Page 19 - La Gatta con gli stivali - Puss in Boots

when a brace of partridges ran into it, she drew
the strings, and caught them both. She presented
these to the king, as she had done before with the
hare. The king, in like manner, received the
partridges with great pleasure, and gave her a tip.
The cat continued, from time to time for two or
three months, to take game to his majesty from
her master. Then the king said: “Madam Cat, tell
your master that I would thank him in person”.
Now Fortunio, though he was a good-looking
youth, had suffered so much privation and
distress that his face was rough and covered with
blotches, which caused him much discomfort.
Then Puss took him to the river, washed him and
licked him carefully with her tongue from head to
foot and tended him so well that his skin became
splendid. Puss could now enact her plan _____

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