European Eco-Tales

The aim of this book is to collect the traditional tales of Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Romania, Spain and Sweden, re-written by students into a “green point of view”. The effects of climate change on humans have been detected worldwide. The students are investigating the causes and effects and they are trying to answer some of the common questions raised about the changing climate and to find together some practical solutions.

Pinocchio

Istituto Comprensivo “Zippilli-Noè Lucidi”- Teramo – ITALY

Classi 3D – 3F

  P I N O C C H I O (3F ENGLISH)

Geppetto, a kind man who works as a carpenter, is taking a walk around the town and notices a lot of plastic in a street. He thinks:

-With all this plastic I’ll create a puppet.

Geppetto collects the plastic, returns home and begins to create the puppet. When he finishes, he looks at the puppet and says:

– I’ll call him Pinocchio

LA FATA E IL GRILLO

After Geppetto has created Pinocchio with the plastic pieces taken from the town, he leaves the house and goes to the park to clean it. Whenever he can, he takes care of the environment! While he is out the fairy goes into the house and…..she gives life to the piece of plastic, turning it into a real child…….

La Fata Turchina: ¡Pinocchio, ahora eres un niño como los demás!

Pinocchio: Wow, I can finally talk, move and interact with the other children.

La Fata: Pero tendrás que ser un buen niño y nunca tendrás que contaminar el medio ambiente.

Pinocchio: Okay Fairy, I’ll keep this promise, thank you very much!

La Fata: Y te recomiendo recordar siempre lo que te dije, y ayudar al medio ambiente.

A few moments later Geppetto returns home…

Geppetto: But…..but……I can’t believe that……. Pinocchio you talk, you’re alive!

Pinocchio: Yes Dad, now I’m a child…..just like the others!!!!!

Geppetto: This is…….amazing!!!!! Well……..let me see……First of all, I will take you to school, where you will learn to respect our planet, and where you will make friends with other children.

So Pinocchio goes to school, but one day, while he is coming home from school …

Pinocchio: Yum Yum….How good this chocolate bar is!

Pinocchio: Oh no, there aren’t any bins nearby. Uhmm….There’s a bunch of paper over there, I could throw this paper there!

Il Grillo Parlante: Don’t do it!!!

Pinocchio: Who are you? I don’t seem to know you.

Il Grillo Parlante: I’ll introduce myself, I’m the Talking Cricket and I’m  your dear friend.

Il Grillo Parlante: I warn you…… Do not throw that paper on the ground.

Pinocchio: Why should I listen to you? This is the first time I see you.

Il Grillo Parlante: You’re right, I’m a stranger to you, but remember the promise you made to the Fairy when you became a child!

Pinocchio: OOOOHHHHH. I won’t listen to a stupid cricket!

Pinocchio throws the paper, but something unexpected happens…

Pinocchio: ohh noo, what’s happening to me… my nose is getting longer.

Il Grillo Parlante: I warned you, you had to trust me and listen to me.

MANGIAFUOCO

The day after Pinocchio is very sad because of his nose. Anyway he leaves his house to go to school. While he is walking, he sees a huge circus, with a lot of smoke coming out of it . Out of curiosity, Pinocchio asks a boy who is passing nearby:

PINOCCHIO: Excuse me, what kind of place is that?

RAGAZZO: It’s the puppets theatre.

PINOCCHIO: How can you get in? Is it free?

RAGAZZO: You need a ticket; it costs three silver coins.

PINOCCHIO: And how couId  I  get them?

RAGAZZO: If you give me your hat, I’ll give them to you.

PINOCCIO GIVES HIS HAT TO THE BOY IN EXCHANGE OF THE THREE COINS AND GOES INTO THE THEATRE. UNFORTUNATELY, THOUGH, THE SEATS ARE ALL SOLD OUT, BUT PINOCCHIO, ATTRACTED BY THE MUSIC, STARTS  DANCING WITH THE PUPPETS. MANGIAFUOCO, THE DIRECTOR OF THE THATRE, SEEING HIM,  TAKES HIM ASIDE AND TELLS HIM:

MANGIAFUOCO: Listen up, kid, what- wait, BUT YOU’RE A PUPPET! Oh gosh, I thought you were just one of those annoying pests who come here once in a while.

PINOCCHIO: I’m sorry sir, but why did you force me to come here? I wanted to keep on dancing!!!

MANGIAFUOCO: Oh, listen to me boy, the thing is that you’re special. You see those other puppets? You’re nothing like them, you don’t need strings to move. LOOK!

MANGIAFUOCO POINTS OUT A PUPPET WHO, FROM BEHIND THE SCENES, IS WAITING TO MAKE HIS ENTRANCE INTO THE SHOW.

PINOCCHIO: I can see, sir.

