Real Fiction / Nicolae Popescu, Monica Bologa, Magdalena Daminescu, translated by Ioana Grințescu: The Donkeys' Scale

Nicolae PopescuParis is tall, Mercutio is medium height, and Romeo is short. All three have heard that Juliet wants to marry the most cultured and handsome young man in Verona. Paris finds the only eight-meter ladder in the city, his servant props it against Juliet’s balcony. Paris climbs, wants to sing a serenade, but realizes …