Il Piccolo Virgil by Ole Lund
Ole Lund is one of the most beloved Danish writer of children literature.
Virgil lives in a hen house and as companion a rooster only with a leg. Virgil is happy to living there; he doesn't have other places where to go. He goes to school and he has two other friends: Oskar, an avid reader, and Carl Emil a pretty rich kid.
Adventures that these three buddies will live are the most diversified ones. In an adventure they will try to find a good spouse for a stork. They end up thinking that the goose of a strong, fat lady living close to them can be a great solution. In the night they steal the goose but immediately after in the morning the lady notices her goose close to the house of the owner of the local grocery store. The lady pretty upset promises to that man of not buying anymore anything in his store, thinking that the goose stolen by him.
An episode I found hilarious and fascinating the one of the birthday of Carl Emil. Invited by him, Virgil and Oskar will bring him two special gifts. Oskar presented him a toad, Virgil a box with an invisible gift. At the same time in this episode as you will read will happen this world and the other and for Carl Emil's parents the experience is more than stressing.
At the same time the celebration of birthday is lived by these two children as a great novelty, because in the case of Virgil I guess he didn't know when and where he was born; in the case of Oskar, maybe her mother didn't remember. A lot of time ago it happened.
Another episode will involve a vagabond who must return in a special town called Giappia where people are constantly happy; they eat rays of the sun, they are constantly happy and joy, joy, joy in Giappia is always warm!!!
In every chapter you will discover imagination in motion, a lot of fun, and sometimes these children will become troublemakers listening what adults are saying or suggesting. Trying to better some situation they will create more chaos. Always appearing innocents.
I really enjoyed reading the adventures of Virgil and his friends. It's a great and funny reading that I am sure will be appreciated by everyone.
I thank Iperborea for the physical copy of this book.
Anna Maria Polidori
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