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J1PI "PINOCCHIO"
from “The Adventures of Pinocchio – The Story of a Marionette” by Carlo CollodiXThe marionettes recognise their brother Pinocchio and make merry together.But all of a sudden, in comes Mangiafuoco, the puppet master, and Pinocchio risks meetingwith a terrible end.When Pinocchio entered the marionette theatre, something happened that caused a half-revolution. The curtain was up and the play had already started. On stage there were Arlecchino and Pulcinella, quarrelling and threatening, as usual, to start slapping and clubbing each other. The public, who followed attentively, were laughing their heads off while hearing the squabble of the two marionettes, who discussed and hurled insults at each other with so much likelihood as if they were really two reasonable creatures and two people of this world. But all of a sudden, when least expected, Arlecchino stops playing, turns towards the public, indicates somebody at the bottom of the stalls and starts to cry in a dramatic tone: “Oh, my goodness! am I dreaming? Pinocchio is here!... -It’s Pinocchio, really! – shouts Pulcinella -It’s him, it’s him!- shrieks Madame Rosaura, poking her head from behind the curtain -It’s Pinocchio! It’s Pinocchio!- cry all the marionettes together, jumping out of the scenes. -It’s Pinocchio! our brother Pinocchio! Long live Pinocchio!... -Pinocchio, come up over here, - shouts Arlecchino- come throw yourself into the arms of your wooden brothers! At this affectionate invitation, Pinocchio takes a leap and from the bottom he goes to the stalls; then, with another leap, he lands on the head of the conductor and from there he flies onto the stage. It’s impossible to imagine all the hugging, neck squeezing, friendly pinching and head butting in sign of true and sincere brotherhood that Pinocchio received amid all that mess, from the actors and actresses of that theatrical and wooden company. 1930 – R. Bemporad & F° - Publishers in Florence
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