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Rodari J., fairy tale "The Adventures of Cipollino"
Genre: literary fairy tale
The main characters of the fairy tale "The Adventures of Cipollino" and their characteristics
- Chipollino, a cheerful and resourceful fellow, never loses heart, can find a way out of any situation.
- Pumpkin, poor and kind
- Grape, shoemaker
- Professor Grusha, talented musician
- Kum Blueberry, kind and a little timid.
- Tomato, signor, evil, treacherous, cunning, greedy.
- Countess Cherry, prim and important.
- Nephew Cherry, smart, kind, cheerful boy, resourceful and brave.
- Maid Strawberry, kind and sympathetic
- Baron Orange, very fat, real glutton
- Duke Mandarin, very greedy, loves jewels
- Prince Lemon, distracted, stupid, stupid
- Radish, cheerful, mischievous girl
- Mole, a kind comrade who does not like sunlight.
- Bear, made friends with Cipollino.
- Lawyer Peas, two-faced.
- Teacher Petrushka, harmful and cruel.
- Cipollino's father is imprisoned, and the boy decides to release him at any cost.
- Cipollino saves Pumpkin's house and the house is hidden in the forest.
- Cipollino frees the captives of Signor Tomato, and he is looking for Cipollino everywhere
- Cipollino captures the castle, but he is captured and he meets his father in prison
- With the help of the Mole, all the prisoners escape and Cipollino whips Prince Lemon.
- A revolution is taking place in the country, all parasites are fleeing, and a park for children and a school are being set up in Cherry Castle.
A social order based on oppression cannot be just. The rich are evil.
What does the fairy tale "The Adventures of Cipollino" teach
This tale teaches friendship and mutual assistance. Learn to enjoy life and never give up. It teaches that evil will surely be punished and good will triumph. teaches to be brave, cheerful, sympathetic, kind. Teaches resourcefulness and cunning. Teaches you not to see obstacles.
Feedback on the fairy tale "The Adventures of Cipollino"
I did not really like this tale, although the plot is quite dynamic, the heroes have to overcome a long path to victory and various trials fall to their lot. But the most important thing in this book is the friendship of the characters, so different, but connected by a common goal. What I like most in this tale is Cherry's nephew, smart and well-read, an intellectual. But at the same time he is very brave and a true friend.
Proverbs to the fairy tale "The Adventures of Cipollino"
Do not open your mouth at someone else's loaf.
Friend is known in trouble.
Rich - yes crooked, poor - yes straight.
Fun is better than wealth
The court is crooked if the judge is false.
Read a summary, a brief retelling of the fairy tale "The Adventures of Chipollino" chapter by chapter:
Chapter 1.
Cipollino was the son of Cipollone and had seven more brothers. It was an honest onion family. They lived on the outskirts of the city and one day Prince Lemon himself came there.
Prince Lemon did not like the onion smell and ordered everyone to be sprayed with perfume. From this, Cipollino sneezed heavily. And a crowd had already gathered around, and Cipollone even began to shout for people to besiege back. This cry did not please Lemon, who decided that the old man was a dangerous rebel. And the prince ordered the good citizens to push and push harder.
As a result, Cipollone was pushed out and he stepped on the foot of Lemon himself. And then the old man was immediately handcuffed and sentenced to sit in prison before and after death.
Cipollino got a meeting with his father, and he told him that many honest people were in prison. Father told Cipollino to study.
But Cipollino tied a knot and left the house aimlessly, to look for the right path in life. And so he reached the neighboring town and saw a small kennel near which sat an old man with a red beard.
Chapter 2
Old Pumpkin said that his house was certainly small, but comfortable. Pumpkin built this house literally the day before. Every year he bought one, then three or even four bricks. In the end, Pumpkin had 118 bricks and he built a very small house out of them.
It was possible to live in the house only while sitting, but Pumpkin did not lose heart. He even made friends with the neighborhood boys.
Then a smart carriage drove up, in which Signor Tomato, the manager of the Countess Cherries, was sitting. Signor Tomato began to shake the house and swear. He shouted that Pumpkin built his house on the land of Countess Cherries. Pumpkin said he had permission from the old count. But Tomato said that the Count died thirty years ago. Tomato began to demand that Pumpkin get out of the Cherry land and asked the lawyer Peas to explain this to Pumpkin.
Cipollino said that the Tomato would burst soon. Tomato asked Cipollino what he was doing, and the boy replied that he was studying scammers. The tomato asked to show him the swindler and Cipollino turned the mirror towards him.
Tomato got angry and grabbed Cipollino by the hair. But immediately tears flowed from his eyes and Tomato got scared. He hurried to leave, and Master Vinogradinka praised Cipollino, saying that at last there was someone who could make Signor Tomato cry.
Chapter 3
Chipollino began working for the master Vinogradinka and acquired many acquaintances. Among them were the music teacher Grusha, the gardener Leek, the fidgety Millipedes, who were always short of shoes, and Master Grape repaired their shoes as best he could.
Chapter 4
Signor Tomato still drove the Pumpkin out of his house and settled the dog Mastino in it. Dog Mastino was sitting in the sun and he was very thirsty. Chipollino felt sorry for the dog, but he did not like his work. Therefore, he did not give Mastino water. Finally, the dog almost went crazy with thirst, and Cipollino came out with a bottle of water, into which he mixed sleeping pills. He pretended to drink and Mastino asked for a sip.
Cipollino gave him a bottle to drink and the dog immediately fell asleep. Chipollino took Mastino to the courtyard of Countess Cherry and left it there.
Chapter 5
People gathered near the Pumpkin's house and discussed what to do now. After all, the Tomato will undoubtedly want to take revenge. Then Cipollino offered to hide the house. After much debate, we decided to load the house on a cart and take it to the forest, to the godfather Chernika.
The house was brought to the godfather Chernika and he got excited. He was afraid that thieves would go into such a large and luxurious house. So he hung a bell over the door and a note to the thieves to ring the bell.
On the very first night, the thieves came twice, but after making sure that there was nothing in the house, they left. And the good Blueberry also gave them a shave with an old razor or a needle to sew on buttons.
Chapter 6
The Countess Cherries were visited by relatives - Baron Orange and Duke Mandarin. Baron Orange ate around the clock and soon ate everything around. He became so fat that he hired a special servant to carry his belly.
Duke Mandarin was also a restless guest. He loved dressing up so much and loved jewelry so much that soon the countesses had no jewelry left - they all migrated to the Mandarin.
And the sisters took out their anger on their nephew - poor Cherry. They forced him to learn lessons and constantly gave thrashings. Cherry was spared only by the maid Strawberry.
When Tomato found out about the disappearance of the Pumpkin house, he called the Lemons soldiers and ordered the arrest of all the villagers. Only Pea and Leek were not arrested. And of course, Chipollino remained free, who was sitting on the fence with his girlfriend Radish and laughing at the soldiers.
He decided to release the captives at all costs.
Chapter 7
Cherry walked around the garden and everywhere he came across prohibition signs that his teacher Petrushka hung especially for him. Petrushka was strict and harsh, he forbade Cherry to do everything in a row, you could only study.
At that moment, the village guys called out to Cherry. They were Radish and Cipollino. Cherry went up to them and started talking. They quickly moved on to you. The children laughed merrily.
Signor Tomato heard this laughter and went to check the park. He saw Cherry and Cipollino and was horrified. He shouted sternly and Cipollino and Radish ran away. And Cherry sobbed bitterly.
Chapter 8
Cherry cried a lot and even fell ill. A variety of doctors were called in to calm him down, but they all gave very stupid advice. Strawberry secretly invited Dr. Chestnut, who treated the poor.
Dr. Kashtan examined Cherry and came to the conclusion that the child has melancholy, melancholy, and that he needs to play more with his peers.
The countesses got angry and expelled the doctor, and Tomato even decided to sue him.
Chapter 9
Meanwhile, the arrested were in prison and Grusha played the violin to scare away the mice. But everyone was so tired of his music that he was asked to stop playing. And the mice immediately went on the attack. They succeeded in extinguishing the candle and the prisoners were left in complete darkness.
Pumpkin was worried that everyone went to jail through his fault. He even wanted to tell Pomodoro where his house was hidden.
But then the mice went on the attack again and the captives had to meow to scare and drive away the mice.
And then Strawberry Girl spoke to them on a secret phone. She told the captives to hold on and that Cipollino asked to rely on him. Strawberry tossed a new candle to the captives.
The mice tried to repeat the attack, but this time they could not gnaw the candle.
Meanwhile, the dog Mastino found Cipollino and knocked him over. He barked until Tomato came and arrested Cipollino.
Chapter 10
Cipollino was sitting in the dungeon when he heard some noise. Soon the earth succumbed and the Mole found himself in the cell, who recognized Cipollino and lamented that the poor boy was languishing in such a bright prison. Cipollino agreed to crawl into the Mole's gallery and suggested that he dig to the right, thinking to get to the prison where all the captives were kept.
The mole began to dig, and Cipollino closed up the opening of the passage and climbed after the mole.
At this time, Tomato came into the cell and was surprised at the disappearance of Cipollino. He began to inspect the cell and then a gust of wind closed the door. Tomato himself ended up in jail. After all, he had the key, but the door did not open from the inside. To release the Tomato, the door had to be blown up and the Tomato received a large abrasion.
