o doubt about it,quot; said t;my youngest son ;

    t for t for thers and jewels.

    t boy  to tced  of a fig leaf and dra out. . Every noopped for to catc  a maiden as dazzling as the sun and dressed in an emarald-green gown.

    quot;; asked t son.

    quot;I am t;

    believe it, so taining t;I urned into a frog, and tting my o agree to marry me t;

    told wo older sons, w w boy and his bride became king and queen.

    (Monferrato)

    NOtES:

    quot;t; (Il principe cti, 4, Monferrato, Piedmont.

    tale of to all of Europe; sced 300 versions. Comparing it, for instance, ;t; t ly Italian (since it s to locate tands out in its near-geometrical logic and linearity.

    Copyrigalian Folktales Selected and Retold by Italo Calvino,

    translated by George Martin,

    Pantheon Books, New York 1980