“We have only one brain. Our creativity must be cultivated in all directions.”

Gianni Rodari (The grammar of fantasy, 1973)

Promemoria

 

Gianni Rodari 

Ci sono cose da fare ogni giorno:

lavarsi, studiare, giocare

preparare la tavola,

a mezzogiorno.

Ci sono cose da fare di notte:

chiudere gli occhi, dormire,

avere sogni da sognare,

orecchie per sentire.

Ci sono cose da non fare mai,

né di giorno né di notte

né per mare né per terra:

per esempio, LA GUERRA.

Memorandum

 

Gianni Rodari

There are things to be done every day:

bathe, study, and even play

help lay the table

at midday.

There are things to be done at night:

close your eyes and sleep

have dreams to dream

sounds to reap.

There are things never to be done:

not during the day or at night

not at sea or on the shore

one, for example, is WAR

Translation ©Matilda Colarossi 2018

Books by Gianni Rodari:

https://www.lafeltrinelli.it/libri/rodari-gianni/162704?gclid=CjwKCAjwzdLrBRBiEiwAEHrAYjsUwcPvZRNqRiRNgqHK5Ev3_JZMPz98iO_LB-N0by9hBPZzXFsB4hoCVh0QAvD_BwE

Info, books by Gianni Rodari and Edizioni El.: https://www.edizioniel.com/catalogo-anticipazioni/100-gianni-rodari-novita-gennaio-2020/

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