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“Simona and Pasquino“
A young and beautiful woman called Simona falls in love off to the judge. But the judge can’t believe that a sweet
with a man named Pasquino, who’s as poor as she is. Pretty thing like Simona could be a murderer, so he takes her
soon, the couple found ways to, um, indulge themselves. back to the scene so that she can show him exactly what
Pasquino convinces Simona to meet him in a particular happened. Pasquino’s body is still there, swollen and putrid
garden so that they can have more privacy for their fun. on the ground. So Simona goes to the clump of sage, plucks
Simona agrees and brings her friend Lagina with her. Turns some leaves and...yes, she does. She rubs her gums with
out that Pasquino brings a friend (called Stramba) too, so the sage. Simona falls down dead in front of the entire
it’s a double date. Pasquino and Simona find a cozy little crowd. At this point, Emilia goes into spasms of joy that
nook by a huge clump of sage and get down to business. Simona has the good luck to die like this. For one thing,
Sometime later, while engaging in random pillow talk, she gets to be with her lover in the afterlife. For another,
Pasquino plucks some of the sage leaves and begins to her innocence is preserved. Back to the story: the judge is
clean his teeth and gums. Almost immediately, he falls ill appalled by the death of Simona. He orders the sage to be
and dies. Simona yells for her friends. By the time Lagina pulled up at the roots. Guess what they find there? A large
and Stramba get there, Pasquino is looking pretty harsh venomous toad. Clearly, this is what killed the lovers.In
black and blue and swollen all over. Stramba immediately the end, the swollen bodies of the two unhappy lovers are
accuses Simona of poisoning Pasquino and has her dragged picked up and buried together.
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