ABSTRACT
And as he said this, he untied the cord that held the two sacks and whoosh!—all the kitchenware was on the ground and dented and smashed to bits. Then he turned around to start back to Alcamo. Meanwhile the poor peddler, who had thought himself so clever, was left standing like a fool in the middle of the square, with the mess all around him and tears in his eyes. The one who had set out to play a trick ended up the victim. That’s because the Palermitans, once they get out into the villages, always end up looking like fools.
