` That I can not tell you , ' replied the Sultan . ` Is it very heavy to wear ? ' asked Fortunatus . ` No , quite light , ' replied the Sultan , ` just feel it . ' Fortunatus took the cap and put it on his head , and then , without thinking , wished himself back in the ship that was starting for Famagosta . In a second he was standing at the prow , while the anchor was being weighed , and while the Sultan was repenting of his folly in allowing Fortunatus to try on the cap , the vessel was making fast for Cyprus . When it arrived , Fortunatus found his wife and children well , but the two old people were dead and buried . His sons had grown tall and strong , but unlike their father had no wish to see the world , and found their chief pleasure in hunting and tilting . In the main , Fortunatus was content to stay quietly at home , and if a restless fit did seize upon him , he was able to go away for a few hours without being missed , thanks to the cap , which he never sent back to the Sultan . By-and-by he grew old , and feeling that he had not many days to live , he sent for his two sons , and showing them the purse and cap , he said to them : ` Never part with these precious possessions . They are worth more than all the gold and lands I leave behind me . But never tell their secret , even to your wife or dearest friend . That purse has served me well for forty years , and no one knows whence I got my riches . ' Then he died and was buried by his wife Cassandra , and he was mourned in Famagosta for many years . THE GOAT-FACED GIRL There was once upon a time a peasant called Masaniello who had twelve daughters . They were exactly like the steps of a staircase , for there was just a year between each sister . It was all the poor man could do to bring up such a large family , and in order to provide food for them he used to dig in the fields all day long . In spite of his hard work he only just succeeded in keeping the wolf from the door , and the poor little girls often went hungry to bed . One day , when Masaniello was working at the foot of a high mountain , he came upon the mouth of a cave which was so dark and gloomy that even the sun seemed afraid to enter it . Suddenly a huge green lizard appeared from the inside and stood before Masaniello , who nearly went out of his mind with terror , for the beast was as big as a crocodile and quite as fierce looking .
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