1. Giacomo received a videogame as a birthday gift but had no computer to play it on, until he discovered his father's old computer in the cellar. 2. When he started up the game, Giacomo was transported into a virtual world along with his best friends. There, they met a fairy named Crilù who asked for their help in solving a riddle to lift a curse placed on seven villages. 3. The riddle led them to discover a special seven-petaled rainbow flower that had the power to remove the curse. The children took the flower to each village, restoring peace and color.

1. 1° CIRCOLO DIDATTICO
MARIANO C.SE (ITALY)

3. Once upon a time there was a
child, Giacomo, who was very
fond of videogames. For his
birthday his aunt gave him one
as a present, not knowing that
he didn’t have a computer.
When she found this out, the
aunt was very sorry and
wanted to change the
videogame with something
different, but Giacomo’s mother
remembered that her father’s
old computer was in the cellar.
Giacomo, very excited, ran to
the cellar, got the computer
and switched it on.

4. When he inserted the CD
with the videogame into the
drive, there was an
incredible light and Giacomo
was caught and transported
into a virtual world.

5. He cried and shouted before
realizing that he wasn’t
alone: Gianluca, Lucia,
Giovanni and Lia, his best
friends were with him in this
virtual adventure.

6. Gianluca had an old yellowish
map in his hand. The five
friends realised that to get out
of the game, they had to
follow the instruction on the
map.

7. Without knowing how, they
found themselves trapped
in a circular maze with very
high hedges and barriers
everywhere.
They desperately tried to
free themselves with no
result.
They were exhausted and
they leaned against the
hedge that suddenly
opened and they passed
into a passageway.

8. I’m in trouble and I need your
help”. She explained that
there were seven villages in
her world. A terrible witch
was living in a village. She
had brought hatred and
violence among the people.
Crilù said that to bring back
peace and serenity in the
villages, a riddle had to be
On the other side, waiting for solved. The solution would
them, there was a tiny creature have freed them from the
with silver hair. She introduced spell cast by the witch. The
herself: “Hello! I’m Crilù, the five friends accepted to try to
Fairy of Friendship. solve the enigma.

9. Suddenly Lia shouted…she put
her foot on something slippery and
bumped into a tree.
The friends saw that there was a
parchment on the trunk and some
words were written on it: ”If the
village you want to free, try to
solve the enigma with me. Find the
flower with the power……….”
It was a mysterious sentence and
They went to the villages with Crilù the five friends started asking
to see how sad all the people and themselves what it meant.
the places were. Before arriving at At a certain point, Giovanni
the first village, they had to pass remembered that his grandma had
through a tangled forest, so dark told him a proverb about
that they couldn’t see the trail. friendship: ”Friendship like a flower
grows, water it and it shows”

10. The fairy told them that they
had been fantastic and they
would easily recognise the right
flower when they saw it. They
walked and walked until they
arrived at an enchanting valley:
green fields, crystal clear water
and millions of coloured
flowers….. They were getting
closer to the solution ….
He suddenly understood: they Lucia’s attention was caught by
had to look for a flower, bring it a strange flower: it had seven
to the villages and see what petals, each of them one of the
would happen. But………..what colours of the rainbow. “Here it
kind of flower? is” she shouted “I’m sure this is
the flower we are looking for.
Come and see how marvellous
it is!”.

11. The five friends picked the
flower and took it to the first
village. They tore off one
petal and when it touched the
ground, all the greyness and
sadness disappeared from
the village and everything
was coloured with the colours
of the rainbow. They did the
same in all the villages and
destroyed the negative spell
cast by the witch.

12. The following morning
Giacomo, Gianluca, Lucia,
Giovanni and Lia woke up
each of them in their own
beds and on their bedside
tables they found a flower. It
was a gift from Crilù the fairy
to say thank you because
with their friendship and
unselfishness they had
brought joy, peace and
happiness around them.
After their long trial, the
children were happy and
satisfied.

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