Page 11 - The King of Spinningwheel

So off they went and arrived at Salaparuta. Being
searching, Nunzia discovered a fat fennel plant
and called out, «Oh father, father, look what I
found! I cannot pull it up.» So he went over, and
when they pulled together, they saw a trap-door,
and a youth looked out of it.
«Beauty, what are you looking for?»
«What can we look for? We’re starving to death,
and we come to pick some soup greens.»
«I can make you rich,» the youth said to the
shoemaker. «Just leave your daughter with me,
and I’ll give you a sack of money.»
The poor man said: «What? How can I leave my
daughter, poor thing?» But at last he let himself
be persuaded and left his daughter. He took the
money, and departed.
The maiden, who was left behind, went beneath
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