Monday, November 10, 2014

Reading Diary Week 13: Italian Fairy Tales



A man had three daughters, Rosina, Marietta, and Zelinda.  Zelinda was the youngest and her older sisters envied her.  The man went to town and got the older girls gifts of a dress and shawl but could not find Zelinda’s rose any where other than a secret garden.  When he picked the rose, a monster arose.  The man had to die or return with Zelinda.  The monster fell in love with Zelinda and treated her like a princess, constantly asking her to be his wife.  He gave her an ultimatum that her father would die if she didn’t consent to be married.  She said yes and the monster turned into a handsome young man who had been cursed by a witch.

A king questioned his three daughters to see who loved him the most.  One said as much as her eyes, the second said as much as her heart, and the third said as much as water and salt.  He was offended by the last daughter and called for the executioners.  The other sisters secretly gave the executioners a dog to kill in place of their sister.  A magician who took her to another king found the sister who was to be killed and his son fell in love with her.  Before the wedding, they had to kill the magician and she had to invite her father and a few other kings and give everyone salt and water except her father.  He was not able to eat the food without the salt and water and the daughter finally exposed who she was.  The point was proven to her father and they lived happily ever after.

Catherine told her fate that she would rather live in old age than youth.  Her father’s ships had been robbed and he lost all of his money.  He then grew ill and died.  Catherine was left with no money or a house.  She left and was taken in by a noble lady who decided to leave the house one day.  Catherine’s fate came to the house and tore everything in it to pieces.  Catherine feared being killed by her noble lady and fled.  When she left her fate cleaned everything up leaving the noble lady to question where Catherine had gone.  Catherine was then taken in by another noble lady and her fate did the same thing as before.  This continued on for seven years. 

Catherine finally was able to talk to her fate and her fate led her to a castle.  She grabbed the attention of a King because she was wearing golden silk given to her by her fate.  The King fell in love with her and married her and after that Catherine enjoyed her old age.

A wagon got stuck in a hole and the carter named, Master Francis, was sent down into the hole.  He finds a man who would only tell him his name by writing it on Master Francis's back and he can only show it to the pope.  When the pope read the writing on Master Francis, it said "I am Pilate."  When he said this, Master Francis turned to stone.  For the man in the hole was Pilate who was condemned to stay in a hole and read what he had said to Jesus Christ and never look up from his paper.


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