What vegetable is missing from the Cipollino fairy tale? "The Adventures of Cipollino" main characters

The characters in “The Adventures of Cipollino” are anthropomorphic vegetables and fruits: the shoemaker Grape, the godfather Pumpkin, the girl Radish, the boy Cherry, etc. Main character- the onion boy Cipollino, who fights against the oppression of the poor by the rich - Signor Tomato, Prince Lemon. There are no human characters in the story, since the world of people is completely replaced by the world of fruits and vegetables.

Cipollino- an onion boy, the hero of a fairy tale by the Italian writer Gianni Rodari, as well as performances and animated films based on Rodari’s book.

"Cipollino" characters

Characters of the fairy tale "Cipollino"- vegetables or fruits: shoemaker Grape, godfather Pumpkin, girl Radish, boy Cherry, etc.

The main character is the onion boy Cipollino, who fights against the oppression of the poor by the rich - Signor Tomato, Prince Lemon.

Characters of the fairy tale "Cipollino"

Who fights against the oppression of the poor by the rich - Signor Tomato, Prince Lemon.

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  Cipollino's father - old Cipollone - is sent to prison for accidentally stepping on Prince Lemon's foot. Cipollino promises to free his father from prison, for which he leaves home and travels around the country where Prince Lemon and Countess Cherries rule. He comes into conflict with the gentleman Tomato, the manager of the countesses, and makes new friends, with the help of whom he ultimately defeats Signor Tomato, the prince and the countesses.

  Characters

  Character	Original name	Description
  Main characters
  Cipollino	Cipollino	The onion boy and the main character of the fairy tale. Can bring tears to anyone who pulls his hair.
  Cipollone	Cipollone	Father Cipollino. Arrested for "attempt" on Prince Lemon, because... stepped on the latter's callus.
  Prince Lemon	Il Principe Limone	The ruler of the country where the events took place.
  Cavalier Tomato	Il Cavalier Pomodoro	Manager and housekeeper of countesses Vishen. Cipollino's main enemy and the main antagonist of the story.
  Strawberry	Fragoletta	A maid in the castle of Countesses Vishen. Girlfriend of Cherry and Cipollino.
  Cherry	Ciliegino	The young count (in the original - viscount), nephew of the countesses Vishen and friend of Cipollino.
  Radish	Ravanella	A village girl, Cipollino's friend.
  residents of a village that belonged to the Countesses of Cherries
  Kum Pumpkin	Sor Zucchina	Cipollino's friend. An old man who built himself a house so small that he could barely fit in it.
  Master Grape	Mastro Uvetta	Shoemaker and friend of Cipollino.
  Polka dots	Sor Pisello	Village lawyer and henchman of the gentleman Tomato.
  Professor Pear	Pero Pera	Violinist and friend of Cipollino.
  Leek	Pirro Porro	Gardener and friend of Cipollino. He had a mustache so long that his wife used it as a clothesline.
  Kuma Pumpkin	Sora Zucca	A relative of godfather Pumpkin.
  Beans	Fagiolone	Rag picker. I was forced to roll Baron Orange's belly in my wheelbarrow.
  Bean	Fagiolino	The son of the rag picker Fasoli and friend of Cipollino.
  Potato	Patatina	Country girl.
  Tomatik	Tomatino	Country boy.
  inhabitants of the castle of countesses Vishen
  Countesses Cherries the Elder and the Younger	Contesse del Ciliegio	Rich landowners who own the village where Cipollino's friends live.
  Mastino	Mastino	Countess Cherry's watchdog.
  Baron Orange	Il Barone Melarancia	Cousin of the late husband of Signora Countess the Elder. A terrible glutton.
  Duke Mandarin	Il Duchino Mandarino	Cousin of the late husband of Signora Countess the Younger, blackmailer and extortionist.
  Parsley	Don Prezzemolo	Count Cherry's home teacher.
  Mr. Carrot	Mister Carotino	Foreign detective.
  Hold-Grab	Segugio	Mr. Carrot's sniffer dog.
  doctors who treated Count Cherry
  fly agaric	Fungosecco
  Bird cherry	Nespolino
  Artichoke	Carciofo
  Salato-Spinato	Il professor Delle Lattughe
  Chestnut	Marrone	“He was called the poor man’s doctor because he prescribed very little medicine to his patients and paid for the medicine out of his own pocket.”
  other characters
  Lemons, Lemonishki, Lemonchiki	I Limoni, i Limonacci, i Limoncini	Accordingly, the retinue, generals and soldiers of Prince Lemon.
  cucumbers	I cetrioli	In the country of Cipollino they replaced horses.
  Millipedes
  Kum Blueberry	Il sor Mirtillo	Cipollino's friend. He lived in the forest, where he guarded the house of his godfather Pumpkin.
  	Il Pappagallo	Zoo inhabitant. He repeated everything he heard in a distorted version.
  Monkey		An inhabitant of the zoo, in whose cage Cipollino was forced to sit for two days.
  Seal	La Foca	Zoo inhabitant. An extremely harmful creature, because of which Cipollino ended up in a cage.
  Woodcutter
  Lamefoot	Ragno Zoppo	The Spider and the Prison Postman. He is limping due to radiculitis, which developed as a result of being in damp conditions for a long time.
  Seven and a half	Sette e mezzo	A spider and relative of the Lamefoot spider. He lost half of his eighth leg in a collision with a brush.
  Sparrow		Insect policeman.
  Townspeople
  Peasants
  Forest thieves		They rang the bell of Chernika's godfather to make sure with their own eyes that there was nothing to steal from him, and yet they did not leave empty-handed.
  Palace servants
  Prison mice		Army of General Longtail.
  Wolves		The fingers of godfather Pumpkin were attacked.
  Zoo animals
  Railway workers
  Prisoners
  Insects