Finally, Cipollino ended up in the cell of his friends, and the Mole, blinded by a candle, hastily fled.
Chapter 11
Meanwhile, Strawberry Girl told Cherry about her imprisoned friends, and he decided to release everyone. He persuaded Strawberry to bake a cake for Tomato and poured sleeping powder into it. And when Tomato fell asleep, he took out the keys to the prison from his stockings.
Then Strawberry Girl distracted the attention of the guards by shouting that she was attacked by robbers.
Cherry unlocked the prison and was delighted to see Cipollino there. All the captives escaped, and Cherry took the keys back to Tomato.
The guards were looking for the robbers and arrested the Cat, who was put in a cell, and they themselves fled.
When Tomato came to the prison in the morning, he found only the Cat, who had eaten mice so much that he complained of indigestion.
Tomato asked Prince Lemon to send a battalion of Lemons to quell the unrest.
Chapter 12
Prince Lemon himself arrived in the village and his Lemons immediately arrested Leek and lawyer Peas. The prince settled in the best rooms, driving out the countesses, while his soldiers trampled the garden and caught goldfish.
The prince summoned Leek for interrogation, but at first admiring his mustache, he awarded Leek the Order of the Silver Mustache. Then Lemon ordered to pull out the executioner's mustache, but the executioner did not have enough strength and Leek was thrown into prison.
Then the prince interrogated the lawyer Peas, and he did not say where the Pumpkin's house was hidden, although he knew this. Peas were offended by Tomato's betrayal. He collapsed when the prince ordered him to be hanged.
Chapter 13
Lawyer Peas came to his senses in prison. And then the bound Tomato was brought into the cell, whom the disgruntled Prince Lemon accused of organizing a conspiracy. The tomato was sad and promised that he would never harm poor people, and Cipollino called him a fine fellow.
And Peas told Tomato where Pumpkin's house is hidden. The tomato immediately began knocking on the cell door and told Prince Lemon everything. He was released.
Chapter 14
The next morning, lawyer Goroshka was brought to the scaffold. Peas asked to make the last toilet, washed and brushed his teeth, and then a noose was thrown over his head and he fell.
The noose tightened, but was immediately cut by Cipollino.
Chapter 15
It turns out that Strawberry Girl told Cipollino about the fate of the lawyer, and he persuaded the Mole to dig an underground passage right under the scaffold. Therefore, when Peas fell into the hatch, Chipollino was already waiting for him. Together with Peas, he got underground to the rest of his comrades, and then Peas told that Tomato knew where the house was hidden.
Cipollino rushed to his godfather Chernika, but was too late. Lemons have already been there and carried away the house.
Chapter 16
To find Cipollino, they invited the famous detective Mr. Carrot and his dog. They immediately zealously set to work, but cooled down a little when they learned that the fugitives did not have tails to pour salt under their tails. And yes, you have to catch them first.
Then Carrot lay down on the floor in front of the compass and began looking for his bed. He shattered the mirror, which cut off half of Hold-Grab's tail, and knocked over a basin of water on himself. Then Carrot got up and found his bed.
In the morning he took out a bag of kegs from the loto and began to determine from them how many steps and in which direction to take. He almost drowned in the pool, but Cherry finally showed the detective the gate and at the same time whistled a warning.
The detective and Hold-Hatch were in the woods. And then Carrot heard a woman's voice calling for help. He followed the voice, not knowing that he was following two children. And then Hold-Hatch was suddenly lifted by a rope to a tree.
Carrot was surprised and angry at the behavior of the dog. He even wanted to fire Hold-Grab, but he, in turn, was hoisted up a tree with a rope.
Here the guys showed up and laughed merrily at the captive detective. This trick was invented by Cherry himself, who read about it in books.
Chapter 17
Meanwhile, godfather Pumpkin and godfather Blueberry became very good friends and dreamed of returning their house as soon as possible. They even argued who loves this house more.
The fugitives hid in a cave, to which wolves came at night, and therefore a large fire was always burning near the cave.
Then the Bear came to the cave and at first he just wanted to eat everyone. But then the bear talked and became friends with Chipollino, because his parents were in the same cage as Chipollino's father.
The bear turned out to be polite and kind, and when Chipollino went to see him off, he suggested that the Bear go to the city and look at the bear's parents.
Chapter 18
Cipollino and the Bear entered the menagerie and the good Elephant pulled out the key to the cage with the bears from the watchman.
The animals called to them, but Cipollino and the Bear were only looking for the bears' cage. But then they found the right cage and the old bears warmly hugged their son.
They hurried to leave the zoo, but then the seal made such a noise that the watchman woke up. And the bears, and with them Chipollino, hid in the seal's cage. But the seal called the watchmen and they fished out three bears and a creature of an unknown breed. The watchman put Chipollino in a cage with a monkey and the boy sat there for two days until Cherry paid a fine for him.
Returning to the cave, Cipollino saw that his friends had disappeared.
Chapter 19
Detective Carrot and his dog were found and taken down by a lumberjack. The detective ran into the forest. Soon Lemons appeared, who were looking for their detective. The woodcutter directed them in the other direction. Then Pumpkin, Blueberry and others appeared who were looking for Cipollino. Chipollino and Cherry appeared next, who were looking for friends. Then Signor Tomato appeared, who was looking for Cherry, and then Radish ran past the woodcutter, looking for Cipollino.
Finally, before sunset, Prince Lemon himself appeared, looking for his soldiers.
Chapter 20
At this time, Orange and Mandarin found themselves alone in the castle. They decided to explore the wine cellar. There, Orange got carried away with bottles of wine, and Mandarin found a secret door, which he unsuccessfully tried to open for some time. Finally, he accidentally tugged at a bottle with a yellow label and the door opened.
And from there came out Cherry and his friends. They all found each other in the forest and Cherry offered to capture the empty castle.
Fat Orange was left in the basement, and Mandarin was locked in his room.
Chapter 21
Those who captured the castle began to think about how to keep it, having no weapons and a defense plan. But Cipollino reassured everyone.
At this time, in the forest, Prince Lemon was having fun with fireworks, shooting his Lemons from a cannon. Tomato hardly persuaded the prince to stop, so as not to destroy the entire army.
An angry Tomato was walking through the forest and suddenly saw that the windows of the castle were lit. He became even more angry, thinking that it was Orange and Mandarin walking. Then all the windows went out, except for the windows of the Mandarin, and the Pomodoro saw that he began to give some signals, turning the light on and off. The tomato read the SOS signal and went to the castle.
He met Mastino, who complained that he had to guard Pumpkin's house, in which Pumpkin and Blueberry sleep, that Orange had locked himself in the wine cellar, and Mandarin was in his room, and there were a lot of people in the castle.
The tomato returned to Lemon and he appointed an assault on the castle at seven in the morning, and appointed Carrot as a military adviser.
Chapter 22
Lemon's army approached the castle and found its gates open. This alarmed them, Pomodoro suspected a trap. But Lemon personally led forty generals through the gate and directed them to the castle.
The generals began to climb the hill and suddenly some kind of round projectile rushed from the castle and crushed twenty generals. It turned out to be Baron Orange, who escaped from the basement and mistook the generals for blacks, because they smeared their faces with soot, on the advice of Carrot.
The prince became furious and sent ten more Lemons to attack.
But Cipollino sent a stream of wine from the pump at them and the deadly drunk Lemons retreated and went to bed.
They rejoiced in the castle.
Chapter 23
But a division of Limonchikov was sent to help the prince, and the castle fell. Lawyer Peas turned out to be a traitor and discovered the secret of the underground passage. Cipollino was again in prison.
A week later, Cipollino was taken for a walk and he ran into his father. Father told Cipollino not to lose heart and wait for a letter from him.
And indeed, on the same day, Cipollino received a letter delivered by the Spider. The boy learned how to write letters.
Chapter 24
Cipollino writes three letters. One to the father, with a request not to lose hope. The second to Mole with a request to collect all the moles and help them escape from prison. And the third to Cherry with a request to hold on and pass the letter to the Mole.
Then Cipollino draws a plan of the prison on his shirt and puts a cross on it.
The spider takes the letters and goes to the castle, and the prisoners do not understand why they stopped delivering the letters. Chippolino is waiting for an answer, but four days pass, and the Spider does not return, and the boy loses hope.
Chapter 25
The Chromonog Spider went to the Castle, but along the way he met his relative, the Seven and a Half Spider, who followed him and greatly delayed him. From this spider Chromonog lost a whole day, hiding from sparrows in the field. And then Chromonog was devoured by a chicken and he only had time to throw his bag to Seven and a Half.
Seven and a half I read the letters and wept. He decided that Chromonog died through his fault. Therefore, he took the letters to the castle and Cherry safely received a message from Chipollino.
Chapter 26
Cipollino found out that his father was very ill and therefore went out for a walk sad. He walked thinking and suddenly heard a voice from under the ground. Cipollino realized that it was the Mole. He was delighted and ordered to pass along the chain that soon everyone would be free. On the next lap, Cipollino learned that the underground passage was ready. Through the circle, one prisoner jumped sideways and fell into the ground. So each circle began to jump into the underground passage one prisoner.
Limonishka, could not understand what was happening, the number of prisoners gradually decreased. And now there are only five left. Limonishka jumped up and started screaming, and the last four prisoners jumped into the underground passage. Cipollino did not want to run away, but they grabbed him by the legs and dragged him into the underground passage.
