Cipollino Adventures. "The Adventures of Cipollino" main characters Who wrote the adventures of Cipollino

In which Cipollone crushed the leg of Prince Lemon

Cipollino was the son of Cipollone. And he had seven brothers: Cipolletto, Cipollotto, Cipolloccia, Cipollucci and so on - the most suitable names for an honest onion family. They were good people, I must say frankly, but they were not lucky in life.

What can you do: where the bow, there are tears.

Cipollone, his wife, and sons lived in a wooden shack a little bigger than a vegetable garden box. If the rich happened to get into these places, they wrinkled their noses in displeasure, grumbled: “Fu, how it carries onions!” - and ordered the coachman to go faster.

Once the ruler of the country, Prince Lemon, was going to visit the poor outskirts. The courtiers were terribly worried that the onion smell would hit His Highness's nose.

“What will the prince say when he smells this smell of poverty?”

- You can spray the poor with perfume! suggested the Senior Chamberlain.

A dozen Lemon soldiers were immediately sent to the outskirts to perfume those who smell of onions. This time the soldiers left their sabers and cannons in the barracks and shouldered huge cans of sprayers. In the cans were: floral cologne, violet essence and even the best rose water.

The commander ordered Cipollone, his sons and all relatives to leave the houses. The soldiers lined them up in rows and sprayed them well with cologne from head to toe. From this fragrant rain, Cipollino, out of habit, had a severe runny nose. He began to sneeze loudly and did not hear how the lingering sound of a trumpet came from afar.

It was the ruler himself who arrived on the outskirts with a retinue of Limonov, Limonishek and Limonchikov. Prince Lemon was dressed in all yellow from head to toe, and a golden bell jangled on his yellow cap. The court Lemons had silver bells, and the Lemon soldiers had bronze bells. All these bells were ringing non-stop, so it was great music. The whole street ran to listen to her. The people decided that a traveling orchestra had come.

Cipollone and Cipollino were in the front row. They both got a lot of pushes and kicks from those who pushed from behind. Finally, poor old Cipollone could not stand it and shouted:

- Back! Set back!..

Prince Lemon was alert. What is it?

He approached Cipollona, ​​majestically stepping over his short, crooked legs, and looked sternly at the old man:

- Why are you shouting "back"? My loyal subjects are so eager to see me that they're rushing forward, and you don't like that, do you?

“Your Highness,” the Senior Chamberlain whispered into the prince’s ear, “it seems to me that this man is a dangerous rebel. It needs to be taken under special supervision.

Immediately, one of the Limonchikov soldiers directed a spyglass at Chipollone, which was used to observe troublemakers. Every Limonchik had such a pipe.

Cipollone turned green with fear.

"Your Highness," he muttered, "they're going to push me in!"

“And they will do well,” Prince Lemon thundered. - Serves you right!

Here the Senior Chamberlain addressed the crowd with a speech.

“Our beloved subjects,” he said, “his highness thanks you for your expression of devotion and for the zealous kicks with which you regale each other. Push harder, push with might and main!

“But they will knock you off your feet, too,” Chipollino tried to object.

But now another Limonchik pointed a telescope at the boy, and Chipollino considered it best to hide in the crowd.

At first, the back rows pressed against the front rows not too much. But the Senior Chamberlain glared at the negligent ones so fiercely that in the end the crowd became agitated like water in a tub. Unable to withstand the pressure, the old Cipollone turned head over heels and accidentally stepped on the foot of Prince Lemon himself. His Highness, who had hefty calluses on his feet, immediately saw all the stars of heaven without the help of a court astronomer. Ten Lemon soldiers rushed from all sides to the unfortunate Cipollone and handcuffed him.

- Chipollino, Chipollino, son! - called, looking around in confusion, the poor old man, when he was taken away by the soldiers.

Chipollino at that moment was very far from the scene and did not suspect anything, but the onlookers scurrying around already knew everything and, as happens in such cases, they knew even more than what actually happened.

“It’s good that they caught him in time,” said idle talkers. - Just think, he wanted to stab his highness with a dagger!

- Nothing like that: the villain has a machine gun in his pocket!

- Machine gun? In the pocket? It can't be!

"Don't you hear the shooting?"

In fact, it was not shooting at all, but the crackling of a festive fireworks display arranged in honor of Prince Lemon. But the crowd was so frightened that they shied away in all directions from the Limonchik soldiers.

Cipollino wanted to shout to all these people that in his father’s pocket there was not a machine gun, but only a small cigar butt, but, after thinking, he decided that you couldn’t outguess the talkers anyway, and prudently kept silent.

Poor Cipollino! It suddenly seemed to him that he began to see badly - this is because a huge tear welled up in his eyes.

"Get back, stupid!" - Chipollino shouted at her and clenched his teeth so as not to cry.

The tear was frightened, backed away, and no longer appeared.

In short, old Cipollone was sentenced to imprisonment not only for life, but for many, many years after his death, because there were cemeteries in the prisons of Prince Lemon.

Cipollino achieved a meeting with the old man and hugged him tightly:

“You are my poor father! They put you in jail like a criminal, along with thieves and bandits! ..

- What are you, what are you, son, - affectionately interrupted his father, - but in prison there are a lot of honest people!

