How does one read a cookie with a non-root (path != "/") using the jQuery cookie plugin?

How does one read a cookie with a non-root (path != "/") using the jQuery cookie plugin?

Consider the case where I set a non-root cookie. Something like this: 

jQuery.cookie('monster', 'big', { path : '/sesame/'});
How can I read this cookie? The following snippet does not work (it returns `null`) 

jQuery.cookie('monster');
I tried this (rather silly, I know) but it sets a cookie, not read one.

jQuery.cookie('monster', { path: '/sesame/' });