The Two Friars 327
The Preface of a Franciscan 333
The Lenten Preacher 334
Ass or Pig 336
The Seven Clodhoppers 339
The Little Bird 341
The Devil who took to Himself a Wife 343
The Root 346
The Queen and the Tripe-seller 348
The Bad-tempered Queen (La Regina Cattiva) 354
The Simple Wife (La Sposa Cece) (Two Versions) 357
The Foolish Woman (La Donna Mattarella) (Two Versions) 367
The Booby (Il Tonto) 371
The Gluttonous Girl (La Ragazza Golosa) 375
The Greedy Daughter (La Figlia Ghiotta) 380
The Old Miser 382
The Miserly Old Woman 385
The Beggar and the Chick-Pea (Il Poverello Del Cece) 388
Doctor Grillo 392
Nina 396
The Good Grace of the Hunchback (La Buona Grazia
Del Gobbo) 399
The Value of Salt 403
The Princess and the Gentleman 406
The Happy Couple (I Sposi Felici) 411
Una Camera di Locanda 416
The Countess's Cat 419
Why Cats and Dogs always Quarrel 421
The Cats who Made their Master Rich 422