Page 39 - La Gatta racconta la sua storia - Puss Tells the History of Her Fairy Tale

mine was one of his favorites.
- I would be honored to have you as my guest, -
he said, - and since my desire is that you quickly
recover, I will order my cook to prepare
whatever you wish. Then I’ll commission for you
a pair of soft boots and a plumed hat, so that you
can come with me to hunt in the Royal Reserve.
Obviously, I accepted. It came again to my mind
that fairy tales come true, as I remembered a
saying that Basile wrote at the end of one of his
stories: do a good deed and then forget it. It seemed
to me that when one does something good the
reward sooner or later comes: on that gorgeous
coach I forgot the donkey’s kicks.

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