And then Limonishka unexpectedly jumped, who was afraid of punishment from the prince.
Cipollino persuaded the Mole to dig a passage to the cell of Cipollino's father, and they released the old man as well. And Lemons, who discovered the loss of prisoners, also fled from the prince, and changed into work clothes.
Chapter 27
Prince Lemon decided to arrange obstacle races on chariots, for which he supplied the chariots with very strong brakes. Therefore, just as the riders did not whip the horses, they could not move the chariots.
Lemon himself went out into the field and cheerfully beat the horses with a whip. The people were furious. And then the ground under Lemon's feet opened up and Chipollino crawled out. Seeing what was happening, he snatched a whip from Lemon and began to beat the prince himself with it.
All the prisoners crawled out of the ground and the people, recognizing friends and relatives, broke through the cordon. Prince Lemon fled in fear into the field in a carriage and tipped over into a dunghill.
Chapter 28
At this time, Signor Tomato gathered the villagers and announced a court session. The court considered the petition of Countess Cherries to collect rent for rain, thunder and lightning, hail, frost and other precipitation.
Of course, the court ruled to satisfy the forgiveness and, as luck would have it, a thunderstorm with hail immediately began. The poor people took to the streets and counted their losses.
Then a train appeared, in the last car of which three bears rode. The bears came out and showed the tickets to the controller. And then Cipollino jumped out.
He greeted all his friends cordially, hugged Vine and announced that he had a wonderful plan.
Chapter 29
Prince Lemon lay in a dunghill for a long time and did not know that a free republic had already been proclaimed in the country.
Finally, he got out and saw that he was a stone's throw from Cherry Castle. He knocked, but Strawberry Girl didn't want to let him in, mistaking him for a beggar. But then Petrushka appeared and, of course, recognized the prince.
The countesses joyfully received Lemon and offered to give him horses. But Lemon refused to return to the city, referring to a terrible thunderstorm. And everyone agreed with him, saying that the thunderstorm was really strong, although the sun had been shining outside the window for a long time.
Lemon's behavior seemed suspicious to Pomodoro and he sneaked into the village, fearing that a revolution had happened. Behind him, Peas crept in the same way. The tomato noticed Pea and hid in the bushes. Peas followed Petrushka, behind whom Mandarin crept, and Orange crept behind Mandarin. They crept after each other all night, and in the morning they returned to the castle. And over the castle the banner of freedom was already developing.
Epilogue.
Signor Tomato climbed the tower, but could not tear down the banner. He didn't go through the door. But he managed to grab Cipollino by the hair and even pulled out a bunch, because of which he again sobbed and ran downstairs.
The prince and countesses left their domains, and Orange lost weight and began to beg. He even went to work as a loader at the station. Duke Mandarin lives off Baron Orange and does nothing.
But Tomato served time in prison and became Pumpkin's henchman. He plants cabbages and cuts the grass.
And they set up a school in the castle and Chipollino and Cherry study in it. And children are playing in the park. And so it will be everywhere where there are still parasites. The people will drive them out, and children will play in the parks.
Drawings and illustrations for the fairy tale "The Adventures of Cipollino"
Gianni RODARI
THE ADVENTURES OF CIPOLLINO
CHAPTER FIRST,
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 this?
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.
This story is familiar to everyone since childhood. A bright cartoon left no one indifferent to the characters. And the characters of the fairy tale "Cipollino" are vegetables that are familiar to all kids. But the mischievous tale, written by an Italian, also had a political connotation. After all, ordinary people personified simple vegetables that were present on the menu of the poor: pumpkin, onions, radishes, grapes, peas, pears. They are opposed by the aristocracy, that is, products that were only on the tables of the upper strata of the population. These are lemon, artichoke, tomato, cherries, sweet cherries.
vegetable tale
The Adventures of Cipollino" is an Italian communist writer. It shows the struggle of the lower strata of society with the higher and the triumph of justice. No wonder it was so popularized during the Soviet Union. By the way, it was in our country that the fairy tale was first published after its publication in native Italy (in the Apennines it was published by the Pionere magazine in 1951). In 1953 Z.Potapova translated "The Adventures of Chipollino" into Russian, and S.Ya.Marshak edited the work. This book became an instant bestseller and was translated into other languages. And in 1961, the same cartoon, created according to the script of Mstislav Pashchenko, appeared on the screens.
For whom is the story written?
Boy Onion, Uncle Pumpkin, Prince Lemon, count from the fairy tale "Cipollino" - this is only a small part of the characters invented by Gianni Rodari. This tale, although it describes the struggle of the common population with aristocrats who torture people, teaches many worldly truths. For example, he sings of the virtues of work, teaches not to give up in difficult situations, to look for a way out, to be brave and to be friends for real. And on the example of vegetables, you can learn to unite, help each other in trouble, sympathize.
Written fairy tale Rodari "Cipollino" for children of six or seven years. It is at this age that one can already read the full text of the work. But also on sale you can find a lightweight version for children over four years old. It contains bright beautiful illustrations. Admittedly, adults will also enjoy reading a work that can remind us of a cloudless and happy childhood.
The plot of the work
So, what happened to the Onion, Pumpkin, Radish, Cherry, Lemon and other characters, and what role did the count from the Cipollino fairy tale play? It is worth noting that the plot is very dynamic. The work begins with a description of the amazing Land of vegetables and fruits. Here their laws reign, and there is a ruler - the cruel Prince Lemon. This tyrant has a special fragrant skin, which he carefully cares for. But ordinary people also live here. For example, Luk and his family, the sight and smell of which causes tears. Another significant character is poor uncle Pumpkin, who dreams of having his own house. And although he works from early morning until dusk, he cannot build a dwelling for himself. But Signor Tomato, Countess Cherry, like other aristocrats, live in the palace, and they can take away the shacks of the poor, for example, for the needs of their dogs.
The boy Cipollino, mischievous and fair, could not remain indifferent, looking at the suffering of his uncle Pumpkin. He stands up for the unfortunate old man and provokes the beginning of the class struggle. They are supported by other poor people, some of them end up in prison. Lemon, meanwhile, introduces new taxes on literally everything in the country and orders a detective with a dog to find a rebel.
First of all, Cipollino saves his father and other prisoners from prison, using music to “circle around his finger” the narrow-minded guards. And then he leaves his pursuers and hides Pumpkin's house in the forest. Thanks to his intelligence, ingenuity and the support of his friends, the boy cracks down on tyrants and wins. Cipollino is a key character, but not only he and his friends defeated enemies. The presumptuous seniors were ruined by popular anger, as well as the justified fear that they experienced before the rebels. Bold commoners, not afraid of the cannon aimed at them, resolutely put the insolent people in their place. Justice has prevailed!
Characters "Cipollino"
As mentioned earlier, all the heroes of the fairy tale are fruits and vegetables. Here is a short list of them:
- Cipollino is the main character and ringleader;
- Cipollo - Cipollino's father;
- Brothers Cipollino;
- Uncle Pumpkin;
- cobbler Grape;
- girl Radish;
- Cherry - the count from the fairy tale "Cipollino", who sympathizes with the poor;
- lawyer Peas;
- detective Carrot;
- evil Signor Tomato;
- Countess Cherry;
- Prince Lemon;
- Baron Orange;
- Duke Mandarin.
In addition to the main characters, the maid Strawberry, the music teacher Grusha, the gardener Leek, Bean, Blueberry, Artichoke, Parsley, Chestnut, Amanita and even some animals participate in the fairy tale. But their roles are episodic.
little orphan
There is one character in the fairy tale that I want to tell a little more about. This is Count Cherry, nephew of Countess Cherry. He was an orphan and lived with his wealthy relatives. It is worth noting that the signors did not much complain about the boy. Cherry was forced to do lessons all the time - today's and tomorrow's, then solve puzzles indefinitely, learn everything by heart. At the same time, the gentlemen were angry if he took books from the castle library, worried that he would not spoil them. From mental overstrain, the boy was often sick. And only one person sympathized with him - the maid Strawberry. She then fed the count secretly from the countesses.
The boy suffered from a lack of attention, love and affection. At the same time, he was annoyed by the constant reproaches of the signora, as well as the stupid prohibitions that rained down on his head. For example, he was not allowed to talk to the fish, to dip his hands in the pool, to crush the grass in the garden. Cherry dreamed of going to a regular school, because the guys ran out of it with a cheerful laugh after school. He was frankly bored, so he happily spoke to Cipollino and Radish, and then helped them.
A little about the cartoon
As already mentioned, the Soyuzmultfilm studio released animation, which immediately fell in love with both children and adults. Initially, the author of the script planned to transfer the entire plot of Rodari's fairy tale to the screen exactly. A behind-the-scenes monologue was also provided, which explained and commented to the viewer on everything that was happening. However, the production director (he decided differently: he created a picture simpler, easier to understand, but no less interesting for that.
For example, they significantly reduced the scene where the count falls ill. From the fairy tale "Cipollino" Cherry's long and serious illness was cut out (in the cartoon he recovers on the same evening), two whole days from the life of imprisoned vegetables, gluttony of the rich. All this greatly distracted from the main storyline - the struggle of the common people against the oppressors. Nevertheless, the cartoon turned out to be a success: an interesting plot was complemented by colorful characters drawn by talented artists, Karen Khachaturian's wonderful music, witty phrases that immediately became winged.
