The Fair Angiola
This story is part of the Italian Popular Tales unit. Story source: Italian Popular Tales by Thomas Frederick Crane (1885). |
| Angiola and the Prince |
Angiola was a first daughter of the women in the town, who lived near the old witch. Because of being captured of stealing the jujubes with grew in the witch's garden, she consented to gave the witch her first born, whether a daughter or a son, when the baby reached seven year olds.
When Angiola was seven, she moved to the witch house. The witch loved Angiola like her daughter. She raised Angiola in the high tower with no door. Angiola grew up so beautiful with her hazel hair, long and smooth. The witch used her hair as a rope to pull her from the ground to the tower by calling
"Angiola, fair Angiola, let down your beautiful tresses and pull me up."
One day, a prince who hunted near the tower was curious about who could live in the tower. After he saw a witch was pull up to the towel, he intimated her voice and being pulled up. Seeing her beautiful and graceful, the prince felt in love with her and asked Angiola to be his wife. She agreed
After Angiola offered bribes for the chair, the table and every living things in the tower into silence, she ran away with the prince. Angiola also took three magic balls with her.
Knowing that Angiola was unfaithful on her, the witch ran after them, but she was prevented by three balls, with transformed into the great mountain of soap, great mountain with snails, and the mighty torrent. Filled with angry, the witch catched a spell to transform Angiola's face to a dog's face.
Angiola was so bitterly with the new appearance and could not saw the King and the Queen, she hid in the small house deep down in the forest. The price always came to see her whenever he had chance. A dog, that followed Angiola during the run, felt pity to Angiola. The dog turned back to the witch and begged her for the cure. Although the witch hated Angiola for being unfaithful, she gave the dog a flask of water to transform Angiola to her beautiful appearance.
Angiola and prince lived happily thereafter.
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