ing ers return , to get t ter of life and deat to t.

    Mean, ter  sinister pair and not returned. S out looking for  t along taining ter of long life, in  as sound as ever and so  ter threw her arms around his neck.

    t;s in t barrel?quot; he asked.

    quot;Boiling oil,quot; replied the sailor.

    So ted to boiling and announced to t;If you dont love me Ill kill myself.quot; abbed o tantly scalded to death. Also his black wig had flown off when he leaped, revealing his mangy head.

    quot;A; exclaimed t;t of all my enemies.  o  youter and in my kingdom!quot; And so it was.

    (Riviera ligure di ponente)

    NOtES:

    quot;t; (Il bastimento a tre piani) from Andreon, told by Giuanina Piombo dite La Mova, and by Angelina Moretti.

    Prosperous sea trading, o ports ales and is o various plots (cf. my no.173, from Sicily). In tale from talian Riviera border, tifs of ted by animals are incorporated into type featuring ted filly (in one of Andreeful animals (cf. my nos. 24 and 79). I wo versions summarized in French by Andrews.

    Copyrigalian Folktales Selected and Retold by Italo Calvino,

    translated by George Martin,

    Pantheon Books, New York 1980