entofindlovelyBargaglinagone.
Nowhismotheralsowenttothatwellforwater,andwhatshouldshefindinherbucketonedaybutafish.Shetookithomeandfriedit.Theyateitandthrewthebonesoutthewindow.Therewheretheyfell,atreegrewupandgotsobigthatitshutoutallthelightfromthehouse.Theshepherdthereforecutitdownandchoppeditupforfirewood,whichhebroughtinside.Bythattimehismotherhaddied,andhelivedthereallbyhimself,nowpunierthenever,sincenomatterwhathetried,hecouldntgrowanybigger.Everydayhewentouttothepastureandcamebackhomeatnight.Howgreatwashisamazementuponfindingthedishesandpanshedusedinthemorningallwashedforhimwhenhecamehome!Hecouldntimaginewhowasdoingthis.Atlasthedecidedtohidebehindthedoorandfindout.Whomshouldhethenseebutaverydaintymaidenemergefromthewoodpile,washthedishes,sweepthehouse,andmakehisbed,afterwhichsheopenedthecupboardandhelpedherselftoacake.
Outsprangtheshepherd,asking,"Whoareyou?Howdidyougetin?"
"ImlovelyBargaglina,"repliedthemaiden,"thegirlyoufoundinyourpocketinplaceoftheapplehalf.UglySlavethrewmeintothewell,andIturnedintoafish,thenintofishbonesthrownoutthewindow.FromfishbonesIchangedintoatreeseed,nextintoatreethatgrewandgrew,andfinallyintofirewoodyoucut.Now,everydaywhileyoureaway,IbecomelovelyBargaglina."
ThankstotherediscoveryoflovelyBargaglina,theshepherdgrewbyleapsandbounds,andlovelyBargaglinaalongwithhim.SoonhewasahandsomeyouthandmarriedlovelyBargaglina.Theyhadabigfeast.Iwasthere,underthetable.Theythrewmeabone,whichhitmeonthenoseandstuckforgood.
(InlandvicinityofGenoa)
NOTES:
"TheLittleShepherd"(Ilpastorechenoncrescevamai)fromGuarnerio(DuefoleneldialettodelcontadogenovesecollectedbyP.E.Guarnerio,Genoa,1892),Torriglia,nearGenoa,toldbythecountrywomanMariaBanchero.
AfeatureofthisGenoesevariantofthewidespreadtaleofthe"threeoranges"includesencounterswithcreatureslikethoseinthepaintingsofHieronymusBosch——tinyfairiesrockinginnutshellsoreggshells.WemeetthesamebeingsinanotherGenoeseversion(Andrews,51).
Copyright:ItalianFolktalesSelectedandRetoldbyItaloCalvino,
translatedbyGeorgeMarti
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