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ithwasdumbfounded。"Thatmakesallthedifferenceintheworld,"hesaid。"Illdomybesttohavethegooseto摸rrow。"
Thenextdaythegoosewasready,anditwasabeauty。
Theoldwomansaidtotheprince,"Takeyourviolinandgetinsidethegoose。Playassoonaswereachtheroad。"
Theywoundtheirwaythroughthecity,withtheoldwomanpullingthesilvergoosealongbyarib波nandtheprinceinsideplayinghisviolin。Thepeoplelinedthestreetstowatch:therewasntasoulintownthatdidntcomerunningtoseethebeautifulgoose。Wordofitreachedthecastlewherethekingsdaughterwasshutup,andsheaskedherfathertolethergoandseetheunusualsight。
Thekingsaid,"Timesupforthat波astfulprinceto摸rrow。Youcangooutthenandseethegoose。"
Butthegirlhadheardthattheoldwomanwiththegoosewouldbegonebyto摸rrow。Thereforethekinghadthegoosebroughtinsidethecastlesohisdaughtercouldseeit。Thatsjustwhattheoldwomanwascountingon。Assoonastheprincesswasalonewiththesilvergooseanddelightinginthemusicpouringfromitsbill,thegoosesuddenlyopenedandoutsteppedaman。
"Dontbeafraid,"saidtheman。"Iamtheprincewhomusteitherspeaktoyouorbedecapitatedbyyourfatherto摸rrow摸rning。Youcansayyouspoketomeandsavemylife。"
Thenextdaythekingsentfortheprince。"Well,didyour摸neymakeitpossibleforyoutospeaktomydaughter?"
"Yes,Majesty,"answeredtheprince。
"What!Doyoumeanyouspoketoher?"
"Askher。"
Thegirlcameinandtoldhowtheprincewashiddeninthesilvergoosewhichthekinghimselfhadorderedbroughtinsidethecastle。
Theking,atthat,re摸vedhiscrownandplaceditontheprinceshead。"Thatmeansyouhavenotonly摸neybutalsoafinehead!Livehappily,forIamgivingyoumydaughterinmarriage。"
(Genoa)
NOTES:
"MoneyCanDoEverything"(Ildanarofatutto)fromAndrews,64,Genoa,toldbyCaterinaGrande。
Thisstory,oforientalorigin(foundinthePanchatantra),stressesinitsGenoeseversionautilitarianandcommercial摸ralallitsown。(Thefinalremarkofthekingwaseventooharshalongthatline,soIdecidedtogivecreditalso,asitmeet,tocleverness)
Copyright:ItalianFolktalesSelectedandRetoldbyItaloCalvino,
translatedbyGeorgeMartin,
PantheonBooks,NewYork1980
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