  Translations

  In Russian, the story is known in the translation by Zlata Potapova, edited by Samuil Marshak. At the same time, some fragments were omitted or changed:

  • The Lemon soldiers spray the poor with "floral cologne, violet essence, and even the finest rose water." In the original it was cologne, violet perfume and Bulgarian rose essence, the best of all.

  Absent in the original, but present in the translation

  • There are no words in the original that Prince Lemon had significant calluses on his feet.
  • In the story, all commoners are positive characters, and aristocrats are negative. There are three exceptions: the lawyer Goroshka is a commoner and at the same time a negative character, and Count Cherry and the maid Zemlyanichka are aristocrats. At the same time, they are positive characters.
  • There are no human characters in the story, since the world of people is completely replaced by the world of fruits and vegetables. Also, the name of the country in which the action takes place is never mentioned.

  “Cipollino” is a story where the author shows us the life of various animals, and the main characters are plants, which is why we can say that this is a fairy tale.

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

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

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

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

  Genre: fairy tale

  Time: fictional

  Place: fictional

  Cipollino retelling

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  The next day, Cipollino and Radish went to the castle, where they befriended Cherry, the duchesses' nephew, despite the fact that he was forbidden to communicate with the villagers. Cherry was so happy to have new friends that for the first time in for a long time Laughter could be heard in the castle.

  The cheerful laughter was heard by Signor Tomato, who headed into the garden to find out what was happening. He saw three friends together and recognized Cipollino among them. Signor Tomato screamed, and Cipollino and Radish began to run away. Then Signor Tomato started yelling at Cherry, who was very sad. Not because Signor Tomato screamed, but because he was not as free as his friends.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  Leek remained silent and was sent to prison. Then they decided to interrogate Goroshka’s lawyer. But he was as hard as the Leek. Soon Pea was joined by Signor Tomato, who was also sentenced to hang.

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

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

  The backstory began with what Zemlyanichka told Radish, and she, in turn, told Cipollino about the execution of Pea. Cipollino found the Mole, and he dug an underground tunnel to the gallows.

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

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

  Eventually, Mr. Markow and his dog were caught in a trap and left hanging from a tree. At the same time, Cipollino became friends with Bear, whose parents were at the zoo. They decided to visit them, and when the sun set, the bear put Cipollino on his back and headed to the city where that zoo was located.

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

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

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

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

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

  Some of Cipollino's friends became scared because they had no weapons or strategy and they thought that these two were the key to victory. Everyone went to bed, and their enemies made themselves a tent in the forest and also decided to rest. Signor Tomato looked towards the castle and realized that someone from inside was signaling him. It was Duke Mandarin. Signor Tomato decided to find out what happened there. When he came closer, the dog by the fence told him everything. Signor Tomato told everything to Prince Lemon, and they decided to attack the castle early in the morning.

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

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

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

  You could walk around in prison, but everyone had to walk only in circles. One of the prisoners, taking the chance, jumped into the hole made by the Mole and continued to escape through the underground tunnels. The guard who was supposed to keep an eye on them was not very good at mathematics, so he was unable to correctly count the number of prisoners. He didn't even realize that they were disappearing one after another. When everyone disappeared, the guard himself jumped up and ran away.

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

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

  Prince Lemon still managed to get out of the garbage and headed to the castle. The storm stopped, but Prince Lemon was not happy with this, because he wanted a storm so strong that he would not have to deal with people.

