Page 19 - La Gatta racconta la sua storia - Puss Tells the History of Her Fairy Tale

tried to drown him in the river. Do you think that
was a scam? I would rather call it a smart ruse,
since it caused no loss to anybody.
However, Straparola tells that I cried for help
once my master was naked in the river. The king,
who was passing by with his retinue, stopped his
coach and aided my master. Then I told the king
that Fortunato was robbed of his clothes and also
of the jewels he was bringing to the king for the
princess his daughter. The king ordered his pages
to bring out a suit of his, and when my master
put it on nobody could have doubted that he
really was a rich lord. The princess found him
irresistible, and so Fortunato became really
fortunate, because the king gave him the hand of
his daughter in marriage.
But now came the most difficult part, when the
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