Italian Tale
The cosmogony according to pupils of the classes 3°a and 3°b, Antonio Gramsci primary school,
Rome, Italy, 2008
A work guided and directed by
The storyteller and musician Aleksandar Caric
And the dancer and musician Lamine Dabo
THE BEGINNING
Once upon a time there was a golden egg that landed on earth.
A fire-coloured box was turning in the universe and was turning so fast that at a certain moment it broke and out came a red ball of fire.
…BUT MAYBE IT WAS ACTUALLY LIKE THIS…
The god Giuseppe had eaten a lot. He had eaten so much that he started to vomit. The first thing he vomited was a giant ball and he called it Earth. Then he vomited a lot of people. He also vomited a lot of other strange things and he gave a name to each. For example: a book, a house, spectacles, a fork, a knife, a spoon, etcetera…
…BUT IT COULD ALSO HAVE BEEN LIKE THIS…
A god cat created the continents, men and animals, and so it all happened in three days.
First he created the sky, then the sea and the turtles.
Twenty years later, three planets bumped into the planet Burlone. It moved towards the Earth.
The wind blew and the stars and moon moved.
Thousands of meteorites fell on the Earth and a lot of people died. The planet blew up.
Burlone was destroying the Earth and millions and millions of people died. How sad!
The cat god started crying because he created the turtle that could fly and then he looked down and saw a turtle without wings who was going to eat grass. He smiled and recreated everything again. This time he did it very well.
The ants are carrying bricks to form the Earth. By placing the bricks the Earth got bigger.
These little creatures like butterflies protect the Earth. The butterflies don’t rest and are directed by a giant butterfly.
…BUT THE CREATION IS NOT OVER…
A mountain was born from the ocean.
Men, women and children from the sun and the fish and whales from the mountains.
The butterflies flew scattered around the whole garden and the sun rose in the children
The End