Instead of an afterword
You can watch your favorite cartoon at least every day, because it never gets bored. In addition to this peculiar classic of Soviet animation art, one wants to reread the work of Gianni Rodari, the good old fairy tale, to infinity. Who does not dream that our children also experience the delight that we felt in those distant years? Therefore, give the kids "Cipollino" in the form of a book or a cartoon, they will appreciate such a present! And then together draw a hero who has become almost family for many generations.
Adventures of Cipollino
Gianni Rodari
Tale-tale of the famous Italian writer Gianni Rodari. The hero of the story Chipollino - the onion boy - wanders around the fairyland, protecting the poor, fighting the oppressors.
Gianni RODARI
THE ADVENTURES OF CIPOLLINO
CHAPTER FIRST,
In_which_Chipollone_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 this?
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.
Saying goodbye to his uncle, mother and brothers, Cipollino tied his things in a bundle and, putting it on a stick, set off. He went aimlessly and must have chosen the right path.
A few hours later he reached a small village - so small that no one even bothered to write its name on a pillar or on the first house. And this house was, strictly speaking, not a house, but some kind of tiny kennel, which was suitable only for a dachshund. By the window sat an old man with a reddish beard; he looked sadly into the street and seemed to be very preoccupied with something.
CHAPTER TWO,
How_Cipollino_made_cavalier_Tomato_cry_for_the_first_time_
Uncle, - asked Cipollino, - why did it get into your head to climb into this box? I would like to know how you get out of it!
- Oh, that's pretty easy! - answered the old man. - It's much harder to get in. I would love to invite you to my place, boy, and even treat you to a glass of cold beer, but you can't fit here together. Yes, to tell you the truth, I don't even have a beer.
- Nothing, - said Cipollino, - I don’t want to drink ... So this, then, is your house?
“Yes,” answered the old man, whose name was godfather Pumpkin. - The house, however, is cramped, but when there is no wind, it’s not bad here.
It must be said that godfather Pumpkin only completed the construction of his house on the eve of this day. Almost from childhood, he dreamed that he would someday have his own house, and every year he bought one brick for future construction.
But only, unfortunately, godfather Pumpkin did not know arithmetic and had to ask the shoemaker, master Vinogradinka, from time to time, to count the bricks for him.
“We'll see,” Master Grape said, scratching the back of his head with an awl.
- Six seven-forty-two ... nine down ... In a word, you have seventeen bricks in total.
“Do you think this is enough for the house?”
– I would say no.
- How to be?
- It's up to you. Not enough for the house - make a bench out of bricks.
- Yes, what do I need a bench for! There are already many benches in the park, and when they are busy, I can stand.
Master Grape silently scratched with an awl, first behind his right ear, then behind his left, and left for his workshop.
And godfather Pumpkin thought and thought, and in the end decided to work more, but eat less. And so he did.
Now he was able to buy three or four bricks a year.
He became thin as a match, but the pile of bricks grew.
The people said:
“Look at the godfather Pumpkin! You might think that he is pulling bricks out of his own belly. Every time he adds a brick, he himself loses a kilogram.”
So it went year after year. Finally, the day came when godfather Pumpkin felt that he was getting old and could no longer work. He again went to Master Vinogradinka and said to him:
“Be so kind as to count my bricks.
Master Grape, taking an awl with him, left the workshop, looked at the pile of bricks and began:
“Six seven to forty-two… nine off… In a word, you now have a total of one hundred and eighteen pieces.”
Enough for a house?
- In my opinion, no.
- How to be?
“I don’t really know what to tell you… Build a chicken coop.”
“Yes, I don’t have a single chicken!”
- Well, put a cat in the chicken coop. You know, a cat is a useful animal. She catches mice.
- That's true, but I don't have a cat either, but to tell the truth, and the mice haven't started yet. From nothing and nowhere...
- What do you want from me? snorted Master Grape, fiercely scratching the back of his head with an awl. “One hundred and eighteen is one hundred and eighteen, no more, no less.” So right?
- You know better - you studied arithmetic.
Kum Pumpkin sighed once or twice, but, seeing that no more bricks were added from his sighs, he decided to start construction without further ado.
“I will build a very, very small house out of bricks,” he thought as he worked. “I don’t need a palace, I’m small myself. And if there aren’t enough bricks, I’ll use paper.”
Kum Pumpkin worked slowly and carefully, afraid to use up all his precious bricks too quickly.
He laid them one on top of the other as carefully as if they were made of glass. He knew well what each brick was worth!
“This,” he said, taking one of the bricks and stroking it like a kitten, “this is the same brick that I got ten years ago for Christmas. I bought it with the money I saved for the holiday chicken. Well, I’ll eat chicken later, when I finish my building, but for now I’ll do without it.
Over each brick, he let out a deep, deep sigh. And yet, when the bricks ran out, he still had a lot of sighs left, and the house came out as tiny as a dovecote.
“If I were a dove,” thought poor Pumpkin, “I would be very, very comfortable here!”
And now the house was completely ready.
Kum Pumpkin tried to enter it, but hit the ceiling with his knee and almost brought down the entire structure.
“I am getting old and clumsy. We must be more careful!”
He knelt in front of the entrance and, sighing, crawled inside on all fours. But here new difficulties were revealed: one cannot get up without breaking through the roof with one's head; you can’t stretch on the floor because the floor is too short, and you can’t turn on your side because of the tightness. But most importantly, what about the legs? If you climbed into the house, then you need to pull your legs inside, otherwise they, which is good, will get wet in the rain.
“I see,” thought the godfather Pumpkin, “that I can only live in this house while sitting.”
And so he did. He sat down on the floor, carefully taking a breath, and on his face, which appeared in the window, there was an expression of the most gloomy despair.
- Well, how do you feel, neighbor? asked Master Vine, leaning out of the window of his workshop.
- Thank you, not bad! .. - Father Pumpkin answered with a sigh.
- Aren't you narrow in the shoulders?
- No no. After all, I built a house just to my measure.
Master Vineyard scratched the back of his head with his awl as usual and muttered something incomprehensible. Meanwhile, people gathered from all sides to stare at the house of the godfather Pumpkin. A whole horde of boys rushed in. The smallest jumped onto the roof of the house and began to dance, singing:
Like_O_Old Pumpkin_
_In_kitchen_right_hand,_
_In_the_bedroom_left_hand._
_If_legs_
_On_the_threshold,_
_Nose_ -_in_the_window_of_the attic!_
- Watch out, boys! pleaded godfather Pumpkin. - So you bring down my house - he's still so young, brand new, he's not even two days old!
To appease the guys, godfather Pumpkin pulled out a handful of red and green candies from his pocket, which he had been lying around for I don’t know since, and distributed them to the boys. Those with a joyful squeal grabbed candy and immediately quarreled among themselves, dividing the booty.
Summary of the story-tale "The Adventures of Cipollino" by the Italian children's writer Gianni Rodari chapter by chapter.
Chapter 1, in which Cipollone crushed the leg of Prince Lemon.
Cipollino is an onion boy. He had a large family, consisting of mom, dad Cipollone and 7 brothers: Cipolletto, Cipollotto, Cipolloccia, Cipollucci, etc. The onion family was poor, living in a house the size of a wooden seedling box on the very outskirts of the city. One day, the ruler of the country, Prince Lemon, decided to visit this place, unloved by the rich. The courtiers were worried, because. on the outskirts of the city there was a strong smell of onions; smell of poverty. And so it was urgently decided to spray the outskirts with cologne and even perfume. The lemon soldiers were armed with canisters and sprayers. During their struggle with the unpleasant smell, Prince Lemon managed to arrive at the scene. The prince traveled everywhere with his retinue. Members of the retinue wore hats with a silver bell without fail. The prince himself also wore a cap, but with a golden bell. And the soldiers wore hats with bronze bells. Therefore, it became noisy on the outskirts. The residents decided that a traveling orchestra had arrived and poured out into the street. A strong crush began. Cipollino and his father were in the forefront. They were pushed back. Old Cipollone could not stand it and shouted to the back rows: "Back!". This did not please Prince Lemon. When the assembled people became agitated with might and main, then Cipollone was pushed by the crowd right at Prince Lemon, and the poor old man accidentally crushed the ruler's crooked thin leg, which, to the horror and fear of Cipollone, had a callus. For this oversight, the old man was captured by the lemon soldiers and thrown into prison. Chipollino achieved a meeting with his father and found out that it was not criminals who were sitting in the country's prison, as he thought before, but only decent and honest people. The father told Chipollino that such people were not pleasing to the government of the country, he also advised Chipollino to walk around the world and learn his wits, special attention should be paid to any swindlers who have power. After meeting with his father, Cipollino entrusted his mother and his brothers to his uncle, tied his things in a bundle and hit the road.
Chapter 2. How Cipollino made Tomato's cavalier cry for the first time.
