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Cipollino: Before Prince's coming

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Okay, as I'm near to graduate from my university, here goes my final work - illustrating "Adventures of Cipollino" by Gianni Rodari.  So yeah, there will be a lot of stuff with it X)



Cipollino, was the son of Cipollone and had seven brothers: Cipolletto, Cipollotto, Cipolluccio and so on, all names suitable for a family of onions. They were good people, it must be said, but rather unfortunate. What can you do, when you are born an onion, tears are a family trait.

Cipollone and his children lived in a wooden shack, not much bigger than the boxes of onions that you see at the greengrocer’s. The rich people that happened to pass by, turned their noses in disgust. “Mamma Mia!” they would say, “what a smell of onions” and they would order their coachmen to whip the horses onwards. Once, even the Governor, Prince Limone was due to go by, and the court attendants got very worried.
- What will His Highness say when he gets the smell of the poor?
- You could try spraying them with perfume – suggested the Grand Chamberlain.
A dozen “Limoncini” (little Lemon soldiers) were immediately sent over to create a nice smell amongst the poor. For the occasion, they had left their swords and rifles behind, and loaded on their shoulders big drums filled with cologne, violet perfume, and the finest rose essence from Bulgaria.Cipollone, his sons and his relatives were taken out of the barracks, lined up against walls and sprayed from head to toe until they were soaking wet – so much so that Cipollino caught a cold.
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