- What are they sitting for? What wrong have they done?

“Nothing at all, son. That's what they were jailed for. Prince Lemon does not like decent people.

Cipollino thought about it.

“So going to jail is a great honor?” - he asked.

- It turns out that it is. Prisons are built for those who steal and kill, but Prince Lemon has the opposite: thieves and murderers are in his palace, and honest citizens are in prison.

“I also want to be an honest citizen,” said Cipollino, “but I don’t want to go to prison.” Be patient a little, I will return here and free you all!

“Are you relying too much on yourself?” the old man smiled. - This is no easy task!

- But you'll see. I'll get mine.

Then some Lemonilka from the guard appeared and announced that the meeting was over.

“Cipollino,” my father said in parting, “now you are already big and you can think about yourself. Uncle Cipolla will take care of your mother and brothers, and you go wandering around the wide world, learn your wits.

- How can I study? I don't have any books, and I can't afford to buy them.

Don't worry, life will teach you. Just look at both - try to see through all the rogues and swindlers, especially those who have power.

- And then? What should I do next?

“You will understand when the time comes.

“Well, let’s go, let’s go,” Limonishka shouted, “enough chatting!” And you, ragamuffin, stay out of here if you don't want to go to jail yourself.

Chipollino would have answered Limonishka with a mocking song, but he thought that it was not worth going to jail until you had time to properly get down to business.

He kissed his father hard and ran away.

The next day, he entrusted his mother and seven brothers to the care of the kind uncle Cipolla, who was a little more fortunate in life than the rest of his relatives - he served somewhere as a porter.

In the world of fiction, there are many fairy tales for children that have their own authorship. Among them is this wonderful and beloved by many children in Russia - about the mischievous and cheerful Chipollino, the onion boy. Along with other fairy-tale characters, his image won the attention and trust of the children forever as the embodiment of the romance of justice and strong friendship. And the fairy tale was so fond of children that it became a reference book for several generations of Russians and is still, along with such as "The Adventure of Pinocchio" or "Little Red Riding Hood", for example, is included in the circle of active children's reading.

Who wrote "Cipollino"

Despite all the fame of this work, some children do not know who the author of the fairy tale is, and some think that it is folk. And there is a certain amount of truth in this. After all, it involves the ingenuity and courage, kindness and naivety of the national characters of Italy. But, despite some stylization, it has a specific authorship. Who wrote "Cipollino"? The author of this work is Gianni Rodari. The fate of the future writer and fighter for communist ideals was not easy.

The one who wrote the fairy tale "Cipollino"

Gianni was the son of a simple Italian baker. His father Giuseppe left the world when little Rodari was only ten years old. The writer's childhood passed in the village of Varesotto. It is known that from childhood the boy was fond of music (playing the violin) and reading books, grew up sickly and quite often fell ill. For three years he studied at the seminary, attended classes at the Faculty of Philology in Milan. Having learned, the one who wrote "Cipollino" became a teacher (at the age of 17 he began teaching in rural elementary grades).

Participation in anti-fascist resistance

During the war, Gianni is released from military service due to poor health. Having adopted the ideas of communism, he participates in the anti-fascist resistance and in 1944 joins the Communist Party of Italy.

Postwar years

After World War II, Gianni Rodari worked as a columnist for Unita, the newspaper of the Italian communists. And in 1950 he was appointed editor of a children's magazine. In 1951, he published his first children's poetry collection, which was called "The Book of Joyful Poems." And then - and his well-known fairy tale in the future.

Russian translation of the work

Now many people know who wrote "Cipollino". But in 1953, when the fairy tale first appeared in the USSR in Potapova's translation, few people had heard of the young Italian author. But the work immediately fell in love with both young readers and literary critics. Books with drawings are published in millions of copies. And at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in 1961, they shot a cartoon based on the work. In 1973 - the film-tale "Cipollino" (where the author played himself, a storyteller-inventor). The work became so popular that it was included in school curriculum for Soviet students. Gianni Rodari, the one who wrote "Cipollino", repeatedly comes to the USSR, where he is treated with love and respect.

worldwide fame

In 1970, the children's writer entered the circle of the most widely read authors for kids and received a very prestigious award named after another storyteller - Andersen. She brought him truly worldwide fame. And the cheerful and fair onion boy has become one of the favorite heroes of the guys all over the planet. His books (not only The Adventure of Cipollino, but also children's poems, stories and other works) are published in many languages ​​of the world, and children always read them with great pleasure. In our country, Rodari's poems saw the light in no less talented translations of Marshak, Akim, Konstantinova.

Happy People Club

In Soviet Union main character of the work of the same name became a member of the imaginary Club of Merry Men (established by the magazine "Funny Pictures"), which consists of the heroes of books, films, cartoons beloved by children.

"The Adventures of Cipollino"(Italian Il romanzo di Cipollino,; came out as Le aventure di Cipollino listen)) is a fairy tale by the Italian writer Gianni Rodari.

The characters of the fairy tale are anthropomorphic vegetables and fruits: the shoemaker Grape, godmother Pumpkin, the girl Radish, the boy Cherry, etc. The main character is the onion boy Chipollino, who fights against the oppression of the poor by the rich - Signor Tomato, Prince of Lemon.