MANGIAFUOCO LOOKS AT PINOCCHIO.

MANGIAFUOCO: Would you like to work for me, Pinocchio? You know, all my puppets can do their choreographs thanks to my greatest invention; you see? This machine is totally automatic and works with 15 gallons of petrol per show: THE PUPPETRON! But for you I have a great idea: you will be the show: “Pinocchio the Wonder Puppet!”.

PINOCCHIO: But, sir, your machine doesn’t look very environmentally safe, and I don’t want to be part of this.

MANGIAFUOCO: How come, my boy?

PINOCCHIO: First of all, my name is Pinocchio. I was made with recycled plastic and the fairy who made me come to life told me to always respect the environment, otherwise, I’ll become a piece of plastic again!

MANGIAFUOCO: Oh, so this… environment, is it really that important to you?

PINOCCHIO: Yes! And it should be for everybody.

MANGIAFUOCO: But-but I’m not polluting, I’m just using some petrol for my shows.

PINOCCHIO: Buti if you keep on using all of that petrol for each show, in the long run, you’d be using such a large amount of it.That you would in fact be polluting!

MANGIAFUOCO: Oh gosh, you’re making me tear up. You know, I’m sensitive over certain topics!

MANGIAFUOCO GRABS A TISSUE AND WIPES AWAY HIS TEARS.

MANGIAFUOCO: And be it! From now on, I won’t be using the Puppetron any more and I’ll pay respect to the environment. Here Pinocchio, take these five coins as a thank you for opening my eyes and making me realize the gravity of my actions.

PINOCCHIO: Thank you very much, sir. I’ll bring them to my dad…..right now!

(NARRATOR: And from that moment on, Mangiafuoco never used his legendary device, the Puppetron, ever again.)

PINOCCHIO MEETS THE CAT AND THE FOX

But Pinocchio, instead of going home to give the coins to Geppetto, starts walking in the countryside…….he walks and walks and walks…..he walks so far that he gets lost. Just at that moment Pinocchio sees someone approaching……the Cat and the Fox

CAT: Hey boy, are you lost?

PINOCCHIO: Yes, unfortunately I am lost, could you show me the way to the village, please?

But the Cat and the Fox have already seen the coins Pinocchio has in his pocket..

FOX: Oh…but it’s too late to go home, why don’t you come with us?

PINOCCHIO: Uhmm, that’s a good idea. I am Pinocchio. And what’s your name?

CAT: I’m the Cat and he’s the Fox, but…..what are you doing now boy?

PINOCCHIO: I’m drinking my petroleum smoothie, I’m made of plastic and petroleum reinforces my joints. It’s healthy! But only to plastic babies. (He shows a little bottle with a label, the cat (or the fox) reads aloud  the words on the label):

WARNING!!! ONLY PLASTIC CHILDREN CAN INGEST PETROLEUM!!!!

The cat and the fox look at each other….now they are sure they can deceive this strange boy, so they bring him in front of their house

FOX: Pinocchio, how about planting here one of your smoothies and the coins in your pocket?

PINOCCHIO: Why should I do that?

FOX: Because a tree of milkshakes and coins will grow, so you will become very rich

PINOCCHIO: WOW….very rich? I’ll plant the smoothie and the coins right away!

Pinocchio plants the little bottle and the coins but when, very tired, he falls asleep, the Fox says:

FOX: What a silly boy!

They steal the coins and run away

LUCIGNOLO

The following morning, when Pinocchio wakes up, Lucignolo is with him. He is a little boy who pretends to be better than he really is.

L: hi, plastic boy, I bet you don’t like school, Would you like to come with me to a special place?
P: ok, but where are you going to take me?
L: You’ll discover soon, meanwhile get on the carriage.

About 20 minutes later, the boys reach the Land of junk, a big and terrible place where children from all around the world come to do everything they want, especially pollute.

L: do you like this place?
P: no, it’s full of garbage and it smells terribly bad!
L: you’ll soon get the habitude, don’t worry.

While they are walking along the streets of the horrible village, they bump into a strange figure, whose name is JUNK-ARLO

JUNK-ARLO: hello kids, I have an offer for you: would you like to work in my beautiful factory? I pay really well, and you’ll have all the things you need, just for 10 hours a day. You have just to wrap some candies!

Pinocchio and Lucignolo  immediatly accept his offer, careless of the fact that they should work several hours a day in a big and extremely polluting factory.
Anyway, they go to the sad factory and start working hard, so hard that the little boys’ lungs almost collapse due to the stress of the toxic smoke of the factory.
At the end of the day, they come back to the little barrack where they live, exhausted due to their hard work.
Because of the great cold, they decide to set a fire to get themselves warm, so they collect some wood and plastic from the soil to burn them.

