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 . Could you kindly tell me how far it is from here to the place where I wish to go ? ' -LSB- Illustration : ANTONIO · IS · NOT · AFRAID · OF · THE · OGRE -RSB- When the ogre heard this extraordinary question he burst out laughing , and as he liked the youth 's polite manners he said to him : ` Will you enter my service ? ' ` What wages do you give ? ' replied Antonio . ` If you serve me faithfully , ' returned the ogre , ` I 'll be bound you 'll get enough wages to satisfy you . ' So the bargain was struck , and Antonio agreed to become the ogre 's servant .
He was very well treated , in every way , and he had little or no work to do , XXXXX the result that in a few days he became as fat as a quail , as round as a barrel , as red as a lobster , and as impudent as a bantam-cock .
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