Plot

Cipollino's father - old Cipollone - is imprisoned because he accidentally stepped on Prince Lemon's corn. Cipollino promises to release his father from prison, for which he leaves home and travels around the country ruled by Prince Lemon and Countess Cherries. He comes into conflict with the cavalier Tomato - the manager of the countesses, and makes new friends, with the help of whom he ultimately defeats Signor Tomato, the prince and countesses.

Characters

Character	original name	Description
Main characters
Cipollino	Cipollino	The onion boy and the protagonist of the tale. Can bring to tears anyone who pulls his hair.
Cipollone	Cipollone	Cipollino's father. Arrested for "assassination" on Prince Lemon, as he stepped on the latter's corn.
Prince Lemon	Il Principe Limone	The ruler of the country where the events took place.
Signor Tomato	Il Cavalier Pomodoro	Manager and housekeeper of Countess Cherry. The main enemy of Cipollino and the main antagonist of the story.
strawberry	Fragoletta	Maid in the castle of Countess Cherry. Cherry and Cipollino's girlfriend.
Cherry	Ciliegino	The young count (in the original - the viscount), the nephew of Countess Cherry and friend of Cipollino.
Radish	Ravanella	A country girl, Cipollino's girlfriend.
residents of the village owned by the Countess Cherries
Kum Pumpkin	Sor Zucchina	Cipollino's friend. An old man who built himself a house so small he could barely fit in it.
Master Grape	Mastro Uvetta	Shoemaker and friend of Cipollino.
polka dots	Sor Pisello	The village lawyer and henchman of the Pomodoro cavalier.
Professor Grusha	Pero Pera	Violinist and friend of Cipollino.
Leek	Pirro Porro	Gardener and friend of Cipollino. He wore a mustache so long that his wife used it as a clothesline.
Kuma Pumpkin	Sora Zucca	A relative of the godfather Pumpkin.
Beans	Fagiolone	The rag-picker. He was forced to roll the belly of Baron Orange on his wheelbarrow.
Bean	Fagiolino	The son of the rag-picker Fasoli and friend of Cipollino.
Potato	Patina	Village girl.
Tomatic	Tomatino	Village boy.
inhabitants of the castle of Countess Cherry
Countess Cherry the Elder and the Younger	Contesse del Ciliegio	Wealthy landowners who own the village where Cipollino's friends live.
Mastino	Mastino	Watchdog of Countess Cherry.
Baron Orange	Il Barone Melarancia	Cousin of the late husband of Signora Countess Senior. Terrible glutton.
Duke Mandarin	Il Duchino Mandarino	Cousin of the late husband of Signora Countess the Younger, blackmailer and extortionist.
Parsley	Don Prezzemolo	Count Cherry's home teacher.
Mr Carrot	Mister Carotino	Foreign detective.
Hold-Grab	Segugio	Mr. Carrot's sleuth dog.
doctors who treated Count Cherry
fly agaric	Fungosecco
bird cherry	Nespolino
Artichoke	carciofo
Lettuce Spinach	Il professor Delle Lattughe
Chestnut	marrone	"He was called the doctor of the poor because he prescribed very few medicines to the sick and paid for the medicines out of his own pocket."
other characters
Lemons, Lemons, Lemons	I Limoni, i Limonacci, i Limoncini	Accordingly, the retinue, generals and soldiers of Prince Lemon.
cucumbers	I cetrioli	In the country of Cipollino, they replaced horses.
Millipedes
Kum Blueberry	Il sor Mirtillo	Cipollino's friend. He lived in the forest, where he guarded the house of the godfather Pumpkin.
General Longtail Mouse (later Tailless)		Commander-in-Chief of the army of mice found in prison.
Mole	La Talpa	Cipollino's friend. Helped the boy to free the prisoners.
Cat		He was arrested by mistake and ate mice in his cell.
Bear	L "Orso	A friend of Cipollino, whom the boy helped to free his parents from the zoo.
Elephant	L'Elefante	Zookeeper and "old Indian philosopher". Helped Cipollino free the bears.
zoo keeper
Parrot	Il Pappagallo	Zookeeper. He repeated in a distorted version everything he heard.
Monkey		An inhabitant of the zoo, in whose cage Cipollino was forced to sit for two days.
Seal	La Foca	Zookeeper. An extremely harmful creature, because of which Cipollino got into a cage.
Woodcutter
Chromonog	Ragno Zoppo	The Spider and the Prison Postman. Limps due to sciatica, which has developed as a result of a long stay in dampness.
Seven and a half	Sette e mezzo	A spider and relative of the Chromonog spider. He lost half of the eighth paw in a collision with a brush.
Sparrow		Insect cop.
Townspeople
Peasants
forest thieves		They rang the godfather Chernika's bell to make sure with their own eyes that there was nothing to steal from him, and yet they did not leave empty-handed.
Palace Servants
prison mice		Army of General Longtail.
Wolves		They encroached on the fingers of Pumpkin's godfather.
zoo animals
Railway workers
Prisoners
Insects

Translations

In Russian, the story is known in the translation of Zlata Potapova, edited by Samuil Marshak. In doing so, some fragments were omitted or changed:

• Soldiers of Lemons spray the poor with "floral cologne, violet essence, and even the best rosewater." In the original, it was cologne, violet perfume and the essence of the Bulgarian rose, the best of all.