THE CRICKET: What the hell is going on there? Pinocchio, don’t you remember the promise you made to the fairy? If you burn the plastic you pollute the air!

But Pinocchio doesn’t listen to him…as usual!

The next day they go to the factory but Pinocchio and Lucignolo don’t feel like to work so they refuse to wrap the candies.

The boss becomes very angry  so he decides…

JUNK-ARLO: Since you have disappointed me I decided to keep with me one of you at the factory: Lucignolo.

P and L: But you can’t do it!

JUNK-ARLO: Oh yes I can, and now Pinocchio come with me.  Lucignolo go and wrap the candies.

With Junk-arlo and Pinocchio

P: Wait…don’t throw me in the river!

JUNK-ARLO: Shut up, you tired me out!

P: I can still be useful to you

JUNK-ARLO: No, stop!

At this point the man throws the plastic boy in the river next to the factory and the current carries him to the polluted sea.

The current carries Pinocchio and the Talking Cricket to the sea. The sea is very dirty, he can’t see much, but he hears a loud noise in the distance.

Pinocchio: What was that noise, cricket?

The Talking Cricket: I have no idea. I am your conscience, not a wizard!

Pinocchio: Then hurry up and help me free myself, stupid cricket!

But a group of fish and a dark figure come closer and closer to the two.

Pinocchio: Am I wrong or is there another animal near the fish?

The Talking Cricket: It’s a whale, Pinocchio. We must leave now, just swim as fast as you can!!!

 Today luck is on Pinocchio’s side, as the fish that swim away from the whale manage to free him, taking him with them. At this point, Pinocchio turns to one of the fish.

Pinocchio: Excuse me fish, where are we going?

Mr Fish: And who are you?

Pinocchio: Oh, sorry. I’m Pinocchio, a plastic puppet as you can see, and this is my friend cricket. We are also swimming away from the whale, and, I’ll ask you a second time, where are we going?

Mr Fish: Actually, I don’t know, and neither do the other fish. But I’m sure there’s a big hungry whale back here that wants to eat us all. I know whales like litter a lot as a meal, so you would be very tasty.

Pinocchio: I’m not going to die eaten by a whale, fish. Where can we take refuge?

Mr Fish: Nowhere, we have to keep swimming. Get on top of me, and your friend too.

They climb on top of the fish, which carries them faster. The talking cricket turns to check where the whale is, but he doesn’t see any trace of him, so…

The Talking Cricket: We’re safe guys!! No more whales nearby!!

Pinocchio: Oh my gosh, cricket. I know you’re little, but you should be able to see that shadow over there too, which looks just like the whale!

But he doesn’t even have time to warn, that everyone is in the dark stomach of the whale, that eats them in one bite.

Suddenly Pinocchio wakes up a little dizzy among piles of rubbish: there are plastic bottles, boxes, disposable bags, fishing nets and even some straws. Everything smells like fish and seaweeds, and it’s all dark.

The plastic boy starts to wander around, looking for a way out of the whale, when at some point he bumps into a plastic bucket.

PINOCCHIO: Help! Help! Is anyone there?!

PHILOSOPHER TUNA: Who do you think can help you? There isn’t anyone else here.

PINOCCHIO: Who are you?!

PHILOSOPHER TUNA: I’m just a poor tuna fish, I was eaten by the whale like you. What kind of fish are you?

PINOCCHIO: I am not a fish, I’m a puppet!

PHILOSOPHER TUNA: If you’re not a fish then, why did you let it eat you?

PINOCCHIO: I didn’t! it was the whale who decided to eat me. Now, what should we do??

PHILOSOPHER TUNA: Resign ourselves and wait for it to digest both of us is probably the best choice.

PINOCCHIO: But I don’t want to die!!! I have to find my dad.

PHILOSOPHER TUNA: I know, I don’t want to either. But I’m quite a philosopher and I take comfort by thinking that for a tuna, there is more dignity dying underwater than in oil! Plus, even if I don’t die here, I will probably pass out due to the pollution, anyway.

PINOCCHIO: Nonsense!

PHILOSOPHER TUNA: It’s just my opinion. And opinions, like political tunas say, must be respected.

PINOCCHIO: Whatever you say. You told me there’s nobody else here right?

PHILOSOPHER TUNA: Yes, that’s true…well actually there would be someone but…

PINOCCHIO: But?

PHILOSOPHER TUNA: He’s a weird old man, he was eaten not too long ago. Now he’s somewhere over there…if he’s still alive.

PINOCCHIO: That’s my dad! I’m sure! I have to find him.

PHILOSOPHER TUNA: Good luck then.

So, they say goodbye to each other. The old philosopher tuna watches the young puppet going away, full of admirable hope.

