Page 9 - La Gatta racconta la sua storia - Puss Tells the History of Her Fairy Tale

Super-word). He probably was an important
character in the Most Serene Republic of Venice,
and needed to hide his true identity. It is possible
that he spent many years in Near East as one of
Venice’s many delegates. There my father would
have found out about the rich Eastern tradition of
magic tales, and then would have written down
some fairy tales once he returned toVenice.
Since I was officially born nearly five centuries
ago, I am ancient, but I am not old: my age today is
the same as in 1553. How old do you think I am? I
am not a kitten, since I am a skilled hunter, and I
know how to handle myself with kings and ogres,
but I am not old, since I can grab hares and
pheasants and jump out quite nimbly on a mouse.
Just as any other fabulous animal, I am almost
eternal, and forever young.
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