Not in the original, but in the translation

• There are no words in the original that Prince Lemon had fair blisters on his feet.

Screen adaptations

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An excerpt characterizing the Adventures of Cipollino

“We are more busy here in Moscow with dinners and gossip than with politics,” he said in his calm, mocking tone. I don't know anything about it and don't think so. Moscow is busy with gossip the most,” he continued. “Now they are talking about you and the count.
Pierre smiled his kind smile, as if afraid for his interlocutor, lest he say something that he would begin to repent of. But Boris spoke distinctly, clearly and dryly, looking directly into Pierre's eyes.
“Moscow has nothing else to do but gossip,” he continued. “Everyone is busy with who the count will leave his fortune to, although perhaps he will outlive us all, which I sincerely wish ...
- Yes, it's all very hard, - Pierre picked up, - very hard. - Pierre was still afraid that this officer would inadvertently get into an awkward conversation for himself.
“And it must seem to you,” Boris said, blushing slightly, but without changing his voice and posture, “it must seem to you that everyone is only busy getting something from the rich man.
"So it is," thought Pierre.
- And I just want to tell you, to avoid misunderstandings, that you will be very mistaken if you count me and my mother among these people. We are very poor, but I, at least, speak for myself: precisely because your father is rich, I do not consider myself his relative, and neither I nor my mother will ever ask for anything and will not accept anything from him.
Pierre could not understand for a long time, but when he understood, he jumped up from the sofa, grabbed Boris by the arm from below with his usual speed and awkwardness, and, blushing much more than Boris, began to speak with a mixed feeling of shame and annoyance.
– This is strange! I really ... and who could have thought ... I know very well ...
But Boris interrupted him again:
- I'm glad I said it all. Maybe it’s unpleasant for you, you’ll excuse me, ”he said, reassuring Pierre, instead of being reassured by him,“ but I hope that I didn’t offend you. I have a rule to say everything directly ... How can I convey it? Are you coming to dine at the Rostovs?
And Boris, apparently having shifted from himself a heavy duty, himself getting out of an awkward position and putting another in it, became again completely pleasant.
“No, listen,” said Pierre, calming down. - You are an amazing person. What you just said is very good, very good. Of course you don't know me. We haven’t seen each other for so long… children yet… You can assume in me… I understand you, I understand you very much. I wouldn't do it, I wouldn't have the spirit, but it's wonderful. I am very glad that I got to know you. Strange,” he added, after a pause and smiling, “what you supposed in me! He laughed. - Well, so what? We will get to know you better. Please. He shook hands with Boris. “You know, I have never been to the Count. He didn't call me... I feel sorry for him as a person... But what can I do?
- And you think that Napoleon will have time to transport the army? Boris asked smiling.
Pierre realized that Boris wanted to change the conversation, and, agreeing with him, began to outline the advantages and disadvantages of the Boulogne enterprise.
The footman came to summon Boris to the princess. The princess was leaving. Pierre promised to come to dinner in order to get closer to Boris, firmly pressed his hand, affectionately looking into his eyes through his glasses ... After his departure, Pierre walked around the room for a long time, no longer piercing an invisible enemy with a sword, but smiling at the memory of this sweet, smart and tough young man.
As happens in early youth, and especially in a lonely situation, he felt an unreasonable tenderness for this young man and promised himself to make friends with him without fail.
Prince Vasily saw off the princess. The princess held a handkerchief to her eyes, and her face was in tears.
- It's horrible! terrible! she said, “but whatever the cost, I will do my duty. I will come to spend the night. You can't leave him like this. Every minute is precious. I do not understand what the princesses are delaying. Maybe God will help me find a way to prepare it!… Adieu, mon prince, que le bon Dieu vous soutienne… [Farewell, prince, may God support you.]
- Adieu, ma bonne, [Farewell, my dear,] - answered Prince Vasily, turning away from her.
“Ah, he is in a terrible position,” said the mother to her son, as they got back into the carriage. He barely recognizes anyone.
- I don’t understand, mother, what is his relationship with Pierre? the son asked.
“The testament will say everything, my friend; our destiny depends on it...
“But why do you think he would leave anything for us?”
- Ah, my friend! He is so rich and we are so poor!
“Well, that’s not enough reason, mother.
- Oh my god! My God! How bad he is! mother exclaimed.

