er t o steal ts out from under  nig.

    t nig to bed o  for t a dead body from a gravedigger, dressed it in  to t midnig  and cairs to see if o ole ts.   o steal any longer, ter to him.

    (Monferrato)

    NOtES:

    quot;Crack and Crookquot; (Cric e Croc) from Comparetti, 13, Monferrato, Piedmont.

    t and most famous tales, ion of scions. tese version I folloo t tradition and includes ter-names and a brisk dose of rustic cunning. us (ories) tells in detail about Egyptian King Russ treasure, c narrative tradition concerning  to test by a ruler. t  be recognized is also encountered in Pausanias, ropion of Greece, IX, 372). Eital tradition tale entered medieval literature, in translations of talian, Englisexts. Literary versions by Italian Renaissance story ers are numerous.

    Copyrigalian Folktales Selected and Retold by Italo Calvino,

    translated by George Martin,

    Pantheon Books, New York 1980