Page 7 - La Gatta racconta la storia della sia fiaba - PussTells 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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