Water and Salt | Italian Fairy Tales

Yesterday when I was reading the various stories from Italy, I found this story. A wonderful story about love from a child to his father. Here's the story ....

Once upon a time there lived a king with three beautiful daughters. When they had gathered together in one table for dinner, the king asked how much of your love to your father.
The oldest daughter said, "I love you as bright as the sunshine."The second replied, "I love you as wide as the ocean."Youngest daughter replied, "Papa, I love you as much as water and salt."

The King became angry because it is equated with water and salt, the youngest daughter directly discharged into the woods because her answers. Youngest daughter who was not lucky that now only the forest alone until a magician through the woods. Youngest daughter was taken to the neighboring kingdom by the magician, where he met with a royal prince who falls in love with her.

When the youngest daughter will be married, she and the prince decided to invite the father of the youngest daughter of the King. The servants have been asked to serve food without salt and water to the king.

On the day the youngest daughter's wedding celebration, according to the plan, the king was served food without salt and water. When the king ate his meal, the food was bland and pretty soon he wants to take water in order to swallow food that had already put into the mouth. Unfortunately there is no water beside his table, the king began to rage.

At that moment, the princess asked for time to talk and explain about the imagery of water and salt. The father heard and began to understand that food will be tasteless without salt, and without water it would be difficult to swallow food, so does the love of his life without his father.

From that day she was once again treated like a princess.
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what was said by the daughter of his father has many versions. Like ..."I love you guys as much as my eyes."'I love you as much as my heart. " or"I love you as meat loves salt."but it has a similar meaning.
Can this story be found in the collection of Italian Popular Tales, collected by Thomas Frederick Crane.