In the meantime, Geppetto is resting in front of the fire he cautiously set, inside a shelter. He built it with all the plastic he found around the whale’s stomach. He’s trying to fish some items that maybe will be useful when the fire will go out.

Suddenly, he grabs an object heavier than the other ones, so he starts pulling it as hard as he can. The object abruptly falls into his face and to his big surprise…

GEPPETTO: Pinocchio!!

PINOCCHIO: Dad?! I’ve finally found you!!! I’m so happy to see you!

GEPPETTO: Me too! I missed you so much.

PINOCCHIO: What have you been doing all this time here, all alone?? How did you even get in here?

GEPPETTO: I found myself here into the whale’s stomach during a storm and I lost track of time since the first day. As you can see, I tried to build a shelter with all the items I could find.

PINOCCHIO: Yes, that’s great. But we have to get out of here!

Spent the night, the next day, the whale meets a pile of waste of different sizes in the middle of the ocean. Ingesting some waste causes a splash of water due to a strong sneeze, allowing Pinocchio and Geppetto to get out of the big fish.

Pinocchio slowly opens his eyes. It is all dark and he can’t see anything.

PINOCCHIO: “Where am I ?” he says scared.

GEPPETTO: “Pinocchio, I’m here, can you reach me? come here and hold on to this garbage. We will wait to be carried by the current to shore.”

Few hours later, Pinocchio sees something coming in the distance.

PINOCCHIO: “Dad look there, the whale is coming to us, we have to escape quickly!”

 Geppetto agrees, and starts swimming with Pinocchio.

Once the whale gets tired of following them, Pinocchio and Geppetto reach the shore, and set up a camp in a cave to spend the night.

Found a place to sleep, seeing that the night is coming, Geppetto tells Pinocchio to go and get some wood on the beach to light a fire. While Pinocchio is taking the wood, he remembers the words of Fata Turchina and, seeing that the beach is full of waste, he decides to take them and throw them away the following day, once he got home. The following day Geppetto and Pinocchio walk home …

Contra la fata

 Arrived at the hut, Geppetto doesn’t feel very well because the day before ,while they were returning to shore, he swallowed a piece of plastic.

Pinocchio: Dad dad, you don’t look good. Do you feel ok?

Geppetto: Dear, no I don’t feel good at all, I have stomachache. I think I swallowed a piece of plastic in the sea.  Can you bring me some water please?

Pinocchio: Sure dad, I’ll go to get it immediately from the nearest water well.

 Along the way, Pinocchio meets a farmer who tells him that if he wants to get water from the water well, he must help him to clean up the lawn from plastic and the waste left by the children of the nearby village.

 Pinocchio helps the farmer,  then he takes the water from the well and brings it to Geppetto.

Pinocchio: Dad, dad, I’m back, I brought you water, here

Geppetto: Oh dear, I knew you would have brought it to me. Thank you

 The next day, Geppetto and Pinocchio go home. Pinocchio helps Geppetto with household chores such as throwing out the garbage and, in the middle of the night, Pinocchio hears a voice….

Fata Turchina: Pinocho, Pinocho ¿puedes oírme?

Pinocchio: Who are you?

Fata Turchina: Soy el hada azul, ¿no me reconoces?

Pinocchio: Oh blue fairy, how are you? but where are we?

Fata Turchina: Oh Pinocho estoy bien. Estamos en tus sueños ¿no lo ves? He visto que en estos días has vivido muchas aventuras pero al final fuiste bueno y amable. Respetaste el medio ambiente y ayudaste a tu padre.

Pinocchio: Oh blue fairy I didn’t expect this from you.

Fata Turchina: Por esta razón quiero recompensarte….

 Having said that, the fairy disappears suddenly …

A magic dust covers Pinocchio and he becomes a real kid.

Pinocchio: Oh my God! I’m finally a real kid! I don’t know how to thank you!

Fatina: No tienes que hacerlo, te lo has ganado, Pinocho.

Pinocchio: Now I have understood the true importance of the environment, if we treat it with care and kindness, it  will do the same for us! I will always take care of my earth!

CINDERELLA

Istituto Comprensivo “Zippilli-Noè Lucidi”- Teramo – ITALY

Classe 3E

Once upon a time there was a girl with blond, long hair and blue eyes. She lived with her step-mother and her step-sisters after her mother’s death.

But her step-mother didn’t treat her well. She used to spoil her daughters by buying them new clothes  while  Cinderella had to reuse her mother’s clothes and step-sisters’ shoes. But Cinderella was happy about that because she knew that in this way she was helping the planet.

She was forced to carry out housework but her best friends, the animals in the house, often helped her. Her life was miserable and monotonous until…

One day the step-mother and the step-sisters received an invitation to the royal ball, at the prince’s castle, but Cinderella knew about it later.

She dusted off her mother’s old dress, making some changes with the help of her animals.