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

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

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

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

  Character Analysis

  Chipollino – the main character of the fairy tale. He's a little onion, and when his father was arrested without apparent reason and sent to prison for life, Cipollino was greatly disappointed and decided to go wandering. His father gave him a lot important advice. His appearance not described in a fairy tale. He is funny, smart and always ready to help. He was brave when he had to argue with Signor Tomato. His goodwill gives him the strength to believe that every problem has a solution. He quickly makes friends and has many like-minded people who help him achieve justice. He is kind and behaves well with good people, but makes the bad ones cry.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  Baron Orange - owner of a huge belly, likes to drink and eat a lot. He became poor because he ate all his property. Even if he wished well to everyone, his true intentions did not surface as he was always thinking about food.

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

  Mole – doesn't like the light, but besides that he helped the prisoners.

  Mister Carrot - detective who searches for escaped prisoners.

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

  Gianni Rodari biography

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

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

  Started working as a teacher in primary school. But in the Second World War began working as a journalist for the newspaper Unita. At this time he wrote his first children's work.

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

  In 1953 he married Maria Teresa Ferretti, and in 1957 he had only daughter– Paola Rodari. That same year, he became a professional journalist after passing the exam.

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

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

  
  As a child, I loved the book “The Adventures of Cipollino” by Gianni Rodari.
  It was fairy tale for children, which told about the class struggle and mutual assistance of all the oppressed in a form accessible to children.

  The common people in the book are personified by vegetables, and the ruling class by fruits.

  Then there was the expression “Well, you’re a fruit!”, which meant that the subject was not the most pleasant person, but the word “vegetables” began to be used in relation to incapacitated citizens much later. It seems to me that after the film “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” the most hopeless and mentally ill people in complete prostration were called “vegetables.”

  The head of the fruit and vegetable state was Prince Lemon, and the main rebel was Cipollino, the son of Cippolone.

  Cipollone accidentally stepped on Prince Lemon's foot during a ceremonial meeting between the ruler and his people. For this he was sent to prison, and young Cipollino went to travel around the world.
  
  Most of the events take place in a village located on land owned by Countess Cherries, who live in the castle.
  The castle and the village are the setting of the fairy tale.
  The countesses shamelessly rob the inhabitants of the village: they declared not only the land, but also the air above the village their property. Residents pay for land, for air, and also for rain, fog and even hail.
  There is a conflict between godfather Pumpkin, who built a tiny new house, and the manager of the countesses' affairs, Signor Tomato. Although Pumpkin had a building permit, Tomato, with the help of lawyer Pea, took his house away from Pumpkin - it was used to make a kennel for the count’s dog Mastino.
  
  
  
  Cipollino returned the house to the owner. For this, Pumpkin and everyone who sympathized with him were put in the dungeon of the castle.
  To avoid a rebellion, the countesses asked Prince Lemon to send troops. Prince Lemon appeared with his troops.
  Cipollino and his friends managed to get free and even took possession of the castle for some time, but then the uprising was suppressed.
  Cipollino was sent to the city prison, where he arranged for the prisoners to escape, and when they all appeared in the city together, a new, already large uprising occurred, and Prince Lemon fled the country. The Countesses of Cherries also emigrated.
  A republic was established in the fruit and vegetable state.

  Cipollino was helped by the countess's nephew Cherry - Cherry, as well as underground inhabitants - moles. It was the moles who dug passages into the prison.

  The animals in the book help the vegetables. Except that the dogs were not with them, and the wolves also wanted to eat their godfather Pumpkin and asked to give them at least a piece of her.
  But the bears are on the side of vegetables. Cipollino then freed the bears from the zoo. But the elephant remained in the cage to write his memoirs - he got used to lack of freedom.

  Spiders carried mail for prisoners, and the Lame Legs spider heroically died - he was pecked by a chicken - while delivering a message to Cipollino for Count Cherry.

  And in prison there was an epic battle with mice for the possession of a candle cinder and the violinist of the violinist Pear (it was made from half a pear).

  The fairy tale had funny characters - Duke Mandarin and Baron Orange, as well as the great detective Mr. Markow and his dog, who adored his owner and kept saying: “Fact, fact.”
  Duke Mandarin lived with the countesses of Cherries and constantly blackmailed them by saying that he would jump from the closet and commit suicide if they did not give him some valuable thing. At night he practiced climbing cabinets.

  Baron Orange was so fat that his belly was wheeled around in a wheelbarrow. During the siege of a castle occupied by vegetables (this happened because the owners went on a picnic, and Cherry released the prisoners of vegetables), the baron, who was locked in the cellar, was lowered down the hill onto the soldiers. He crushed them all. Then the baron apologized, but he was proud of his weight and strength.

