This tale is also found in Trieste, starring the Friulians (Pinguenti, 51).

Copyright: Italian Folktales Selected and Retold by Italo Calvino,

"If God wills it, fine. If not, I know the consequence and can now go into the swamp unassisted."

He met an old man, who said to him, "A good day to you! Where are you going, my good man, in such haste?"

农夫停了下

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来，望着面前的老人高声说：“如果上帝保佑，我去彼埃拉；如果上帝不保佑，我照样得去。”

"You might at least say, God willing."

“要是上帝保佑，那很好；要是不保佑，那个惩罚我知道，我会自己跳进池塘里去。”

After a short distance he met the old man again. "And where are you going, my good man?"

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Now the old man happened to be the Lord. "In that case youll go to Biella in seven years," he said. "In the meantime, jump into this swamp and stay there for seven years."

"To Biella."

translated by George Martin,

Sevhttp://www.99lib.neten years went by. The farmer came out of the swamp, turned back into a man, clapped his hat on his head, and continued on his way to market.

七年过去了。农夫从池塘中出来，又变回人，他戴紧帽子，又上路了。

没走几步，上次那个老人又出现了。“好人，你这是去哪里啊？”

“你至少应该说一声‘愿上帝保佑’吧。”

NOTES:

说完，他再也不开口说话了。

其实，那个老人就是上帝。他对农夫说：“那好吧，你七年以后才能到彼埃拉去，现在，你跳进池塘，在里面待上七年吧。”

他遇上一个老人，对他说：“你好啊！你这样急急忙忙的要去哪里啊？好人。”

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e of him would he say one word more.

“你应该祈祷一声‘愿上帝保佑’。”

农夫立即变成了一只青蛙，跳进了池塘。

"To Biella," answered the farmer, without slowing down.

"Those Stubborn Souls, the Biellese" (I biellesi, gente dura) from Virginia Majoli Faccio (Lincantesimo della mezzanotte, [Il Biellese nelle sue leggende], Milan, 1941), Valdengo, Piedmont.

一个农夫要去彼埃拉。正赶上刮风下雨的恶劣天气，路都几乎无法走了。但这个农夫有九*九*藏*书*网要紧的事，他低着头顶着风雨雷电继续往前走。

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"You might say, God willing."

“去彼埃拉。”

The farmer stopped, looked the old man in the eye, and snapped, "God willing, Im on my way to Biella. But even if God isnt willing, I still have to go there all the same."

Suddenly the farmer changed into a frog and jumped into the swamp.

“去彼埃拉。”农夫答道，继续往前走。

(Biellese)

（比埃拉地区）