When Anna Mikhailovna went with her son to Count Kirill Vladimirovich Bezukhy, Countess Rostova sat alone for a long time, putting a handkerchief to her eyes. Finally, she called.
“What are you, dear,” she said angrily to the girl, who kept herself waiting for several minutes. You don't want to serve, do you? So I will find a place for you.
The countess was upset by the grief and humiliating poverty of her friend and therefore was not in a good mood, which was always expressed in her by the name of the maid "dear" and "you".
“Guilty with,” said the maid.
“Ask the Count for me.
The count, waddling, approached his wife with a somewhat guilty look, as always.
- Well, Countess! What a saute au madere [saute in Madeira] of grouse will be, ma chere! I tried; I gave a thousand rubles for Taraska not for nothing. Costs!
He sat down beside his wife, valiantly leaning his hands on his knees and ruffling his gray hair.
- What do you want, countess?
- Here's what, my friend - what do you have dirty here? she said, pointing to the vest. "That's sauté, right," she added, smiling. - Here's the thing, Count: I need money.
Her face became sad.
- Oh, Countess! ...
And the count began to fuss, taking out his wallet.
- I need a lot, count, I need five hundred rubles.
And she, taking out a cambric handkerchief, rubbed her husband's waistcoat with it.
- Now. Hey, who's there? he shouted in a voice that only people shout, confident that those whom they call will rush headlong to their call. - Send Mitenka to me!
Mitenka, that noble son, brought up by the count, who was now in charge of all his affairs, entered the room with quiet steps.
“That’s what, my dear,” said the count to the respectful young man who entered. “Bring me…” he thought. - Yes, 700 rubles, yes. Yes, look, don’t bring such torn and dirty ones as that time, but good ones, for the countess.
“Yes, Mitenka, please, clean ones,” said the countess, sighing sadly.
“Your Excellency, when would you like me to deliver it?” Mitenka said. “If you please, don’t worry, don’t worry,” he added, noticing that the count had already begun to breathe heavily and quickly, which was always a sign of anger. - I was and forgot ... Will you order to deliver this minute?
- Yes, yes, then bring it. Give it to the Countess.
“What gold I have this Mitenka,” added the count, smiling, when the young man left. - There is no such thing as impossible. I can't stand it. Everything is possible.
“Ah, money, count, money, how much grief they cause in the world!” said the Countess. “I really need this money.
“You, countess, are a well-known winder,” said the count, and, kissing his wife’s hand, went back into the study.

Gianni Rodari - the author of "The Adventures of Cipollino", "Tales on the Phone", "Journey of the Blue Arrow" - became famous all over the world thanks to his optimism, cheerfulness and indefatigable imagination. The good Italian storyteller managed to instill in the souls of children faith in goodness, justice, but at the same time he talked about real life in which there is evil and cruelty. Gianni never left fantasy, and he taught the guys to dream and believe in miracles.

Poor and hungry childhood

The author of "The Adventures of Cipollino" was born in 1920 in the family of a baker and servants. He was not spoiled by either satiety or luxury, but a boy with young years had a rich imagination. Gianni was very gifted, he learned to play the violin, wrote poetry, painted, dreaming of becoming a famous painter in the future. The family was overtaken by trouble when Rodari was 9 years old. His father was very welcoming to everyone. Once during a heavy rainstorm he got a small kitten out of a huge puddle and brought him home. The pet remained alive, but the father fell ill with pneumonia and soon died.

The author of the fairy tale "The Adventure of Chipollino" at the age of 17 went to work as an elementary school teacher. Rodari's students were incredibly lucky, because he gave his pupils a lot of joy. Children built houses from letters, composed fairy tales together with a mentor. Even as an adult, Gianni knew how to dream and fantasize, in his heart he remained the same child who believed in miracles, and this helped him write bright, colorful and memorable works.

Sharp pen and sincere faith in justice

The author of The Adventures of Chipollino fought all his life against oppression, with weapons in his hands he fought against the Nazis, fought for justice with a sharp word, working as a correspondent for the newspaper Unity. Rodari also taught to fight evil. Thanks to the dedication of the honest craftsman Vinogradinka, the smart Cipollino, the kind Professor Pear, the country of vegetables gained freedom, and children from all over the world liked the “Adventures of Cipollino” so much.

The author has always been cheerful, cheerful, constantly inventing something. Gianni Rodari called his fairy tales toys made up of words. Bright and memorable characters were engraved in the memory of children, taught to distinguish between truth and lies, good and evil. Absolutely all fairy tales are filled with benevolence and optimism, inspire faith that justice will prevail, and in this big role played by the author. "The Adventures of Cipollino", "Gelsomino in the land of liars", "Jeep on TV" have become world-famous and favorite works for children.

Kind storyteller

Rodari has always sought to develop the imagination of the children. Of course, this does not mean that absolutely everyone with whom he worked became writers, artists and musicians, but the ability to dream makes a person kinder, freer and stronger, Gianni did not want children to be "slaves" in the future. Especially for parents, he even wrote the textbook "Grammar of Fantasy", according to which the children learned to develop their creative abilities. Tales of Rodari are filled with kindness, wisdom and optimism, which is why they are of interest to more than one generation of young readers.

Here we follow the life of Cipollino (Italian - onion) and his friends: Pumpkin's godfather, Professor Pear, Blueberry's godfather, Parsley, Strawberry and others who are fighting the tyrant Prince Lemon, Countess Cherries and the manager of the castle, Signor Tomato.

Like many other fairy tales, this story is an allegory and tells about people. In fact, this tale is about the relationship between rich and poor, rulers and subordinates, about freedom and justice.

The tale is written in a humorous style, so that even the evil characters here seem more amusing than they should be. This is a children's tale in which the author tried to explain important life issues in a language understandable to children. With the help of "Cipollino" he wanted to talk about freedom and that it should be cherished, because it is so easy to lose.

