ABSTRACT

At the time when the Turks took many Sicilians prisoners, there was aman by the name of Vitu Lucchiu who used to fish for polyps. Oneday a Turkish ship came along the cape of Saint Theodore, and the Turks attacked him and his twelve-year-old brother. As soon as the fisherman Vitu realized what was happening, he took a spear and killed one of them. In his rage he drove them all into the sea. Then he threw another spear and hit one more Turk, while nobody was able to overcome this man! Then he threw another spear and killed another Turk and yet another. Finally, he became exhausted and was taken prisoner. Off he went together with his brother to Tunisia.