"tobiella,"answeredthefarmer,withoutslowingdown.
"youmightatleastsay,godwilling."
thefarmerstopped,lookedtheoldmanintheeye,andsnapped,"godwilling,imonmywaytobiella.butevenifgodisntwilling,istillhavetogothereallthesame."
nowtheoldmanhappenedtobethelord."inthatcaseyoullgotobiellainsevenyears,"hesaid."inthemeantime,jumpintothisswampandstaythereforsevenyears."
suddenlythefarmerchangedintoafrogandjumpedintotheswamp.
rmercameoutoftheswamp,turnedbackintoaman,clappedhishatonhishead,andcontinuedonhiswaytomarket.
afterashortdistancehemettheoldmanagain."andwhereareyougoing,mygoodman?"
"tobiella."
"youmightsay,godwilling."
"ifgodwillsit,,iknowtheconsequenceandcannowgointotheswampunassisted."
norforthelifeofhimwouldhesayonewordmore.
(biellese)
notes:
"thosestubbornsouls,thebiellese"(ibiellesi,gentedura)fromvirginiamajolifaccio(lincantesimodellamezzanotte,[ilbiellesenellesueleggende],milan,1941),valdengo,piedmont.
thistaleisalsofoundintrieste,starringthefriulians(pinguenti,51).
copyright:italianfolktalesselectedandretoldbyitalocalvino,
translatedbygeorgemartin,
pantheonbooks,newyork1980
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