The plot of this story takes place in fairy world, where each character is associated with a fruit or vegetable. The time when the events of the fairy tale take place also did not exist in reality, since castles, railways, bicycles, carriages exist in one period.

Genre: fairy tale

Time: fictional

Place: fictional

Cipollino retelling

Prince Lemon was about to come to the city where a big parade was to take place. Old Cipollone was in the crowd that was waiting for the arrival of the prince, but someone accidentally pushed him and he stepped on Prince Lemon's foot. Cipollone was arrested and sent to prison for the rest of his days.

His son Cipollino came to visit him. There he learned that the prison was arranged in such a way that all the murderers and robbers who should have been locked up were now on parade, while innocent and honest people were in prison.

Cipollino learned a lot from his father and therefore he decided to become a good boy. Father told him to go and live in this vast world, but beware bad people, but added that you can learn something from everyone, even from a bad person.

And Cipollino decided to follow his father's advice. In the nearest village, he met godfather Pumpkin, who was insulted by Signor Tomato. Cipollino decided to protect him, and told Signor Tomato everything that he thinks about him. Signor Tomato wanted to punish him for this and pulled Cipollino by the hair, tearing out some of it. The smell of onions began to spread around, because of which Signor Tomato involuntarily burst into tears and ran away. Kum Pumpkin was so delighted with Cipollino that he decided to hire him.

Signor Tomato wanted revenge, so he returned with a few guards and threw the godfather Pumpkin out of his house. He also tied the dog to the house so that it would scare away the children with its formidable appearance. When Signor Tomato left, Cipollino euthanized the dog and took it to the owners in the castle. Before leaving the dog, he stroked it and disappeared. Kum Pumpkin was too excited to return home.

All the villagers were afraid of Signor Tomato, so they decided to move to the forest. They placed their houses there, and godfather Blueberry guarded them. He placed bells on doors and messages for thieves. Thieves came and went, and all meetings ended in friendship.

When Baron Orange ate all the money he had, he became poor. Baron Orange decided to contact his cousin, the elder Countess Cherry, who invited him to her castle. At the same time, the younger Countess Cherry received her cousin. Both cousins ​​angered the countesses, but they took their anger out on their innocent nephew. Only the maid Strawberry comforted him.

Signor Tomato noticed that Pumpkin's godfather's house was gone. With the help of officers he borrowed from the prince, he arrested everyone. Only Leek and Cipollino were able to escape.

Cipollino, with the help of the girl Radish, decided to scout the situation in the castle so that they could develop a plan and free the prisoners.

The next day, Cipollino and Radish went to the castle, where they befriend Cherry, the duchesses' nephew, despite being forbidden to associate with the villagers. Cherry was so happy with the new friends that for the first time for a long time laughter could be heard in the castle.

Cheerful laughter was heard by Signor Tomato, who went to the garden to find out what was going on. He saw three friends together and recognized Cipollino among them. Signor Tomato screamed, and Cipollino and Radish began to run away. Then Signor Tomato began to yell at Cherry, who was very sad. Not because Signor Tomato was shouting, but because he was not as free as his friends.

Cherry fell ill from sadness. Four doctors examined him, but none of them could tell what had happened to him. Then they decided to call Chestnut, a doctor who treated the poor. Chestnut concluded that Cherry suffered from sadness and loneliness, and the only cure was spending time with friends. No one in the castle believed in such a diagnosis, so Chestnut was driven away.

When the villagers were arrested, they were thrown into a basement filled with mice. The mice attacked them and stole all the candles, leaving the prisoners in the dark. The mice were ready to launch their next attack, but the villagers began to make cat-like sounds, which scared the mice away.

At the same time, the prisoners realized that the walls had ears. Their cell was connected by a secret listening device to Signor Tomato's room, so that he could hear everything the villagers said.

Strawberry helped Cipollino to contact the prisoners through this secret device. She gave them Cipollino's message and gave them several candles and matches.

The mice attacked again, but the prisoners fought back. The leader of the mice decided to punish his subordinates for their failure by killing every tenth mouse soldier.

Cipollino was having a secret meeting with Strawberry and Radish when they were attacked by a dog. She caught Cipollino and reported this to Signor Tomato. Signor Tomato locked Cipollino in a secret pit.

By chance, the Mole fell into the pit to Chipollino. After a friendly conversation, the Mole continued to dig underground tunnels. Cipollino followed him after Signor Tomato came to hang him.

The mole dug tunnels to other prisoners so that Cipollino could talk to them. The mole agreed to dig another underground passage so that the prisoners could escape. But someone lit a match, which frightened the Mole, and he ran away, leaving the prisoners in a dead end.

Strawberry told Cherry that Cipollino was in prison. Cherry was very saddened by this news, but still, he stopped crying and decided to help his friends. Together with Strawberry came up with a great plan. They sent Signor Tomato a pie that contained sleeping powder. Signor Tomato was so insatiable that he ate the whole cake and immediately fell asleep.

Strawberry took his keys to free the prisoners. But first, Strawberry told the guards that the prisoners had escaped, sending them to hunt for non-existent fugitives, while the real prisoners were actually running away.

