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Lynx

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Lynx A  lynx   is any of the four species within the  Lynx   genus  of medium-sized wild  cats , which includes the  bobcat . The name "lynx" originated in  M iddle En glish  via Latin from the Greek word λύγξ, derived from the  Indo-European root   leuk-  ("light, brightness") in reference to the luminescence of its  reflective eyes . The genus  Lynx  includes neither the  caracal  nor the  jungle cat , sometime s called the desert lynx and the jungle lynx respectively. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Suborder: Feliformia Family: Felidae Subfamily: Felinae Genus: Lynx Kerr , 1792 Type species Lynx lynx Linnaeus ,  1758 Species Lynx canadensis Lynx lynx Lynx pardinus Lynx rufus Lynx issiodorensis † Lynx  ranges: red = Iberian, purple = Canadian, green = Bobcat, orange = Eurasian ...

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

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There once lived in a town of Persia two brothers, one named Cassim and the other Ali Baba. Their father divided a small inheritance equally between them. Cassim married a very rich wife, and became a wealthy merchant. Ali Baba married a woman as poor as himself, and lived by cutting wood, and bringing it upon three asses into the town to sell. One day, when Ali Baba was in the forest and had just cut wood enough to load his asses, he saw at a distance a great cloud of dust, which seemed to approach him. He observed it with attention, and distinguished soon after a body of horsemen, whom he suspected might be robbers. He determined to leave his asses to save himself. He climbed up a large tree, planted on a high rock, whose branches were thick enough to conceal him, and yet enabled him to see all that passed without being discovered. The troop, who were to the number of forty, all well mounted and armed, came to the foot of the rock on which the tree stood, and there dismounted. E...