Chipollino in one of the villages came across an old man Pumpkin, who was sitting in a brick box. Later it turned out that this is not a box, but a small house of Pumpkin's godfather. The fact is that the old man dreamed of his house all his life. He saved up bricks, refused to eat, worked hard and lost weight, because. did not finish. Kum Pumpkin has accumulated 118 bricks by the time of his old age. He couldn't work anymore. Realizing that he would no longer be able to buy bricks, he decided to build a very small and very cramped house. Chipollino began to ask the godfather Pumpkin about his life, but the latter did not even have time to open his mouth, as a cloud of dust seemed. The street quickly became empty, even cats and chickens began to hide. Residents rushed to their homes, locking the doors and shutters on the windows. A carriage appeared from a dusty cloud, and Signor Tomato stepped out of the carriage. He told his godfather Pumpkin that he built his "palace" on the land of the landowners Countess Cherry without their permission. Pumpkin objected that he had received permission from the count himself. But Signor Tomato called on the village lawyer Goroshka to confirm the legitimacy of his demands to vacate the house. Cipollino intervened in the dispute, who at first stood indifferently. Signor Tomato did not immediately understand which side the onion boy was on. He asked why Cipollino was not working. The boy replied that he was studying - he was studying swindlers. Signor Tomato became interested, saying that the whole village of swindlers is here, and if Cipollino has found a new one, then he is not averse to looking at him. Then Cipollino took out a mirror from his pocket and brought it to Signor Tomato. The latter realized that the boy was simply mocking him and became furious. He grabbed Cipollino by the hair and began to ruffle. As a result, Signor Pomodoro burst into tears. This was a novelty for such an important gentleman, he was very frightened, jumped into the carriage and hurried away. But before leaving, he threatened his godfather Pumpkin and reminded him that he should leave his own house.
Chapter 3, which tells about Professor Pear, Leek and the Millipedes
After Cipollino made the Tomato cavalier himself cry, master Vinogradinka offered the boy to work as an apprentice in his workshop. And I didn't guess. People were now reaching out to him from everywhere, only to stare at a very brave little boy. Chipollino was always cheerful and friendly with visitors. So he met Professor Grusha, who played a violin made from pear. The professor was always followed by a swarm of flies that adored the sweet pear aroma. Cipollino also met the gardener Luk Porey, who complained about his fate because of his long mustache. It turns out that his wife dried clothes on them in sunny weather. And Cipollino met a family of centipedes. They also had enough worries - not only was it not easy to fix the shoes of the restless kids, but you still need to manage to wash your feet! While washing the front hundreds of legs, the rear ones are already covered in mud. And vice versa - while you wash the back ones, the clean front ones already turn black.
Chapter 4 about how Cipollino fooled the dog Mastino, who was very thirsty.
Meanwhile, Signor Tomato again visited the village. He was surrounded by a dozen lemon soldiers and Mastino the watchdog. They forcefully pushed the poor old Pumpkin out of his house. Signor Tomato settled a watchdog in the house and drove off in his carriage. Lemons followed. The sun was very hot that day. Chipollino saw everything, but could do nothing to help the poor godfather Pumpkin. However, Cipollino noticed how hot the dog was. Then he waited for the very peak of the solstice. At that moment, it became so hot outside that even the stones were sweating. Then Cipollino took out a bottle of water, threw a sleeping pill into it, which the wife of the master Vinogradinka takes, and went out onto the porch. Mastino saw him and asked for a sip of water. Cipollino gave the dog the whole bottle. When the dog drained it to the very bottom, he immediately fell asleep. Cipollino put Mastino on his shoulders and carried Countess Cherry to the park.
Chapter 5. Kum Blueberry hangs a bell for thieves over the door.
When Cipollino returned to the village, he saw that people were very worried. Indeed, Signor Tomato was twice fooled, and now everyone was afraid of his revenge. After deliberation, it was decided that Pumpkin's house should be hidden. The house was carefully loaded onto a cart and transported into the forest. So that the house would not be left unattended, they asked the godfather Blueberry to temporarily move to Pumpkin's house. Kum Chernika was worried about the safety of the house. So he put up a notice on the door calling on the thieves. The note said that the house was very poor and there was absolutely nothing to steal in it. If the lords of the thieves do not believe, then nothing prevents them from ringing the bell, after which the door will be immediately opened for them and they will be able to verify the veracity of the words about the poverty of the house. As a result of the godfather's hanging note, Chernika was woken up every night by poor thieves.
Chapter 6, which tells about how much trouble and trouble the countesses brought to their relatives - Baron Orange and Duke Mandarin.
On the day when the villagers hid Pumpkin's godfather's house, two guests arrived at the estate of Countess Cherry - Baron Orange and Duke Mandarin. Baron Orange was a terrible glutton. He ate all the stocks of his peasants, then he ate all the trees of his gardens, then he began to sell his lands and buy food. When he had nothing left, he asked for a visit to one of the Countess Cherries. Then another sister, Countess Cherry, decided to invite the Duke of Mandarin, who was the cousin of her late husband, to visit. As a result, there was a terrible revival in the house of the venerable Signors Cherries. Baron Orange had a very huge belly and could not move independently. Therefore, servants had to be assigned to him with a wheelbarrow, on which Baron Orange's belly was transported. The Duke of Mandarin also caused a lot of trouble. He was very greedy. So he acted out suicide scenes. To prevent such intentions, the Countess Cherries had to give the Signor Mandarin jewelry, silk shirts, etc. Due to the troubles that arose, the Countess Cherries were in a terrible mood. They took out their discontent on the poor nephew of the boy Cherry. Only the maid Strawberry felt sorry for Cherry and tried to calm him down. In the evenings, she treated the boy to something sweet. But Baron Orange ate everything this time. Even the intention of committing suicide to betray the Duke of Mandarin and something tasty did not help him. At this time, a dispatch was urgently delivered to Signor Tomato with a message about the disappearance of the Pumpkin house. Then Signor Tomato asked the Prince of Lemon for two dozen soldiers to suppress the rebellion in the village. The soldiers have arrived. As a result of their raid, almost all the inhabitants of the village were arrested. Cipollino and the girl Radish were able to escape from the soldiers.
Chapter 7, in which Cherry pays no attention to Signor Petrushka's announcements.
The nephew of Countess Cherry, the boy Cherry, lived extremely lonely among luxury. One day, through the fence, he saw how the village children joyfully run along the road with satchels on their backs. He asked his aunts to send him to school. The aunts were horrified at the thought that a young count could sit at the same desk with some poor man! Instead of fulfilling the request of their nephew, they assigned him a teacher, Signor Petrushka. To the misfortune of the boy Cherry, his teacher turned out to be a terrible bore. He posted prohibition notices everywhere. Cherry was forbidden to trample the grass in the garden, laugh out loud, talk to village children, and even draw. Signor Petrushka argued that any violation of the rules he had invented for the nephew of Countess Cherries would lead the boy to prison. Such prospects frightened Cherry. But one day, on the same day of mass arrests in the village, Cherry went for a walk in the park. He heard someone calling him. Cherry saw two children behind the fence. They turned out to be Chipollino and Radish. Despite the announcement forbidding talking to children, Cherry started talking. As a result, the children became friends. Moreover, Cherry, together with Cipollino and Radish, for the first time laughed loudly and from the bottom of his heart. Their laughter was heard by the countesses and Signor Tomato. He immediately went to see what was going on. The boy Vishenka saw him and warned his new friends about the danger in time. They managed to escape. Then the gentleman Tomato shouted after the fugitives for a long time. And the young count fell to the ground and wept bitterly, deciding that he would never see his new friends again. Then Signor Tomato grabbed Cherry under his arm and carried him to the castle.
Chapter 8. How Dr. Chestnut was driven out of the castle.
The boy Cherry was very upset, thinking that he had lost Chipollino and Radish in his life forever. He was constantly crying. But few of the household sympathized with the boy. Almost everyone began to make fun of him and even mock him. Only the maid Strawberry sincerely pitied Cherry. She couldn't help but cry too. But the countesses threatened her with dismissal. Soon Cherry developed a fever. He began to repeat the names of Chipollino and Radish. Then everyone decided that the child was delusional and invited a lot of doctors. But nothing helped Cherry. Then Strawberry Girl invited Dr. Chestnut. He was a poor but truthful doctor. He stated that Cherry had melancholy and needed to communicate with other children. The gentlemen did not like these words, and Dr. Kashtan was expelled from the castle.
Chapter 9. The mouse commander-in-chief is forced to give the signal to retreat.
Meanwhile, friends who were in prison were attacked by mice. Their commander-in-chief, General Longtail Mouse, ordered the stub of a candle and Professor Grusha's violin to be taken away from the prisoners. The mice managed to take away the candle, but failed to destroy the violin, which makes meowing sounds. But the professor could no longer play the violin, because the mice gnawed on the bow. The mice retreated temporarily to gather their strength. Master Grape has figured out how to repel the next attack of mice, scaring the enemy a lot, meowing loudly. After the mice retreated, the friends heard Strawberry's voice. She spoke through Signor Tomato's secret listening device in his room. Strawberry asked her friends not to give up and not to tell where Pumpkin's godfather's house was hidden. Chipollino asked me to tell him that he would soon figure out how to free everyone. The prisoners asked Strawberry to give them matches and a candle. The girl fulfilled the request of her friends. Strawberry told Signor Tomato that she was dusting a mousetrap (as she called the secret listening device). Cavalier Tomato decided that the maid was stupid and calmed down. Later, Signor Tomato was glad, because. the dog Mastino saw Radish, Strawberry and Chipollino near the hedge and rushed to Chipollino. So the main enemy of the Tomato - Cipollino, was captured.
