Sunday, February 17
Strega Nona in one paragraph
Strega Nona, an old woman who is good at helping people, but also really strange, needs help around the house. She hires a young man, Big Anthony, and gives him jobs to do, telling him there is only one thing he must never do: touch her pasta pot. One night Big Anthony finds out that the pasta pot is magic. He sees Strega Nona chant a rhyme over it, and it cooks unlimited pasta on its own. She chants another rhyme to make it stop. However, Big Anthony doesn't see the last thing she does to stop the pot: blow three kisses at it. Big Anthony tells everybody he knows that the pot is magic, but they don't believe him. When Strega Nona goes on a trip, Big Anthony decides to prove that the pot is magic. He chants the first rhyme and it works. He feeds all of his neighbors pasta and he is a hero. But when he chants the second rhyme to stop it, the pot doesn't stop cooking pasta. Pasta fills the streets and almost smothers everyone. Then Strega Nona comes home and saves the day by blowing three kisses at the pot. All the neighbors are furious with Big Anthony and want to punish him. Strega Nona comes up with a fitting punishment: Big Anthony must eat all of the pasta until the streets are clear. And he does. The End.
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