  Prince Lemon amused himself by setting off fireworks by shooting lemon soldiers tied in pairs from a cannon.

  
  
  After the revolution, he lost weight, became a loader and, out of the kindness of his heart, fed the blackmailer Mandarin.

  Signor Tomato served his time in prison, and then worked honestly for the good of society.

  The story was written in 1951.
  In the USSR it became very popular. For example, I knew her from a radio play where Nikolai Litvinov read the text.
  http://www.staroeradio.com/audio/18757
  And here is the text itself. By the way, I had a book with illustrations by Vladmir Suteev (they are presented above).
  http://vseskazki.su/avtorskie-skazki/dz hanni-rodari/priklucheniya-chipollino.ht ml
  A cartoon was made in 1961
  
  It must be said that it does not depict the entire story, but the emphasis is on the story with the house of godfather Pumpkin.
  The cartoon ends with everyone building a new big house for godfather Pumpkin.

  There was also the ballet “Cipollino” to the music of Khachaturian (in the cartoon - music from this ballet).

  The stores sold dolls of Cipollino, Lemon, and Orange.
  
  
  

  
  

  The Lemon Slices cylindrical box also featured Prince Lemon and Harrow Orange.
  
  
  
  There were also Christmas tree decorations, but they were produced in small batches
  
  Released in 1972 Feature Film"Cipollino".
  
  I didn’t watch this film at the time, because... it was intended for children. And now I'm interested.
  It is filmed in a conventional manner. Prince Lemon is played by Vladimir Basov; countesses Vishen - Rina Zelenaya and Alexandra Panova; Groshko’s lawyer is Georgy Vitsin, as well as many actors known from the TV show “Zucchini “Thirteen Chairs”.

  The emphasis is on the house of godfather Pumpkin, but they want to kick out not only him, but also all the villagers, because there will be military base.

  There are no Duke Mandarin and Baron Orange, moles and other animals in the film.
  In Rina Zelenaya's work, Countess Cherry turned out to be a very unpleasant, mentally callous and even sinister person. Well, Prince Lemon - an idiot and a martinet - does not inspire sympathy.
  The film ends not with an uprising in the city, when the army goes over to the side of the people, but with an uprising in the castle, and a rainbow flag of the LGBT community was hung over the castle, then a rainbow appeared, and the final song was about the fact that everyone needs vitamins. They showed lemon juice to this song.
  It turned out to be very ambiguous.

  Gianni Rodari himself was born in 1920. His father, a baker, died when the boy was 10 years old. Gianni grew up in the village. He studied at the seminary, received a teaching certificate, and at the age of 17 began teaching in the elementary grades of local rural schools. In 1939, he briefly attended the Faculty of Philology of the Catholic University in Milan.
  In his youth he was a member of the fascist party, then he participated in the Resistance and became a communist.
  Died in 1980.
  
  After 1991, Cipollino and Gianni Rodari were forgotten. They began to write that in Italy no one remembers anything about him. I don't know, I've seen his books.
  And so the theater "Commonwealth of Taganka Actors" staged a children's play.
  
  It's something, I'll tell you.
  Ekaterina Koroleva, director of the play: “I often tell my daughters fairy tales. How many questions do I hear from them: “ Why is one poor and the other rich? Why is one evil and the other good?” And I decided to tell all the children the fairy tale “Cipollino”. Where a mischievous and brave onion boy answers the main children's question: “What is justice?” He finds how to make friends between two warring worlds, the world of the cherry count's castle and the world of the poor shacks of the village. All residents of the castle and village begin to understand and respect each other. I really want this fairy tale to come true».
  I am very interested: what kind of world can it be with those who have appropriated everything for themselves and even allow you to breathe only for money? What kind of peace is there with those who put people in prison for every sneeze?

  Prince Lemon is a charming, kind, but narrow-minded young man.
  The countesses are fools in love with the gigolo Duke Mandarin.

  It all ends with the vegetables telling the royal about their sorrows, and the prince takes their side and cancels the bad decrees and frees the innocently imprisoned vegetables. The bad manager, Signor Tomato, is to blame for everything. By the way, here he burst with anger - Rodari was kinder to his heroes.

  But the king didn’t know anything! Now everyone is happy and dancing together.

  It’s amazing how they are trying to put more and more ideology into a modest fairy tale. Either all the evil is in the military bases, and the good is in the vitamins, then we can’t allow the monarch to be kicked out. Otherwise someone else will be offended.
  
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