Page 7 - La Gatta racconta la sua storia - Puss Tells the History of Her Fairy Tale
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was born in Venice in 1551, so to
speak, though I could have been a
character in previous tales, in Europe
or in the East. Giovan Francesco
Straparola wrote my tale for his
collection, The Facetious Nights, the
first European storybook to contain fairy-tales.
I do not care if Giovan Francesco Straparola
invented or simply retold my tale; he is my
beloved father-teller. I do not know anything of
my father’s life except from his work: even his
name might be a nom-de-plume (Straparola means
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