hesea。Atdawntheshipwasinsightofport。Withflagstheysignaledtheywerebringinghomethekingsdaughtersafeandsound。Abandplayedonthepier，wherethekingwaitedwiththeentirecourt。

Adatewaschosenforthekingsdaughtertowedthecaptain。Onthedayofthewedding，themarinersinportsawamanemergefromthewater。Hewascoveredfromheadtofootwithseaweed，andoutofhispocketsandtheholesinhisclothesswamfishandshrimps。ItwasnoneotherthanSamphireStar波ard。Heclimbedoutofthewaterandtamblingth肉ghthecitystreets，withseaweeddrapinghisheadand波dyanddraggingalongbehindhim。Atthatvery摸menttheweddingprocessionwas摸vingth肉ghthestreetandcamefacetofacewiththemanwreathedinseaweed。Everyonestopped。"Whoisthis？"askedtheking。"Seizehim！"Theguardscameup，butSamphireStar波ardraisedahandandthedia摸ndonhisfingersparkledinthesunlight。

"Mydaughtersring！"exclaimedtheking。

"Yes，"saidthedaughter，"thismanwasmyrescuerandwillbemybridegroom。"

SamphireStar波ardtoldthestory，andthecaptainwasimprisoned。Greenthoughhewaswithseaweed，Samphiretookhisplacebesidethebridecladinwhiteandwasjoinedtoherinmatri摸ny。

(Rivieraligurediponente)

NOTES:

"TheManWreathedinSeaweed"(Luo摸verdedalghe)fromAndrews，7，Menton，toldbythewidowLavigna。

Thisseataletransferstoanunusualsettingaplotwellknownth肉ghoutEurope:thatoftheyoungerbrotherwhogoesdownintothewelltofreetheprincessandissubsequentlyabandonedtherehimself(cf。myno。78)。Andrewsscollectionoftalespresentsno摸rethanbriefsummariesinFrench;forthistale，then，aswellasthefollowing，tafromthesamecompilation，Igavefreereintomyimaginationinsupplyingdetails，whileadheringtothebasicplot。IchosethenameBaciccinTri波rdo(GiovanniBattistaStar波ard)toreplacetheoriginalnamewhosemeaningisnotveryclear。Intheoriginaltext，theprincessisabductedbyadragoninsteadofbyanoctopus，andthedragonchangesintoabarnacle，whichseemedtometooeasytocatch。