Chapter 10 The journey of Cipollino and Mole from one prison to another.
Cipollino was thrown into the darkest and deepest cell that was found in the prison of Countess Cherry. Suddenly Cipollino heard a knock. Then more and more. And a moment later a brick fell off in the wall and Signor Mole appeared. More precisely, Cipollino guessed from the conversation that it was the Mole, because. in fact, it was very dark in the cell and nothing could be seen. The mole ended up in Cipollino's cell by accident. He was just digging a new tunnel. Cipollino followed the Mole and persuaded him to dig a new underground corridor leading towards the dungeon where his friends were languishing. Mole agreed. Meanwhile, Signor Tomato dreamed of how Cipollino would humiliate himself in front of him, how he would give the boy hope for salvation, and how he would later announce his decision to hang Cipollino! He joyfully walked into the cell of the young prisoner. When the gentleman Pomodoro discovered that the cell was completely empty, he became furious. Signor Tomato sat down on the bench in great shock. And then a gust of wind slammed the cell door. The lock clicked and the gentleman Tomato was locked. The keys only opened the door from the outside. To release the unfortunate, I had to blow up the door. Later, Signor Tomato was dragged out of the cell and carried into the room. He lay in his bed broken by misfortune. At this time, Cipollino and Mole got to the camera of friends. Familiar voices and sighs of Pumpkin's godfather were already heard. The mole agreed to make a dig and bring friends to the surface. But unfortunately, at the very moment when the hole was dug into the chamber, Master Vine lit a match. Mole immediately backed off. He hated the world. Therefore, Signor Mole abandoned Cipollino and his friends, hiding in the darkness of underground tunnels. Cipollino was among friends. At first, everyone rejoiced at him. But when they realized that now there was nowhere to wait for help, everyone became discouraged.
Chapter 11, from which it is clear that the gentleman Tomato is in the habit of sleeping in stockings.
Signor Tomato hid from everyone about the flight of Cipollino. He told the Limonchik soldiers to keep quiet about the incident. Meanwhile, Strawberry Girl had been following Signor Tomato for a long time. She was very worried about the question of where the Pomodoro hides the keys to the prison cells. But she couldn't unravel the mystery. Then Strawberry Girl decided to consult with the young Count Cherry. He was still sick. But as soon as he found out that Cipollino had been arrested, he immediately jumped out of bed, his eyes sparkled, his tears dried up, and his cheeks turned pink. In a word, he immediately recovered and began to take decisive action. He found out from one jailer Limonchik that Cipollino had fled. Cherry was pleased. But he decided to release Cipollino's friends. After talking with one of the jailers, Cherry learned that Signor Tomato carries the keys to the dungeon in his stocking pocket. And since the gentleman Tomato was sleeping in stockings, Cherry asked Strawberry to bake a delicious chocolate cake, where sleeping pills would be sprinkled. the strawberry immediately set to work. Cavalier Tomato ate the cake with pleasure and began to snore. Cherry and Strawberry entered the gentleman's room, pulled off his stocking and pulled out the keys. Strawberry went around the corner of the house and began to call for help. And Cherry ran to the guards with a message that bandits attacked the castle. The guards immediately rushed to the cry of Strawberry. She, meanwhile, scratched her face and tore her apron. When the guards ran up to the girl, there were no bandits. When asked where the bandits had gone, Strawberry Girl pointed towards the village through her tears. The guards went looking for it. But only the village cat was arrested. Meanwhile, Cherry managed to release all the prisoners of the dungeon. He led them into the woods. The returning guard found an empty prison. Fearing the wrath of Signor Tomato, the jailers threw down their weapons and fled. Cherry closed the dungeon, and returned the keys to the sleeping Signor Tomato. In the morning, the Chevalier Tomato sent an urgent telegram to Prince Lemon with the message that riots had begun in the castle of the Countess Cherries.
Chapter 12 in which Leek was rewarded and punished.
The next morning, Prince Lemon entered the domain of the Countess Cherries. On the way, his soldiers arrested Luke Leek and Green Pea's lawyer. No one else was found in the village. Countess Cherries and all the household were very puzzled, because. Lemons and Lemons began to trample grass and flowers in the garden, break stained-glass windows and catch goldfish in the pond. But no one paid the slightest attention to the complaints of the countesses. Moreover, Prince Lemon and his courtiers occupied the best rooms in the castle of the countesses, and they themselves were pushed aside. Prince Lemon, teacher Petrushka and Signor Tomato were invited for interrogation by Luke Leek. Leek had a magnificent and very strong mustache. Therefore, as soon as he entered the room, Prince Lemon was delighted with his lush mustache and absent-mindedly forgot why they brought Luke Porey from prison. As a result, Leek was awarded the Order of the Silver Mustache. Then Signor Tomato reminded the prince that Leek is a scoundrel and needs to be interrogated. The prince asked if Leek knew where the prisoners had fled and where Pumpkin's godfather's house was hidden. Leek answered in the negative. Then it was decided to invite the executioner and start the torture. Prince Lemon offered to rip out Leek's mustache. But since the wife of Luca Leek often washed and dried clothes on his magnificent mustache, they became stronger. the executioner could not pull out his mustache. Leek, on the other hand, felt no pain at all. as a result, he was sent back to prison and forgotten about. Lawyer Green Peas was summoned for interrogation. In the beginning, the lawyer threw himself at the feet of the ruler and begged for mercy, for he was not guilty of anything. But when he was convinced that Signor Tomato was not even trying to save him, Pea was seized with resentment and anger. When asked where the house of Pumpkin's godfather was hidden, Green Peas boldly stated that he knew where, but he would never say! Prince Lemon decided to hang the lawyer.
Chapter 13 about how signor Goroshek saved the life of the cavalier, without wanting it himself.
The peas were placed in a hanged cell. Some time later, the bound Signor Tomato was pushed into the same cell. It turns out that Prince Lemon was very disappointed that the culprit was never found. Then he decided to accuse the Tomato cavalier of conspiracy. Sitting in the cell, those sentenced to death became friends. At dawn the prisoners are to be hanged. Signor Tomato suddenly became very kind and even shared half of the cake. Signora Goroshka, this behavior of the Tomato gentleman was very surprised and aroused confidence. Therefore, he eventually betrayed the secret of friends - the place where the pumpkin's godfather's house was hidden. Immediately afterwards, Signor Tomato pounded on the door and demanded a meeting with Prince Lemon. The Guard complied with Pomodoro's demands. Prince Lemon was pleased with the result.
Chapter 14, which tells how signor Goroshek ascended the scaffold.
The gallows was set up in the village square. Lawyer Zeleny Peas played for time as much as possible, relying on various articles of the law. He demanded to give him the opportunity to either wash his hair or shave, but in the end he ended up on the platform of the scaffold anyway. It was only then that he fully realized the horror. The drums beat, the executioner threw a noose around his neck and pressed the button. The peas immediately flew and the hatch opened under it, feeling how the noose around the neck was being tightened. But a moment later, he suddenly heard someone's voice urging Chipollino to cut the rope as quickly as possible, and later give the hanged man a wonderful medicine.
Chapter 15 explaining the previous chapter.
Strawberry, knowing what was going on in the castle, immediately ran into the forest and told Radish about the death sentence. Radish told Cipollino and the rest of her friends. Then Cipollino decided at all costs to save Peas from death. He went to the field and wandered for a long time between the hillocks of the blasted earth. In the end, he found Signor Mole and persuaded him to save the unfortunate Peas. The mole dug a tunnel and stopped right under the scaffold. Cipollino and Signor Mole began to wait for the execution. And as soon as Peas flew down, Cipollino immediately cut the rope, and the Mole gave potato juice. So lawyer Pea was saved. Friends got through the underground passages to the cave in which the fugitives were hiding and there Peas said that Pumpkin's house was in danger. Cipollino immediately rushed to his godfather Chernika. But he was under the roots of an oak tree and wept. Everything became clear - the house had already been found by the Limonchik soldiers.
Chapter 16. The adventures of Mr. Carrot and the dog Hold-Hatch.
Prince Lemon ordered the lemon soldiers to comb the forests and fields with a rake in search of fugitives. But all to no avail. Then it was decided to invite the famous foreign detective Mr. Carrot. He arrived with his dog, Hold It, and a bunch of tools: binoculars, a microscope, compasses, spyglasses, and so on. Young Count Cherry seemed to pass by Mr. Carrot's room as if by chance. In fact, he followed the detective. In the beginning, Mr. Carrot assumed that the fugitives had dug an underground passage under the pool and offered to break the bottom of the pool. But Signor Tomato flatly refused this idea. Then Mr. Carrot had to come up with a new version. He left the gate, kindly pointed out to him by Count Cherry, and went into the forest. After a while, the detective noticed a stir in the bushes. He immediately went to these bushes. But coming closer, Mr. Carrot found nothing and no one, but he heard a whistle and noticed a new movement ahead. After a while, the detective heard that someone plaintively called for help. At first, he did not want to be distracted from the search, but then he decided to still help and moved towards the voice. So he and his dog went even deeper into the forest. Suddenly, something lifted the dog Hold-Grab up and pressed it tightly to the very top of the oak. A little later, the same thing happened to Mr. Carrot himself. Thus the two enemies of our friends were eliminated. Cherry came up with this trap. When Cherry, Radish and the others were convinced that the enemy was firmly attached to the tree, they hurried to the cave. But in the cave they did not find any of their friends.
