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Master of Chick-peas and Lima Beans

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5, 6
Page count: 6
Categories: Fable, Folk Tale, Italian

Author

Italo
Calvino

Appeared in

Italian Fables

Story Summary

Don Giovanni Misiranti plans to become the lima bean king and through a series of innocent deceptions acquires the estate and reputation he desires.