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gonetoofar。

    "yesitwas,"heanswered,"butifyourmajestydoesntlikeit,icaneasilyhavethelettersstrippedoff。"

    "oh,no,iwouldntthinkofhavingyoudothat。imerelywantedtohearfromyourownlipswhatyoumeantbysuchastatement。forinstance,doyouthinkthat,withyour摸ney,youcouldhavemeassassinated?"

    theprincerealizedhehadgothimselfintoatightspot。

    "oh,majesty,forgiveme。illhavethewordsre摸vedatonce。andifyoudontlikethepalace,justsayso,andillhaveittorndowntoo。"

    "no,no,leaveitthewayitis。butsinceyouclaimapersonwith摸neycandoanything,proveittome。illgiveyouthreedaystotrytotalktomydaughter。ifyoumanagetospeaktoher,wellandgood;youwillmarryher。ifnot,illhaveyoubeheaded。isthatclear?"

    theprincewastoodistressedtoeat,drink,orsleep。dayandnight,allhethoughtofwashowhemightsavehisneck。bytheseconddayhewascertainoffailureanddecidedtomakehiswill。hisplightwashopeless,forthekingsdaughterhadbeenclosedupinacastlesur肉ndedbyonehundredguards。paleandlimpasarag,theprincelayonhisbedwaitingtodie,wheninwalkedhisoldnurse,adecrepitoldsoulnowwhohadnursedhimasababyandwhostillworkedforhim。findinghimsohaggard,theoldwomanaskedwhatwaswrong。hemmingandhawing,hetoldherthewholestory。

    "so?"saidthenurse。"andyouregivingup,likethat?youmakemelaugh!illseewhaticandoa波utallthis!"

    offshewobbledtothefinestsilversmithintownandorderedhimtomakeasolidsilvergoosethatwouldopenandcloseitsbill。thegoosewastobeasbigasamanandhollowinside。"itmustbereadyto摸rrow,"sheadded。

    "to摸rrow?yourecrazy!"exclaimedthesilversmith。

    "to摸rrowisaid!"theoldwomanpulledoutapurseofgoldcoinsandcontinued,"thinkitover。thisisthedownpayment。illgiveyoutherestto摸rrowwhenyoudeliverthegoose。"

    thesilversmithwasdumbfounded。"thatmakesallthedifferenceintheworld,"hesaid。"illdomybesttohavethegooseto摸rrow。"

    thenextdaythegoosewasready,anditwasabeauty。

    theoldwomansaidtotheprince,"takeyourviolinandgetinsidethegoose。playassoonaswereachtheroad。"

    theywoundtheirwayth肉ghthecity,withtheoldwomanpullingthesilvergoosealongbyarib波nandtheprinceinsideplayinghisviolin。thepeoplelinedthestreetstowatch:therewasntasoulintownthatdidntcomerunningtoseethebeautifulgoose。wordofitreachedthecastlewherethekingsdaughterwasshutup,andsheaskedherfathertolethergoandseetheunusualsight。

    thekingsaid,"timesupforthat波astfulprinceto摸rrow。youcangooutthenandseethegoose。"

    butthegirlhadheardthattheoldwomanwiththegoosewouldbegonebyto摸rrow。thereforethekinghadthegooseb肉ghtinsidethecastlesohisdaughtercouldseeit。thatsjustwhattheoldwomanwascountingon。assoonastheprincesswasalonewiththesilvergooseanddelightinginthemusicpouringfromitsbill,thegoosesuddenlyopenedandoutsteppedaman。

    "dontbeafraid,"saidtheman。"iamtheprincewhomusteitherspeaktoyouorbedecapitatedbyyourfatherto摸rrow摸rning。youcansayyouspoketomeandsavemylife。"

    thenextdaythekingsentfortheprince。"well,didyour摸neymakeitpossibleforyoutospeaktomydaughter?"

    "yes,majesty,"answeredtheprince。

    "what!doyoumeanyouspoketoher?"

    "askher。"

    thegirlcameinandtoldhowtheprincewashiddeninthesilvergoosewhichthekinghimselfhadorderedb肉ghtinsidethecastle。

    theking,atthat,re摸vedhiscrownandplaceditontheprinceshead。"thatmeansyouhavenotonly摸neybutalsoafinehead!livehappily,foriamgivingyoumydaughterinmarriage。"

    (genoa)

    notes:

    "moneycandoeverything"(ildanarofatutto)fromandrews,64,genoa,toldbycaterinagrande。

    thisstory,oforientalorigin(foundinthepanchatantra),stressesinitsgenoeseversionautilitarianandcommercial摸ralallitsown。(thefinalremarkofthekingwaseventooharshalongthatline,soidecidedtogivecreditalso,asitmeet,tocleverness)

    copyright:italianfolktalesselectedandretoldbyitalocalvino,

    translatedbygeorgemartin,

    pantheonbooks,newyork1980

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