Chapter 17. Chipollino makes friends with a very cute Bear.
The events of this chapter took place two days before Detective Carrot fell into the trap. The fact is that around the cave where the fugitives lived, wild animals roamed at night. They dreamed of eating someone. Therefore, friends kindled fires. This saved them from being attacked by animals. The Bear also got into the habit of coming to the cave. One night, Cipollino got into a conversation with the Bear. It turned out that the Bear's parents were caught by people and taken to the Zoological Garden of the Ruler. They were kept in a cage, they were well fed, but they still dreamed of returning to freedom. Finch's friend regularly informed the Bear about this. Then Cipollino told the Bear that his father was also in captivity, and he also dreamed of freedom. So the Bear and Chipollino became friends. Cipollino invited the Bear to the cave. Professor Grusha gave a violin concerto in honor of the guest. And the Bear even danced. Then Cipollino decided to see the Bear off. On the way, they decided that same night to visit the Bear's parents and immediately went to the city.
Chapter 18. A seal that had too long a tongue.
In the city, Cipollino and the Bear entered the zoological garden. The watchman slept very soundly in the elephant den. The elephant graciously opened the gate to the garden and even took out the keys to the bear cage from the pocket of the sleeping watchman. The bears, seeing their son, immediately rushed to hug. Cipollino had to rush them. But the bears did not want to run away from the zoo without saying goodbye. As a result, the entire zoo was awakened. The bears had not only friends, but also enemies. Among them is a seal. He began to shout loudly and woke the watchman. The watchman called his assistants, and the bears were driven back into the cage. Only three now. And Chipollino was required to pay a fine. But Cipollino had no money. Then he was placed in a cage with a monkey. Only two days later, Cipollino was able to give the news to Cherry. Cherry released Cipollino, and together they hurried to the train. On the way, Cherry told Cipollino that the cave with his friends was empty.
Chapter 19. Traveling in a fun train.
Chipollino and Cherry boarded a train consisting of only one car. In this car there were only seats with windows. The car was equipped for different passengers, both fat and thin. For fat people, there were special shelves in the carriage where a large belly could be placed. Baron Apelsin was trying to get into this car at that time. The rag-picker Bean, two porters and the stationmaster tried in vain to push him. While pushing Orange into the car, the stationmaster accidentally blew his whistle. So the train started moving. A strong push finally squeezed Baron Orange into the carriage, where he immediately began to eat. He was so absorbed in the fried lamb that he did not notice Cipollino with Cherry. At the same time, in a forest familiar to the reader, a lumberjack went to work. He freed the detective and his dog tied to the oak. They immediately ran away without even thanking their savior. And after a while, lemon soldiers came up to the place of work of the woodcutter, looking for the missing detective. But the woodcutter was not used to trusting lemon soldiers and therefore showed them the opposite side. As soon as the soldiers left, master Vinogradinka and his friends immediately appeared in front of the woodcutter. They asked if the woodcutter had seen Cipollino. Having received a negative answer, Vinogradinka asked the woodcutter if he met Chipollino to tell the latter that his friends had been looking for the boy for 2 days. After that, the friends left. And an hour later Chipollino and Cherry came up to the woodcutter. That's when the mystery of the disappearance of friends from the cave was clarified. The woodcutter told the boys the words of Master Vine. Further, Radish and friends visited the woodcutter, asking if the woodcutter had seen Cipollino, then Signor Tomato and Signor Petrushka (they were looking for Cherry), and in the late afternoon Prince Lemon himself appeared. He was looking for the missing platoon of Lemon Soldiers. But the woodcutter, avoiding trouble, decided to tell Prince Lemon that he had not seen anything or anyone during the day, including the soldiers. Night fell, but the search continued anyway. Even the old blind Mole was looking for everyone at once, but only underground.
Chapter 20 Duke Mandarin and yellow bottle.
Duke Mandarin and Baron Orange discovered that no one was left in the castle but them. Prince Lemon went to the forest in search, accompanied by Countess Cherry, Signor Tomato and Signor Petrushka went to the forest in search of Cherry. As a result, the two guests were left alone with each other. And then the Duke Mandarin came up with the idea to go down to the cellar of the castle and look for treasures there, allegedly left by Count Cherry as an inheritance to the countesses. But so that he would not be suspected of something bad, he decided to take Baron Orange with him, so that in which case he would be blamed. The duke told the baron that he had heard that rare brands of wines were hidden in the cellar. Therefore, the baron gladly agreed to go down to the cellar. While the baron drank bottle after bottle of all sorts of wines, the Duke of Mandarin tried to open a secret door that he found in a narrow passage. But she didn't give in. Then Baron Orange noticed a bottle with a yellow sticker among a pile of bottles with exclusively red stickers. He thought it was a rare Chinese wine, but because he could not reach the bottle himself, he asked the duke for help. The mandarin pulled the neck of the bottle and the secret door opened. However, outside the door, the gentlemen saw Cherry and his friends. The fact is that friends eventually found each other in the forest. Upon learning that the castle was empty and all the gentlemen were busy searching in the forest, the friends decided to immediately occupy enemy territory. The boy Cherry, knowing about the secret passage, led everyone from the forest straight to the secret door, which was opened by the Duke of Mandarin. Mandarin and Orange were seized. The duke was locked in his room, and the baron was left in the cellar.
Chapter 21. Mr. Carrot has been appointed foreign military adviser.
Many of Cipollino's friends were worried that they would not be able to withstand the siege of the castle, because. the common people are completely unfamiliar with military strategy, unlike the generals of Prince Lemon. But Cipollino was sure that his friends would cope and demand the release of all those present from the nobility. The night has come. Chipollino invited everyone to go to bed, which the friends did. Only godfather Pumpkin and godfather Blueberry went to the park to spend the night in their house. At first, the dog Mastino tried to object to them, but the godfathers presented documents for the house. The dog respected the law and therefore went to sleep in his old kennel. Meanwhile, in the forest, Prince Lemon entertained Countess Cherries with fireworks. He tied two lemon soldiers and launched them into the air. So he almost transferred his entire army. But stopped in time. The gentlemen decided to go to bed. And only Signor Tomato could not fall asleep. He climbed to the top of the tree and tried to see the light of the fire of the fugitives. But instead, in the distance, he saw the lights in the castle. Then they went out. And only one window was lit. But it was illuminated in an unusual way. The light went out and was lit again at regular intervals. It was very similar to signals. Three long ones and three short ones. Signor Tomato got down from the tree and ran into one of the courtiers. They got into a conversation and the courtier deciphered these signals as SOS, i.e. someone in the castle asked for help. Then Signor Tomato went to the castle. There he met with the dog Mastino, who told him that all the fugitives were in the castle. Cavalier Tomato rushed off into the forest and reported everything to Prince Lemon. The prince decided that his army needed to be reinforced after the fireworks and begin the assault on the castle at dawn. And to intimidate, on the advice of Signor Petrushka, the prince personally smeared everyone with soot, even Countess Cherries.
Chapter 22 About how the baron killed twenty generals without wanting to.
When the army of lemons approached the castle, the prince's strategic plan was destroyed. The fact is that at the military council of Prince Lemon, it was decided to send Mr. Carrot's dog to the count's dog Mastino for negotiations. After that, Mastino had to open the gates of the castle. However, the gates were wide open without any negotiations. It was the same with the backyard gate. This seemed strange to Prince Lemon and his courtiers. They saw it as a trap. However, the prince was tired of thinking and waiting. So he ordered the soldiers to enter the gate and move towards the castle. The soldiers began to carry out the order. But having gone quite a bit forward, a huge projectile flew at them. Lemons rushed to the retreat. But the shell overtook them and crushed at least 20 generals, overturned the carriage of the countesses and continued to move on. When he stopped, they recognized him as Baron Orange. It turns out that in order to escape from captivity, the baron gnawed through the wooden basement door. And then he accidentally rolled down the mountain. Prince Lemon was furious. But an hour later he sent the surviving soldiers to storm. However, Cipollino and his friends met soldiers with fire pumps in their hands. They connected barrels of wine to the pumps and doused lemons with this strong drink. As a result, all the soldiers retreated. They returned to the prince drunk and immediately fell asleep.
Chapter 23. Cipollino meets a postman spider.
It seemed that the victory was on the side of Cipollino and his friends. But a whole division of lemon soldiers, hastily discharged from the capital, arrived to help Prince Lemon. It was impossible to resist the whole division. You could either run away or surrender. Cipollino tried to escape through a secret underground passage. However, Signor Peas, realizing that Cipollino had lost, went over to the side of the enemy and told Prince Lemon about the underground passage. Therefore, all escape routes were blocked. Cipollino was captured. Cherry was closed in a closet, and friends were released, because. were very happy about the capture of Cipollino. Our hero was sent to the same prison as his father. Cipollino's cell was very dark and damp. Cipollino really dreamed of seeing his father, or at least giving him the news. A week after his arrest, Cipollino was taken to the prison yard. The boy thought that they were going to hang him, but it turned out that the prisoners were taken out for a walk. They were lined up in a circle, and they walked one after another in striped robes. An old man was walking in front of Cipollino, who was very old and coughed all the time. When the old man completely coughed, he was forced to leave the circle. Then Cipollino recognized in him his greatly aged father. They hugged, but they were immediately forced back into line. Later, a postman spider came to Cipollino and brought a note from his father. The spider told Cipollino about the secret correspondence of prisoners in prison.
