When the battle was over , the king sent for him to thank him for his timely help , and to ask what reward he should give him . ` Nothing but your little finger , your Majesty , ' was his answer ; and the king cut off his little finger and gave it to Paperarello , who bowed and hid it in his surcoat . Then he left the field , and when the soldiers rode back they found him still sitting in the road making whole rows of little clay dolls . The next day the king went out to fight another battle , and again Paperarello appeared , mounted on his lame horse . As on the day before , he halted on the road , and sat down to make his clay soldiers ; then a second time he wished himself armour , sword , and a horse , all sharper and better than those he had previously had , and galloped after the rest . He was only just in time : the enemy had almost beaten the king 's army back , and men whispered to each other that if the strange knight did not soon come to their aid , they would be all dead men . Suddenly someone cried : ` Hold on a little longer , I see him in the distance ; and his armour shines brighter , and his horse runs swifter , than yesterday . ' Then they took fresh heart and fought desperately on till the knight came up , and threw himself into the thick of the battle . As before , the enemy gave way before him , and in a few minutes the victory remained with the king . The first thing that the victor did was to send for the knight to thank him for his timely help , and to ask what gift he could bestow on him in token of gratitude . ` Your Majesty 's ear , ' answered the knight ; and as the king could not go back from his word , he cut it off and gave it to him . Paperarello bowed , fastened the ear inside his surcoat and rode away . In the evening , when they all returned from the battle , there he was , sitting in the road , making clay dolls . On the third day the same thing happened , and this time he asked for the king 's nose as the reward of his aid . Now , to lose one 's nose , is worse even than losing one 's ear or one 's finger , and the king hesitated as to whether he should comply . However , he had always prided himself on being an honourable man , so he cut off his nose , and handed it to Paperarello . Paperarello bowed , put the nose in his surcoat , and rode away . In the evening , when the king returned from the battle , he found Paperarello sitting in the road making clay dolls . And Paperarello got up and said to him : ` Do you know who I am ? I am your dirty goose-boy , yet you have given me your finger , and your ear , and your nose . '
That night , when the king sat at dinner , Paperarello came in , and laying down the ear , and the nose , and the finger XXXXX the table , turned and said to the nobles and courtiers who were waiting on the king : ' I am the invincible knight , who rode three times to your help , and I also am a king 's son , and no goose-boy as you all think . '
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