As she headed out, her dress caught into one of the thorn bushes and, as she pulled, the dress tore.

So she went to her animals asking for help. Gas Gas was the first to run towards her but he slipped on a cheese crust: ”Be careful! ” Jack said to him, “Ne t’inquiète pas, moi et les souris nous allons le réparer” Gas Gas a dit avec son accent français.

After a few hours the dress was ready: the contrast of the coloured leaves made the dress fantastic! Gas Gas s’est occupé des chaussures, a fait un chef-d’œuvre, avec les restes d’un verre brisé: ”J’ai fait de mon mieux” dit Gas Gas en se lechant les babines “J’ai bien mérité un morceau de fromage…!”

.!

The air was warm and a strong wind was still blowing. Cinderella thought of exploiting it by using an old sailboat that belonged to her mother. The animals again helped her to launch the boat into the nearby river. After a while, she arrived at the Royal Castle. Climbing the stairs, she noticed the numerous lights on. First, everyone looked at her badly but after a while, Cinderella proposed to turn off all lights and have a candlelit party. The request was accepted and the atmosphere became romantic. Everyone now admired her, even the Prince. Between them it was love at first sight.

The royal ball was going well when Cinderella noticed that the wind was decreasing: she had to hurry to avoid being without a boat. Running down the stairs of the castle, Cinderella lost one of her glass shoes. The prince was trying to keep up with her and when he took the shoe Cinderella was already far away. The next day, life had returned to normal: or almost. Someone rang the doorbell … The Prince, with her glass shoe in his hands, had searched for her for a long time. Cinderella, opened the door and realized she was really the wanted one. The prince, with her shoe in his hands, took the opportunity to make her a magical proposal. The prince wished to have her as his wife, and she, in love with him, accepted. The wedding, which took place in Spring, was as beautiful as a dream. Among the guests were her animal friends, who have always been loyal. With their union, a new eco-sustainable green kingdom was born.

Snow White and the seven Dwarfs

Istituto Comprensivo “Zippilli-Noè Lucidi”- Teramo – ITALY

Classe 3B

Storyteller: Once upon a time a virtuous kingdom where all the people use renewable resources to save energy. The queen of this kingdom has a stepdoughter named Snow White. Every morning she consults a magic mirror.

Stepmother: “Mirror, mirror of my desires, who saves the most energy in the realm?”

Mirror: “ You my Queen save the most energy in the realm!”

Storyteller: The queen gets angry and decides to kill Snow White. She calls a hunter.

Stepmother: “ You must kill Snow White! Bring me her heart!”

Hunter:” Of course my Queen!”

Storyteller: When the hunter takes Snow White into the woods, he doesn’t have the courage to kill her.

Hunter: “Escape from the castle and go as far as possible”

Storyteller: Then he brings the heart of an animal to the Queen. Meanwhile Snow White wandering desperately through the woods, sees a nice house.

Snow White: “ May I enter?….There is no one here….. but there are 7 chairs, 7 dishes, 7 glasses….  What a mess! I will tidy….

Storyteller: While Snow White is tidying the house she notices that it is a very modern house.

Snow White: “ This house is very eco-friendly! It is made of wood, there are photovoltaic panels and energy-saving light bulbs.

Storyteller: In the evening the dwarfs return from work and find the young girl asleep on their beds.

Dwarfs: “Who are you? What are you doing here in our house?”

Snow White: “I’m here because the Queen of the Kingdom, who is my stepmother, wants to kill me!”

Dwarfs: “Oh poor girl! You can stay here with us of course! I am Recycle, I am Reuse, I am Resave, I am Renewable, I am Repair, I am Recovery.  We are the 7 Dwarfs and we work in a farm where we produce organic food.

Snow White: “Very well, you are very virtuous. Your house is a modern example of eco-sustainability and your job  is very useful for all the people who wants to eat health food!”.

Storyteller: One day the stepmother discovers that Snow White is not dead because the magic mirror says White Snow again as the most virtuous person of the realm. So she decides to dress up as an electician and to go to the Seven Dwarfs’ house with a poisened apple.

Snow White: “Good morning! How can I help you?”

Stepmother: “Good morning! I’m here because  I Know there is a problem with the electical system. Can I control the solar panels?”

Snow White: “Of course! You can find them upstairs”.

Storyteller: When the stepmother comes back, she leaves the apple on the table and goes away. Then Snow White looks at the apple and thinking it’s an apple of the Dwarfs’ farm, eats it.  After eating the poisened apple, she falls on the floor. The Seven Dwarfs come back home from the farm and see her. She is not asleep, they think she is dead. So they put her in a grave in the woods.

The day after a Prince sees her while he is riding a horse in the woods .

