Erasmus + Coded legends activity

1. ERASMUS +

2. I.C.D’AOSTA
«The legend of Cola Pesce»

3. COLAPESCE’S
LEGEND
A lot of century ago in Messina,
Sicily, there lived a child named
Nicola or Cola. Cola had always
shown a passion for the sea, he
spent his days and nights there,
having as friends the fish that
darted around him, and his
respect for the sea led him to
throw back in the water
everything that was fished by his
father, so much that the mother
exasperated by this behavior
once gave him a curse: "You too
can become a fish!"

4. THE HISTORY
So it was that his fins,
gills and scales sprang up
and he was nicknamed
Colapesce by all. He
spent his days at sea,
sinking into the abyss
amidst the most varied
races of fish, exploiting
his abilities to free the
nets of fishermen,
recovering tools of the
trade. He was able to
enter in big fish and swim
with them.

5. COLAPESCE’S
ADVENTURES
On his return to the surface,
he narrated fabulous
underwater worlds and the
beauties of sea depths.
During his life under the sea
he visited different Countries
where he met a lot of new
people, who spoke unknown
languages with strange uses
and costumes. He loved
everything because the
diversity attracted him.

6. THE END
His fame spread throughout Sicily, reaching the
court of Emperor Frederick II of Svevia.
The king met him and subjected him to some
tests. He threw a crown in a particularly deep
point of the sea and while Colapesce was
looking for it, he saw that Sicily rested on three
columns: two were intact while the third was
consumed by a fire that was between Catania
and Messina. He told the king what he saw, but
the king did not believe him and forced him to
bring that fire back from the sea. Bravely,
Colapesce dived into the sea and everyone
waited for him to return to the surface. But only
a piece of burnt wood came back to the
surface. Colapesce remained in the sea to
support that ill-combined column and if every
now and then the land between Messina and
Catania shakes a little, it is only because
Colapesce shifts its shoulder.

7. SECONDARY SCHOOL OF 1ST GRADE