When Signor Tomato woke up and saw an empty prison, he decided to ask for help from Prince Lemon and his guards. The next day, Prince Lemon arrived at the village with guards and arrested Pea and Leek.

The guards went to the castle, where they began to destroy everything. They insulted all the inhabitants of the castle, but most of all Leek, since Prince Lemon wanted him to tell where the rest of his friends were and where they hide the house of Pumpkin's godfather.

The leek remained silent and was sent to prison. Then they decided to interrogate the lawyer Goroshka. But it was as hard as the Leek. Soon Peas were joined by Signor Tomato, who was also spoken for by hanging.

Pea was too friendly with Signor Tomato, and told him too much information about the location of Pumpkin's godfather's house. Signor Tomato wanted to use this to his advantage, telling Prince Lemon everything. He hoped it would save his life.

The gallows was set up in the main square, and everything was ready for Pea's execution. They already tightened the noose around his neck, and he fell into the hatch. But soon Peas heard that someone was telling Cipollino that he should cut the rope.

The prehistory began with the fact that Strawberry told Radish, and she, in turn, informed Chipollino about the execution of Peas. Cipollino found the Mole, and he dug an underground tunnel to the gallows.

Chipollino waited for Pea to fall into the hatch, and then cut the rope around Pea's neck, thereby saving his life. Then they ran to the underground chamber where the rest were hidden. Peas told about the betrayal of Signor Tomato, and Cipollino hurried to the godfather Blueberry to try to save the house of the godfather Pumpkin, but, unfortunately, did not have time.

Prince Lemon and the rest of his group hired Mr. Markow to help catch the escaped prisoners. Mr. Markow imagined that he was looking for dangerous pirates, but in fact he was walking a dead end path that Radish directed him to, thereby trying to protect his friends.

In the end, Mr. Markow and his dog fell into a trap and were left hanging from a tree. At the same time, Cipollino befriended the Bear, whose parents were at the zoo. They decided to visit them, and when the sun went down, the bear put Cipollino on his back and headed to the city where the zoo was located.

Upon arrival, they were helped by an Elephant, and there they also met many animals who spent their nights thinking about their native lands.

But when the Bear's parents were released from the cage, they had problems. The seal heard them, and his hostility towards bears played a role. The watchmen heard him and locked all four in cages.

In the end, Cherry released Cipollino, and together they hurried to the train. It was a train consisting of only one car, there were only seats in it with windows, and there were also shelves for the fat ones. The driver of this locomotive was a strange man who stopped at every meadow to pick flowers. As they drove past the woods, the woodcutter freed Mr. Markow and his dog after three days of captivity.

After that, the game began. Everyone is looking for everyone. Mr. Markow continued to investigate, the guards were looking for him, Prince Lemon was looking for his guards, Mr. Grape and his friends were looking for Cipollino, Cipollino was looking for Grape, and the Mole was looking for everyone.

Duke Mandarin and Baron Orange were in the castle with servants. Duke Mandarin decided to find hidden treasures in the cellar, and he took Baron Orange with him, who was a great lover of wine. They were both greedy and both wanted one bottle, which was actually the key that opened the secret door. When they pulled this bottle, the door opened, and Cipollino and his friends came out of the opened passage. They took over the castle, locked Duke Mandarin in his room, and left Baron Orange in the basement, as he was too drunk.

Some of Cipollino's friends became scared because they didn't have a weapon or a strategy and they thought the two were the key to victory. Everyone went to sleep, and their enemies made themselves a tent in the forest and also decided to rest. Signor Tomato looked towards the castle and realized that someone from inside was signaling him. It was Duke Mandarin. Signor Tomato decided to find out what happened there. When he came closer, the hedgehog told him everything. Signor Tomato told everything to Prince Lemon, and they decided to attack the castle early in the morning.

In the morning the battle began. Something huge and never seen before rolled down the hill from the castle and swept the army away. It was Baron Orange who managed to escape, but he accidentally rolled down the hill. The rest of the army attacked again. The problem was that Pea told Signor Tomato valuable information, and thus the army managed to enter the castle and arrest Cipollino. In prison, Cipollino met his father, who consoled him, saying that the time spent in prison allows him to think about things that he had never thought about before. In response, Cipollino promised that he would get his father out of prison.

With the help of a postman spider, Cipollino sketched the prison and sent three letters. One of them was for his father, one for Mole, and one for Cherry. But the postman spider was unable to deliver one of the letters, and Cipollino began to fall into despair.

The postman spider went through many adventures on its way to the castle. He met one of his cousins ​​who decided to accompany him to the castle. However, while crossing one of the paths, a large chicken swallowed a spider, but he was able to throw mail to his brother, who delivered the last letter.

It was possible to walk in the prison, but everyone had to walk only in a circle. One of the prisoners, taking advantage of the chance, jumped into the hole made by the Mole and continued to run through the underground tunnels. The guard who was supposed to keep an eye on them was not very strong in mathematics, so he was unable to correctly count the number of prisoners. He didn't even realize that they were disappearing one by one. When everyone had disappeared, the guard himself jumped up and ran away.