Prince : “¡Qué hermosa que es! ¡Es una obra de la naturaleza! Su cabello huele a rosas, su piel es blanca como la nieve y sus labios son tan suaves”.

Storyteller: The Prince has looked her for a few minutes then he kisses her. Suddenly Snow White opens her eyes.

Snow White: “Who are you?”

Prince: “ Soy el principe de un reino español que está muy lejos de aquí. Hace meses mis padres me hablaron de este reino tan virtuoso y ejemplar. Estoy aquí porque quería ver cómo funcionan las energias renovables para introducirlas en mi reino. Sin embargo, te encontré entre estos árboles y, como por magia, ahora ya estoy perdidamente enamorado de ti. ¿Quieres casarte conmigo?”

Storyteller: They will get married and live happily ever after.

The Little Mermaid

Istituto Comprensivo “Zippilli-Noè Lucidi”- Teramo – ITALY

Classe 3A

Storyteller: Ariel is a mermaid who lives in a marine kingdom whose king is Tritone, her dad.

She is fascinated by the human world! One day Ariel and her friend Scuttle a nice …….. are looking at some human objects they found at the bottom of the sea.

Scuttle: “ Ariel, Look at what I found !”

Ariel: “Oh what is it?”

Scuttle: ” Humans call it STRAW, they use it to drink”

Ariel: “ But Why? Can’t they drink without it?”

Scuttle: Actually I’ve neve seen some people  using it… Well, that’s strange!”

Ariel: “And what’s this sticky thing?”

Scuttle: “ It’s a GUM, I think humans use ita s a stress reliver… I don’t know, in any case they keep it in their mouths for a few minutes, then they throw ita way wherever!”

Storyteller: Ariel perplexed and thoughtful, says goodbye to her friend and goes to her father who is muttering:

Tritone:”It gets worse and worse!Those stupid humans think the sea is their dumping ground! If we swapped our words they wouldn’t be so happy (holding a plastic bottle).

Sebastian:”Tu as raison mon Seigneur !”

Ariel:” Dad you don’t understanding! It’s so fascinating for me to find out what humans use and what they throw away … I’d like to become human!”

Tritone: “so would you like to become one of our enemies?”

Ariel: “ Dad, maybe not all the humans are so bad! I’m sure there are lots of good people out of here!”

Tritone:” I’ll believe in it when I see that! In the meantime take a walk and think about what you’ve just said!”

Ariel:” But dad….”

Tritone: “GO!”

Storyteller: crying, Ariel walks away and stops to rest on a coral. Looking up to the surface, she sees a young man, Eric, falling into the water from a pole of a hidroelectric plant where he works. She rescues him bringing him back to the surface. She starts singing to wake up him but she is forced to flee for the arrival of Eric’s friends. Escaping, she runs into a cave where Ursula, a careta careta turtle with a deformed body due to a plastic ring in which she was entanged when she was young, lives. She proposes a pact to Ariel.

Ursula:” I will make you human in exchange for your voice. If you kiss Eric within three days you’ll remain human forever. If you don’t, you’ll became a sirena gain, you’ll be my slave and you won’t have your voice back again”.

Storyteller: “ Ariel with her new human legs returns to the surface.

Eric: “ Are you ok?What happened to you? Why can’t you speak?”

Storyteller: Ursula at the bottom of the sea is planning evil plans…..

Ursula: “Stupid birds, listen to me! You have a very important task to do: you must prevent the kiss between that kind of sea monster and that poor worker”

Seagulls in chorus: “Of course we’ll complete the task”

Storyteller: Eric and Ariel are on a rock, Eric tries to kiss her but two seagulls, sent by Ursula, are caught in the laces of a mask very close to them. Eric stops the moment to save the seagulls.

Eric: “ Oh poor seagulls! I’ll help you!”

Storyteller: “ Ursula turns into Vanessa, a beautiful girl with Ariel’s voice. While Eric is walking he collides with Vanessa.

Eric and Vanessa in chorus: “ Oh sorry! “

Vanessa: “ ABRACADABRA you’ll be in love with me!”

Storyteller: Eric falls in love with Vanessa and he forgets Ariel.  Next day Eric and Vanessa get married

Skuttle flies over the ship where the wedding is taking place between Eric and Vaness. Thanks to the reflection of the sea, he discovers that Vanessa is Ursula, so he flies to Ariel

Skuttle:” Ariel! Ariel! I have an important information for you! Vanessa is Ursula!”

Ariel gasps

Storyteller: Sebastian, who has listened to everything, goes to Poseidon

Sebastian: “ Mon Seigneur, Ariel est en danger!”

Tritone: “What?”

Sebastian: “ Elle a ete victime d’un sort de Ursul, si dans trois jours elle n’embrasse pas Eric, elle deviendra son eclave”

Tritone: “ Let’s save her!”

