Page 9 - La Gatta racconta la storia della sia fiaba - PussTells the History of Her Fairy Tale
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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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