Prince Lemon decided to hold the races, so he believed to distract people from important issues. Unexpectedly, during the race, Cipollino and Mole appeared, who accidentally chose the wrong path. Cipollino took the chance, grabbed Prince Lemon's whip and hit him three times. Behind him, the rest of the former prisoners began to run out. Prince Lemon was so frightened that he began to run away, but ended up in the trash.

Signor Tomato at the same time gathered the rest of the people and announced a law according to which the poor must pay a tax on snow, rain, fog and everything else. He tried to make them believe that with the help of taxes they could restore the financial position of the castle.

Prince Lemon still managed to get out of the garbage, and he headed for the castle. The storm stopped, but Prince Lemon did not like this, because he wanted a storm of such strength that he would not have to face people.

Signor Tomato had already begun to fear a revolution that no one could believe in. Everyone followed everyone, so they did not notice the flag that Chipollino hung in the castle.

Signor Tomato went to the castle to take down the flag, but he couldn't get through the door because it was too thick. But then he again ran into Cipollino and again pulled out some of his hair and again began to cry. He would have drowned in a sea of ​​his own tears if Cipollino had not saved him.

When Prince Lemon saw the flag, he tried to hide in the garbage, hoping no one would find it. Besides him, the Duke of Mandarin and both countesses left the castle. A school and a playroom for children were opened in the castle.

Characters: Cipollino, Strawberry, Godfather Pumpkin, Grapes, Prince Lemon, Signor Tomato, Peas, Countess Cherries, Baron Orange, Chestnut, Mr. Carrot, Spider, Mole ....

Character Analysis

Cipollino - the protagonist of the story. He is a little onion, and when his father was arrested for no apparent reason and sent to prison for life, Cipollino was very disappointed and decided to go wandering. Father gave him a lot important tips. His appearance not described in the story. He is funny, smart and always ready to help. He was brave when he had to argue with Signor Tomato. His benevolence gives him the strength to believe that every problem has a solution. He quickly makes friends and has many like-minded people who help him achieve justice. He is kind and well behaved with good people but makes the bad ones cry.

Cherry, nephew of the duchesses - he lost his parents, and the duchesses took care of him, or rather, took out their anger on him. He studied a lot, and everything else was forbidden to him, thus he longed for friendship and freedom. When he met Cipollino and Radish, he was so impressed by the feeling of friendship that he always wanted to be with them. He is shown to have a very brave personality, as he always helps his friends in need.

Strawberry - Cherry's friend and maid in the castle. She is noble, loyal, witty and one of the leaders in the fight for justice.

Kum Pumpkin - an old man, when he was young, he wanted to build his own house. He built it all his life, and was forced to starve in order to have enough supplies to build a house. The house was small, but it was enough for him. He was not very ambitious, and was always happy with everything he had.

Grape - he was a shoemaker and loved mathematics. He admired Cipollino, who opposed Signor Tomato.

Prince Lemon - the ruler of this country. He was yellow and wore a bell on top of his hat. He was arrogant and always ready to fight. He believed that he was a great leader. He mistreats animals and beats them. Prince Lemon was always expecting someone else to do his job. Everyone tried to please him, although his requests were sometimes ridiculous.

Signor Tomato - he was the steward in the castle where the Countess Cherries lived. He was mean and always shifted his problems to those who were weaker than him. He had evil eyes and a round, red face. When he was in prison, he realized how noble Cipollino was, but this insight did not last long. He soon became selfish again and did everything he could to get out of the dungeon.

Polka dots - advocate. He covered Signor Tomato when needed. But when he realized that Signor Tomato was only using him, he turned his back on him. He always tries to be with those people with whom he is more profitable.

Countess Cherries - very rich, own many houses and almost the whole village. Both are widows and their cousins ​​often visit them. They are stingy and often take their anger out on others.

Baron Orange - owner of a huge belly, likes to drink and eat a lot. He became poor because he ate all his possessions. Even though he wished everyone well, his true intentions didn't come to the surface as he was always thinking about food.

Duke Mandarin - unlike Baron Orange, who liked to eat, the duke liked various things and was very greedy. He even said that he would kill himself if he didn't get what he wanted.

Mole - does not like the light, but besides that, he helped the prisoners.

Mr Carrot - a detective who is looking for escaped prisoners.

Spider - he was a prison postman. He always takes his job seriously, has some trouble walking, but never quits his job.

Gianni Rodari biography

Gianni Rodari is an Italian writer, born in 1920 in a small town in northern Italy, in Omegna.

Although he is known as a children's writer, he started writing children's books by accident. Many people consider him the most important children's writer in Italy.

Started as a teacher in primary school. But in the second world war began to work as a journalist in the newspaper "Unita". During this time, he wrote his first children's work.

After 1950 he decided to continue writing children's books, which were translated into many foreign languages, but very few are English language. His most famous works are: "Cipollino", "Book of Children's Poems", "Journey of the Blue Arrow", "Jeep on TV"...

In 1953 he married Maria Teresa Feretti, in 1957 his only daughter, Paola Rodari, was born. In the same year, he becomes a professional journalist after passing the exam.

In 1970 he received the Hans Christian Anderson Prize. This award in literature is the highest recognition for authors of children's books.

His health deteriorated after a trip to Russia. He died in 1980 in Rome.