Sebastian: “On y va!”

Tritone: “ Ursula, my old rival! We meet again but this time I’ll defeat you!”

Storyteller: Ursula infuriated by Poseidon’s arrival is about to create a storm but Eric promptly picks up a piece of plastic, climbs on a pile of waste and skewers Ursula who dies.

Ariel and Eric hug

Tritone: “ Hey, you two, stop it! I’ll never let a human marry my doughter! It’s because of you  the sea is so polluted!”

Ariel: “ But dad that’s not true! Some humans pollute but there are others who remedy the disasters that they make. For example Eric works in a hidroelectric plant that create clean energy!

Eric: “ Ariel is right! There are many other people like me who take care of the sea”

Tritone: “ Ah, well…. Then maybe I was wrong……maybe the humans aren’t all bad….Ok I’ll let you get married!”

Storyteller: Ariel and Eric lived happily ever after.

The Three Little Pigs

Istituto Comprensivo “Zippilli-Noè Lucidi”- Teramo – ITALY

Classe 3C

Once upon a time there were Three Little Pigs named Timmy, Tommy and Jimmi.

The Three Little Pigs lived in the countryside with their parents and played carefree all day.

“Run, run,” Timmy screamed.

“Who comes first!”  Tommy replied.

“I count to ten while you hide it,” Jimmi added.

And so playing, the Three Little Pigs grew up in joy and being in the open air they consumed no energy

One day, while the three little pigs were rolling on the green grass, the Mum called the three little pig and said: “Timmy, Tommy, Jimmi come here, I want to talk you!”.

“What’s up, mum?” they answered in chorus.

“By now you are big” resumed the mum “and it’s time to go and live alone. From today each of you will have to build your own house”

“Hurrah!!”  the three little pigs exclaimed hopping with joy

The three little pigs, thrilled by the news and proud to be older, went to prepare the suitcase running with their paws as big as sausages.

Mother, seeing that the three little pigs had finished packing, said to them:

“Please beware beacouse there is a wolf from Paris”.

The three little pigs then said:

“Mom, don’t worry, we’re older now and we know how to deal with the wolf.

but you ….”They added a little shamefully:

“Will you always love us even if we are older?”

“Of course” replied the mother, moving and hugging them tightly. She came: “Remember that you are always my three little pigs. So the three little pigs greeted their mother and each one went out on their own path.

“Being older is beautiful, but I already miss my little brothers a little,” Jimmy the youngest thought to himself, as he walked, until suddenly a gentleman approached him carrying straw and sheep wool.

“Good morning little pigs” the sir said.

“Good morning to you ” Jimmy answered.

“What are you doing?” the sir asked.

“I’m going to live alone. Please, could you give me some of your straw and wool?”

Then the sir asked: “What do you need them for?”

And the little Jimmy replied: “I have to build a house that doesn’t use much heat and the wool will act an isolation”

The man gave a lot of straw and wool to the pig.

In a short time, Jimmy built his house which was not very pretty but eco-sustainable.

In the meanwhile, Tommy, the middle pig, was looking for a right place for his little house and saw a man carrying bamboo. He thought that the material would be great for building his house.

Then he asked the man: “Good morning man, I would like to go and live alone, could you kindly give me some bamboo to build a house?”

The man gave Tommy a lot of Bamboo. The little pig built his beautiful house by adding aluminum frames and double glasses to better insulate it. When he finished building it, he exclaimed: “How beautiful! Now  I will save nature! ”

The third pig was looking for a nice place to build his little house. As he walked, he met a gentleman carrying Linoleum.

Then he asked kindly: “Good morning sir, could you please give me some of your Linoleum because I would like to build a little house?”.

The gentleman with great pleasure gave his Linoleum to Timmy, who thanked him. The little pig built a nice little house, and thought about heating it by putting two solar panels on the roof. When the work was finished he exclaimed: “How beautiful! Now I will help not to pollute the environment.

Le loup qui venait d’un autre Pays il a des idées gardiennes et il espère de trouver dans le bois sa vieille vie.

Et marchant.. marchant ..il arrive devant les maisons des petits cochons

Loup Louis- “Je sens un odeur de combustible fossile ” and knocked on the door:

TOC TOC

Who is it?” Jimmi asked,

Loup Louis- “ Pourquoi vos maisons sont en paille, en laine et en bois?

Jimmi- To be more sustainable. WoIf,  but where do you live?

Loup Louis- “ Je ne comprends pas tous ces changements…ah la modernité ! A quoi sert ça …

Jimmi- “ It’ s better for the planet but also for us, otherwise we will all die”

Loup Louis- “ Mais non …qu’est-ce que tu dis , c’est pas vrai !

