Baba and the Mystery of the Missing Circus Tickets,” originally appeared in a different version as “Rosie Relkin’s Raincoat” in In Another World and Other Stories, edited by Mark W. Aulls, Ed.D., and Michael F. Graves, Ph.D. Copyright © 1985 by Scholastic Inc. Reprinted with permission. Text copyright © 2013, 1989 by Johanna Hurwitz Illustrations copyright © 2013, 1989 by Gail Owens All rights reserved. Published by StarWalk Kids Media (Printed edition originally published in 1989 by William Morrow and Company.) Except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and articles, no part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the publisher. Contact: StarWalk Kids Media, 15 Cutter Mill Road, Suite 242, Great Neck, NY 11021. www.StarWalkKids.com ISBN 978-1-62334-660-7 CONTENTS 1. Ali Baba Breaks the Rules 1 2. Ali Baba and the Case of Kelly’s Deli 21 3. Ali Baba Bernstein, King for a Day 41 4. Ali Baba Meets Santa Claus 58 5. Ali Baba on His Own 75 6. Ali Baba and the Mystery of the Missing Circus Tickets 90 1. ALI BABA BREAKS THE RULES L ast year when David Bernstein was in third grade, there had been three other boys named David in his class. There were David Katz, David Rodri- guez, and David Shapiro. David Bernstein did not like that a bit. It was much too confus- ing. Then, one day when he was reading a book called The Arabian Nights, he discov- ered a wonderful name: Ali Baba. There were no other Ali Babas in his class. And as far as 1 Hurray for Ali Baba Bernstein David Bernstein knew, there were no other Ali Babas in his school. It was the perfect new name for a boy who wanted to be different. David Bernstein had told his parents, his teacher, and his classmates to call him Ali Baba. His teacher had been surprised by this name changing in the midst of the school year. However, there was no rule about it, and so with time, she did. Now Ali Baba Bernstein was nine years, four months, and seven days old. His mother said he was old enough to act his age and accept the name he had been given when he was born. That was easy for her to say. She didn’t sit in a fourth-grade classroom from Monday to Friday and hear other people being called her name over and over again. Even though David Katz had moved during the summer, there were still four Davids in the class. Now there was a new boy named David Lee, who had transferred from another school. Ali Baba Bernstein was determined that if he ever changed schools, he would have his parents investigate the names of his new 2
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