What Does A Sore Stomach Mean?

The Wizard of Christmas

Gianni Rodari



If I were a magician Christmas

would appear

a Christmas tree in every house, every apartment

from floor tiles,

but not the fake tree,

plastic, painted selling

Upim now: a real fir tree, a mountain pine,

with a little 'true wind caught the branches, to send perfume

resin in all rooms, and on the branches

the magical fruit gifts for all.



Then with my wand I would go about magic

for all streets.



In via Nazionale to grow a Christmas tree

load of dolls of every kind, who close their eyes and call

dad, walking alone, they dance rock an'roll

and do somersaults.

Who wants them, takes them: free, of course.



In Piazza San Cosimato I grow the tree of chocolate

Via del Tritone panettone in the tree avenue Buozzi

the tree maritozzi,

and breadth of Santa Susanna with that of maritozzi cream.



continue the walk? The magic has just begun: we

choose the place of the tree trains: Piazza Mazzini

okay?



What I do in airplanes because of the Campani.



Each street will have a special tree and Christmas Day

children will ride in Rome to take what they want.



For every toy he took from his branch shall grow another

the same or even better.



For large but maybe there will be in Via Condotti

tree shoes and coats.

All this would do if I were a magician.



But they are not

I can do?



that I did not wish to give: I have so many cards,

choose what you want, take them all.