Chapter 24. Cipollino loses all hope.
On the same day, Cipollino tore off half of his shirt so that he had something to write on. Then he waited for the stew to be brought in to make the ink. So Cipollino prepared three letters: to his father, Mole and the young Count Cherry. In the morning, the spider Chromonog came and Cipollino asked him to help him draw a plan of the prison on a huge piece of shirt. Then he explained in detail to the postman to whom and where to deliver the letters. He explained how important these letters are - according to the idea of \u200b\u200bCipollino, Cherry was supposed to deliver a letter to the Mole, and the mole was supposed to invite a hundred other moles to dig through many underground passages and completely free the prison from prisoners. The spider was inspired by Cipollino's idea and hurried to fulfill the orders of the onion boy. According to Chipollino's calculations, the postman was supposed to return in two days. But Chromonog did not return for the fourth day. But even worse was the fact that during the walk of the prisoners, Cipollino did not see his father. Then the boy was seized with despair. He threw himself on a bunk in his cell.
Chapter 25. Adventures of Spider Chromonog and Spider Seven and a Half.
Spider Chromonog got out of the prison and went out onto the road. But he was almost crushed by a cart. So he resolutely went down the drainpipe. In it, he met his old acquaintance and relative of the spider Seven and a half. It so happened that Seven and a Half forced himself on Chromonog as fellow travelers. Unfortunately, Seven and a Half was very talkative. This played a cruel joke, because when the spiders got out of the drainpipe, and with it out of the city, Seven and a half immediately got into an argument with an unfamiliar grasshopper. Half a day was spent on an unnecessary dispute, in which beetles, flies, caterpillars and a bunch of all kinds of rural insects already took part. The noise attracted the attention of Sparrow - a policeman. And if not for one of the midges, then Seven and a half would have been caught. The spiders hid in the Grasshopper's hole and were forced to hide there. When the danger was over, the spiders set off. But Seven and a Half said he was very tired and insisted on rest and sleep. At dawn, Chromonog woke the Seven and a Half and they finally continued on their way to the count's castle. But on the way they met a chicken that pecked at the unfortunate Chromonog. Just before his death, the noble postman managed to throw his bag to a chatty fellow traveler with the words “Pass it on”. In the beginning, Seven and a Half wanted to throw the bag away, but curiosity got the better of him. He read Cipollino's letters and decided to take them to the castle at all costs in memory of his deceased friend. He safely reached the castle, found an attic spider there, and together they handed over the letters to Count Cherry. There was no one to go to prison with a message about all the events, so Cipollino was in the dark.
Chapter 26, which tells about Limonishka, who did not know arithmetic.
From one of the old guards, Cipollino learned about his father. It turns out Cipollone was very ill and could not go for a walk. Cipollino completely fell into despair. He went for a walk and noticed that all the prisoners this time were especially hunched over and despondent. The postman has not come for 10 days. Cipollino walked in a circle, bearing heavy thoughts. But suddenly he heard the quiet voice of the Mole. He asked to stay on the next lap in the same place. Cipollino immediately perked up. To celebrate, he accidentally stepped on the foot of the one in front of him. The prisoner was outraged. Taking the opportunity, Chipollino immediately told him that everything was ready for the prisoners to escape, so he asked to inform all the prisoners about this in a circle. Drummer Limonishka noticed that the prisoners somehow suddenly cheered up. When Chipollino was in his original place, having made a circle, the Mole quietly informed him that the tunnels were ready, and the hole was one step away from him. You just need to jump harder to push through a thin layer of earth. All this Chipollino told the one in front. And as soon as he caught up with the manhole on the next circle, and on the other side of the circle someone yelled loudly, Cipollino strongly pushed the one in front and he immediately fell through the ground. Limonishka did not notice anything, because. distracted by the sound. As a result, only four prisoners remained around the Drummer's Limonishka. Then Cipollino ordered them to run. The prisoners were not long in coming. Cipollino wanted to stay in prison because of his father, but his friends immediately dragged him into the hole by his feet. And after Chipollino, Limonchik rushed into the hole, begging not to leave him to the court of the Prince of Lemon, because. there is no doubt that he will be executed for the escape of the prisoners. The prisoners took pity on the guard and agreed to escape with him. When the other jailers realized that all their prisoners had escaped, they rushed through the passages dug by moles out of the prison. The mole, having learned about the illness of Father Cipollino, with several moles dug an additional passage into Cipollone's cell and the patient was taken out of prison. While the Mole and Cipollino were saving the patient, they did not know that the lemons also decided to run away. Cipollino and Mole thought that the soldiers were chasing them. Therefore, the Mole dug an additional passage in which no one found them. Everyone else fled to the village. In the village, both prisoners and jailers changed into work clothes and turned into ordinary peasants. And the bells from the caps of lemons were handed out to the children.
Chapter 27. Racing with obstacles.
Cipollino escaped in a separate tunnel with several prisoners. And while they roamed underground, on earth, the Lemon Prince decided to entertain his subjects. To do this, he arranged a race with obstacles. Horses were harnessed to chariots with very strong brakes. Lemons gave the command to their horses, but the latter could not move. Then some took advantage of the whip and the horses were able to move a couple of centimeters. Seeing this, Prince Lemon immediately grabbed the whip himself and began frantically whipping the poor horses. Everyone felt sorry for the horses, but it was necessary for the sake of pleasure to pretend to be satisfied spectators. The prince was pleased with his undertaking. But suddenly a crack formed in front of him, then it increased and Chipollino appeared from it. He was angry. He snatched the whip from the prince's hands and hit the Lemon Prince several times with it. The prince turned pale with pain. And then he started to run. Together with him, his lemon soldiers tried to escape. But wagons with brakes won't get you far. Other prisoners also jumped out of the ground. The audience recognized in them who are husbands, who are sons, who are brothers. People rushed to catch lemons and tie their hands. All were caught except Lemon Prince. He managed to jump into his horse-drawn carriage without brakes. The horses carried the carriage so fast that it overturned and the Prince fell into a pile of dung.
Chapter 28. Signor Tomato sets a tax on the weather.
Chapter 29. A storm that never ends.
While Cipollino was presenting his idea to his friends, the author decided to tell about Prince Lemon. He lay all day in the dunghill, because. it was in his opinion the safest place. He decided that in a day his lemon soldiers would put things in order. But the prince did not know that the soldiers had gone over to the side of the people, and therefore a new order had long been established in his capital, and the country had already been proclaimed a republic. The prince might have continued to lie in the dunghill, but a cold rain began to fall. Then the prince got out of the pile and looked around. It turned out that he was a stone's throw from the castle of Countess Cherry. And quite happy villagers passed by him, despite the pouring rain. The prince knocked on the door of the castle. The strawberry did not recognize the dirty prince and tried to drive him away. But fortunately for the prince, Signor Petrushka passed by. Thanks to him, Prince Lemon was admitted to the castle. It should be noted that by that time the rain had stopped and the bright sun came out. However, when the countesses kindly offered the prince their carriage so that he could return to the capital, the prince categorically declared that he would not go anywhere in such a downpour. The people around had to pretend that there was a thunderstorm and severe bad weather outside the window. To do this, they even closed all the shutters. The prince was so tired that he fell asleep sitting on a chair. Meanwhile, Signor Tomato decided to investigate the situation and went to the village. Signor Peas decided to follow him, Signor Petrushka went to spy on Pea, Mandarin followed Petrushka, and Orange followed Mandarin. So they followed each other around in a circle all night, finding out absolutely nothing. And during this time, at night, Chipollino and Count Cherry hung the Banner of Freedom over the roof of the castle. In other words, all the fears of Signor Tomato regarding a possible revolution in the country came true.
Epilogue, in which Tomato cries a second time.
As soon as Signor Tomato saw the Banner of Liberty, he immediately rushed to the roof. He got so angry and blushed that he doubled his size. Therefore, having reached the place, he could not climb through the door. But he saw the young count and Cipollino. He immediately grabbed his hated enemy by the hair and tore out the whole bunch. He completely forgot that onions make you cry. They splashed from his eyes the size of a large nut. But signor tomato was crying not only because of the onion, but also from impotence. He rushed to his room and wept to his heart's content. Further events began to develop very quickly. Prince Lemon, seeing the Banner of Liberty, went to the once abandoned dunghill. Countess Cherries left immediately. Signor Peas also left the country. Beans stopped serving Baron Orange, pushing the wheelbarrow with his belly. And without Beans, the baron could not move. Therefore, Orange soon lost weight. As soon as he gained the ability to move, he tried to beg. But he was immediately shamed and advised to work as a loader at the station. Now he is slim. Duke Mandarin did not work, but joined Orange and began to live at his expense. Kind Orange could not refuse him. Signor Petrushka became the watchman of the castle. Kum Pumpkin got a job as a gardener in this castle. And his student was Signor Tomato. True, before that, Tomato had to serve in prison for several years. Master Vinogradinka was elected chairman of the village. The castle was handed over to the children. A school, a room for creativity, play rooms and other rooms for children were arranged in it.
This was the summary of the story-tale "The Adventures of Cipollino" by the Italian children's writer Gianni Rodari chapter by chapter.
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