Dauntless Little John 無畏的小喬萬尼-意大利童話
dauntless little john
there was once a lad whom everyone called dauntless little john, since he was afraid of nothing traveling about the world, he came to an inn, where he asked for lodgings "we have no room here," said the innkeeper, "but if you're not afraid, i will direct you to a certain palace where you can stay"
"why should i be afraid?"
"people shudder at the thought of that palace, since nobody who's gone in has come out alive in the morning the friars go up with the bier for anyone brave enough to spend the night inside"
so what did little john do but pick up a lamp, a bottle, and a sausage, and march straight to the palace
at midnight he was sitting at the table eating, when he heard a voice in the chimney "shall i throw it down?"
"go ahead!" replied little john
down the chimney into the fireplace fell a man's leg little john drank a glass of wine
then the voice spoke again "shall i throw it down?"
"go ahead!" so another leg dropped into the fireplace little john bit into the sausage
"shall i throw it down?"
"go ahead!" so down came an arm little john began whistling a tune
"shall i throw it down?"
"by all means!" and there was another arm
"shall i throw it down?"
"yes!"
then came the trunk of a body, and the arms and legs stuck onto it, and there stood a man without a head
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