“The son of a king was eating at the table. While cutting the ricotta, he cut his finger and a drop of blood fell on the ricotta. He said to his mother, ‘Mamma, I would like a woman who is as white as milk, and as red as blood.’

‘Oh, my son, who is white is not red and who is red is not white. But seek and see if you can find her.’”

“The Love of Three Pomegranates”

by Italo Calvino, Italian Fairytales