nardo, every time he washes his hands, makes a great sea of soapsuds.
"Stories from Pentamerone"
Giambattista Basile
No sooner did nardo hear this than he washed his hands and made a sea of soap-suds; and when the ogre came and saw all the suds he ran home and fetching a sack of bran he strewed it about and worked away treading it down with his feet until at last he got over this obstacle, though with great difficulty.
"Stories from Pentamerone"
Giambattista Basile
When nardo Aniello heard this, he answered, "If you have magic power, as you say, O beauty of the world, why do we not fly from this country?
"Stories from Pentamerone"
Giambattista Basile
