And when the fairest in the world saw what he had done , love entered into her heart , and she said to the king , ` One thing more : before I can be your wife , you must jump into the oven as Ciccu has done . ' ` Willingly , ' replied the king , stooping over the oven . But on the brink he paused a moment and called to Ciccu , ` Tell me , Ciccu , how did you manage to prevent the fire burning you ? ' Now Ciccu could not forgive his master , whom he had served so faithfully , for sending him to his death without a thought , so he answered , ' I rubbed myself over with fat , and I am not even singed . ' When he heard these words , the king , whose head was full of the princess , never stopped to inquire if they could be true , and smeared himself over with fat , and sprang into the oven . And in a moment the fire caught him , and he was burned up . Then the fairest in the world held out her hand to Ciccu and smiled , saying , ` Now we will be man and wife . ' So Ciccu married the fairest in the world , and became king of the country . Don Giovanni De La Fortuna Sicilianische Mahrchen There was once a man whose name was Don Giovanni de la Fortuna , and he lived in a beautiful house that his father had built , and spent a great deal of money . Indeed , he spent so much that very soon there was none left , and Don Giovanni , instead of being a rich man with everything he could wish for , was forced to put on the dress of a pilgrim , and to wander from place to place begging his bread . One day he was walking down a broad road when he was stopped by a handsome man he had never seen before , who , little as Don Giovanni knew it , was the devil himself . ` Would you like to be rich , ' asked the devil , ` and to lead a pleasant life ? ' ` Yes , of course I should , ' replied the Don . ` Well , here is a purse ; take it and say to it , `` Dear purse , give me some money , '' and you will get as much as you can want But the charm will only work if you promise to remain three years , three months , and three days without washing and without combing and without shaving your beard or changing your clothes . If you do all this faithfully , when the time is up you shall keep the purse for yourself , and I will let you off any other conditions . ' Now Don Giovanni was a man who never troubled his head about the future . He did not once think how very uncomfortable he should be all those three years , but only that he should be able , by means of the purse , to have all sorts of things he had been obliged to do without ; so he joyfully put the purse in his pocket and went on his way . He soon began to ask for money for the mere pleasure of it , and there was always as much as he needed . For a little while he even forgot to notice how dirty he was getting , but this did not last long , for his hair became matted with dirt and hung over his eyes , and his pilgrim 's dress was a mass of horrible rags and tatters . He was in this state when , one morning , he happened to be passing a fine palace ; and , as the sun was shining bright and warm , he sat down on the steps and tried to shake off some of the dust which he had picked up on the road .
But in a few minutes a maid saw him , and said to her master , ' I pray you , sir , XXXXX drive away that beggar who is sitting on the steps , or he will fill the whole house with his dirt . '
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