Once upon a time there was an Italian gentle(?)man who busied himself with such a thing as English story-telling. Would you believe it? And he thought all he had to do was joke. From "Regina" to "A Bluebottle's Midsummer Night's Dream," the said personage will pester your sense of seriousness before captivating yet more readers who dare to discover his tricks. Readers are invited to jump into his spacious, billowing game-bag, a curious world in itself.