There is no putting up with the creature -- do send her away , Father Gatto ! Lizina herself would not be angry with us ; she must know very well what her sister is like . ' ` Come here , ' said Father Gatto , in his most severe tones to Peppina . And he took her down into the cellar and showed her the same two great jars that he had showed Lizina . ` In which of these shall I dip you ? ' he asked ; and she made haste to answer : ` In the liquid gold , ' for she was no more modest than she was good and kind . Father Gatto 's yellow eyes darted fire . ` You have not deserved it , ' he uttered , in a voice like thunder , and seizing her he flung her into the jar of oil , where she was nearly suffocated . When she came to the surface screaming and struggling , the vengeful cat seized her again and rolled her in the ash-heap on the floor ; then when she rose , dirty , blinded , and disgusting to behold , he thrust her from the door , saying : ` Begone , and when you meet a braying ass be careful to turn your head towards it . ' Stumbling and raging , Peppina set off for home , thinking herself fortunate to find a stick by the wayside with which to support herself . She was within sight of her mother 's house when she heard in the meadow on the right , the voice of a donkey loudly braying . Quickly she turned her head towards it , and at the same time put her hand up to her forehead , where , waving like a plume , was a donkey 's tail . She ran home to her mother at the top of her speed , yelling with rage and despair ; and it took Lizina two hours with a big basin of hot water and two cakes of soap to get rid of the layer of ashes with which Father Gatto had adorned her . As for the donkey 's tail , it was impossible to get rid of that ; it was as firmly fixed on her forehead as was the golden star on Lizina 's . Their mother was furious . She first beat Lizina unmercifully with the broom , then she took her to the mouth of the well and lowered her into it , leaving her at the bottom weeping and crying for help . Before this happened , however , the king 's son in passing the mother 's house had seen Lizina sitting sewing in the parlour , and had been dazzled by her beauty . After coming back two or three times , he at last ventured to approach the window and to whisper in the softest voice : ` Lovely maiden , will you be my bride ? ' and she had answered : ' I will . ' Next morning , when the prince arrived to claim his bride , he found her wrapped in a large white veil .
` It is so that maidens are received from their parents ' hands , ' said the mother , who hoped XXXXX make the king 's son marry Peppina in place of her sister , and had fastened the donkey 's tail round her head like a lock of hair under the veil .
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