Jimmi – “ Wait and vou will see! “You won’t find trees, food, water”

Le Loup – ” Eh …ben …peut-etre vous avez raison ….Pourriez-vous m’héberger chez vous pour mieux vivre ?”

Timmy- “Of course!” and they started to sing:

“We are three little pigs and louis

we are three little brothers and a friend.

Nobody will ever divide us

tra-lalla-la-là ”

From that day they lived a beautiful life together

Little red Riding Hood – Rotkäppchen

Once upon a time there was a cute little girl, everyone called her little red riding hood, her real name was Lisa-Marie. Everyone in the hood knew her and her granny as the eco aunts, because granny had a special climate friendly house, the house was renovated two years ago to have a solar system on the roof, they had their own compost and even grew their own vegetables and fruits. They also never used any plastic, only paper bags and glass bottles. However there was someone as-well in the village who was the complete opposite of them, he was called Ahmet. He was known for his big G-class jeep. 

When the birthday of Lisa-Marie’s glorious granny came closer, she wanted to make a wild apple pie, so she decided to go the weekly market to buy regional ingredients, however when she was about to pay, a G-class raced towards her, who else then Ahmet could that be. He got out of his car with a cigar in his mouth, while the car was still on and continuing to emit gases. He looked at Lisa-Marie and said: “did you’re crusty granny finally decide to sell her land? 

I want to build my factory as soon as possible.” Lisa-Marie looked at him and said “get lost dog.”

Ahmet got very pissed and said: “I will get that property out of her filthy hands.” Lisa-Marie answered: “try me.” She paid and went home.

Ahmet just got even more pissed and came to the evil plan to kidnap the glorious granny and pretend to be her. 

While Lisa-Marie was preparing the pie at her home, Ahmet kidnapped the glorious granny by giving her sleeping pills and but her in the closet. He then put on her clothes and did her make-up. Lisa-Marie was now riding with her bike to the old hag with the freshly made pie, when she arrived she could immediately tell that something was wrong. Smoke was in the air, Lisa-Marie knew that Ahmet was inside, as if she was that dumb to not notice the smell of cigars. However due to the smoke she got high, and walked like a zombie inside, Ahmet was lying in the bed in granny’s clothes and make-up, when he saw Lisa-Marie he noticed she was high as hell, so he decided to take this opportunity to make  her sign the contract. And so the conversation between these two began.

Lisa-Marie: “Wassuppppp granny, how ya doin’?”

Ahmet replied in a high pitched voice: “You know child, awful I’m not the youngest chick anymore and will soon die.”

Lisa-Marie: “That’s like reallyyyy sad, anywaysss I made this apple pie for you, eat a bit and you will feel amazingggggggg, just like me…”

Ahmet: “Yes, of course, but before I do, you need to sign this contract for me.”

Lisa-Marie: “Duh no problem but first I need to ask why the hell are your eyes that big?”

Ahmet: “So I can see your ugly smile better my dear”

Lisa-Marie: “And why does your voice sound like you took some weed?”

Ahmet: “Can’t you see I’m sick you dumb kid?”

Lisa-Marie: “And why are your hands so big old bag?”

Ahmet: “So I can hand you this contract better, now sign this you rat.”

Lisa-Marie looked at it and couldn’t really make up what the contract is about and simply said: “Chillllll no need to be so aggressive old bag.” Signed it and smiled. Ahmet sprang out of the bed, laughing maniacally, Lisa-Marie didn’t really understand why that psycho was laughing and decided to just laugh too.

Ahmet: “HA I WON!” Finally he said, Lisa-Marie was still high and didn’t understood a thing and just said “Congratulations granny, will you now eat the pie it took foreverrrrrr to make it.” Ahmet when replied: “ Why not, I will eat it as a sign for my victory.” He just took one bit of the apple pie and was fascinated.

Ahmet: “I’ve never tasted something so amazing how did you make this?!”

Lisa-Marie: “As if you already forgotten that you teached me bakingggg, not to mention that the pie is made out of only regional ingredientsss.”

Ahmet: “But how is this possible?! I never thought something like this will taste this delicious…”

Lisa-Marie: “But granny I thought this one was the reason why we even live climate friendlyyy?”

Ahmet: “If living climate friendly means this delicious kind of food, when  want to live like this as-well.”

He ripped the contract in peace’s and got on his knee to pull out a lollipop ring.

Ahmet: ”Will you marry me Lisa-Marie?”

Lisa-Marie: “You decide.”

After this whole thing happened granny finally awoke from her slumber and saw the whole thing, at first she was against this marriage but after realising Ahmet changed his life style for Lisa-Marie, she accepted their marriage.

And so Ahmet and Lisa-Marie married after a few years and had two children together, Ahmet sold his G-class and his factories and build solar systems on the landscapes. They lived happily ever after with the inheritance they received from granny.

The end