The now-pregnant slave-queen demands (at the impetus of Zoza's fairy gifts) that her husband tell her stories, or else she would crush the unborn child. The husband hires ten female storytellers to keep her amused; disguised among them is Zoza. Each tells five stories, most of which are more suitable to courtly, rather than juvenile, audiences. The Moorish woman's treachery is revealed in the final story (related, suitably, by Zoza), and she is buried, pregnant, up to her neck in the ground and left to die. Zoza and the Prince live happily ever after.
Many of these fairy tales are the oldest known variants in existence.
The fairy tales are:
The First Day
"The Tale of the Ogre"
"The Myrtle"
"Peruonto"
"Vardiello"
"The Flea"
"Cenerentola" – translated in english as Cinderella
"The Merchant"
"Goat-Face"
"The Enchanted Doe"
"The Three Sisters"
The Second Day
"Parsley" – a variant of Rapunzel
"Green Meadow"
"Violet"
"Pippo" – a variant of Puss In Boots
"The Snake"