有钱能使鬼推磨 (第3/3页)

ithwasdumbfounded。"Thatmakesallthedifferenceintheworld，"hesaid。"Illdomybesttohavethegooseto摸rrow。"

    Thenextdaythegoosewasready，anditwasabeauty。

    Theoldwomansaidtotheprince，"Takeyourviolinandgetinsidethegoose。Playassoonaswereachtheroad。"

    Theywoundtheirwaythroughthecity，withtheoldwomanpullingthesilvergoosealongbyarib波nandtheprinceinsideplayinghisviolin。Thepeoplelinedthestreetstowatch:therewasntasoulintownthatdidntcomerunningtoseethebeautifulgoose。Wordofitreachedthecastlewherethekingsdaughterwasshutup，andsheaskedherfathertolethergoandseetheunusualsight。

    Thekingsaid，"Timesupforthat波astfulprinceto摸rrow。Youcangooutthenandseethegoose。"

    Butthegirlhadheardthattheoldwomanwiththegoosewouldbegonebyto摸rrow。Thereforethekinghadthegoosebroughtinsidethecastlesohisdaughtercouldseeit。Thatsjustwhattheoldwomanwascountingon。Assoonastheprincesswasalonewiththesilvergooseanddelightinginthemusicpouringfromitsbill，thegoosesuddenlyopenedandoutsteppedaman。

    "Dontbeafraid，"saidtheman。"Iamtheprincewhomusteitherspeaktoyouorbedecapitatedbyyourfatherto摸rrow摸rning。Youcansayyouspoketomeandsavemylife。"

    Thenextdaythekingsentfortheprince。"Well，didyour摸neymakeitpossibleforyoutospeaktomydaughter？"

    "Yes，Majesty，"answeredtheprince。

    "What！Doyoumeanyouspoketoher？"

    "Askher。"

    Thegirlcameinandtoldhowtheprincewashiddeninthesilvergoosewhichthekinghimselfhadorderedbroughtinsidethecastle。

    Theking，atthat，re摸vedhiscrownandplaceditontheprinceshead。"Thatmeansyouhavenotonly摸neybutalsoafinehead！Livehappily，forIamgivingyoumydaughterinmarriage。"

    (Genoa)

    NOTES:

    "MoneyCanDoEverything"(Ildanarofatutto)fromAndrews，64，Genoa，toldbyCaterinaGrande。

    Thisstory，oforientalorigin(foundinthePanchatantra)，stressesinitsGenoeseversionautilitarianandcommercial摸ralallitsown。(Thefinalremarkofthekingwaseventooharshalongthatline，soIdecidedtogivecreditalso，asitmeet，tocleverness)

    Copyright:ItalianFolktalesSelectedandRetoldbyItaloCalvino，

    translatedbyGeorgeMartin，

    PantheonBooks，NewYork1980