` What is the matter , my child has any one been unkind to you ? ' he asked one day , when he found her crying in her kitchen . She burst into tears and answered between her sobs : ` Oh , no ! they are all very good to me ; but I long for news from home , and I pine to see my mother and my sister . ' Old Gatto , being a sensible old cat , understood the little servant 's feelings . ` You shall go home , ' he said , ` and you shall not come back here unless you please . But first you must be rewarded for all your kind services to my children . Follow me down into the inner cellar , where you have never yet been , for I always keep it locked and carry the key away with me . ' Lizina looked round her in astonishment as they went down into the great vaulted cellar underneath the kitchen . Before her stood the big earthenware water jars , one of which contained oil , the other a liquid shining like gold . ` In which of these jars shall I dip you ? ' asked Father Gatto , with a grin that showed all his sharp white teeth , while his moustaches stood out straight on either side of his face . The little maid looked at the two jars from under her long dark lashes : ` In the oil jar , ' she answered timidly , thinking to herself : ' I could not ask to be bathed in gold . ' But Father Gatto replied : ` No , no ; you have deserved something better than that . ' And seizing her in his strong paws he plunged her into the liquid gold . Wonder of wonders ! when Lizina came out of the jar she shone from head to foot like the sun in the heavens on a fine summer 's day . Her pretty pink cheeks and long black hair alone kept their natural colour , otherwise she had become like a statue of pure gold . Father Gatto purred loudly with satisfaction . ` Go home , ' he said , ` and see your mother and sisters ; but take care if you hear the cock crow to turn towards it ; if on the contrary the ass brays , you must look the other way . '
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