` If that 's all ' said the king , ` it shall be done at once . ' And he gave orders for the doors to be closed on the spot . When Scioravante saw this he returned to the old woman , and said : ' I will give you whatever you like if you will go into the palace , hide under the princess 's bed , and slip this little piece of paper beneath her pillow , saying , as you do so : `` May everyone in the palace , except the princess , fall into a sound sleep . '' ' The old woman demanded another hundred golden ducats , and then proceeded to carry out the magician 's wishes . No sooner had she slipped the piece of paper under Cannetella 's pillow , than all the people in the palace fell fast asleep , and only the princess remained awake . Then Scioravante hurried to the seven doors and opened them one after the other . Cannetella screamed with terror when she saw her husband , but no one came to her help , for all in the palace lay as if they were dead . The magician seized her in the bed on which she lay , and was going to carry her off with him , when the little piece of paper which the old woman had placed under her pillow fell on the floor . In an instant all the people in the palace woke up , and as Cannetella was still screaming for help , they rushed to her rescue . They seized Scioravante and put him to death ; so he was caught in the trap which he had laid for the princess -- and , as is so often the case in this world , the biter himself was bit . -LSB- From the Italian , Kletke . -RSB- THE OGRE There lived , once upon a time , in the land of Marigliano , a poor woman called Masella , who had six pretty daughters , all as upright as young fir-trees , and an only son called Antonio , who was so simple as to be almost an idiot . Hardly a day passed without his mother saying to him ; ` What are you doing , you useless creature ? If you were n't too stupid to look after yourself , I would order you to leave the house and never to let me see your face again . ' Every day the youth committed some fresh piece of folly , till at last Masella , losing all patience , gave him a good beating , which so startled Antonio that he took to his heels and never stopped running till it was dark and the stars were shining in the heavens . He wandered on for some time , not knowing where to go , and at last he came to a cave , at the mouth of which sat an ogre , uglier than anything you can conceive . He had a huge head and wrinkled brow -- eyebrows that met , squinting eyes , a flat broad nose , and a great gash of a mouth from which two huge tusks stuck out . His skin was hairy , his arms enormous , his legs like sword blades , and his feet as flat as ducks ' . In short , he was the most hideous and laughable object in the world . But Antonio , who , with all his faults , was no coward , and was moreover a very civil-spoken lad , took off his hat , and said : ` Good-day , sir ; I hope you are pretty well .
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