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Setting the Stage: Synopsisless that he will never see him again. Scipio hatches a plan. Theywill go to the island and ride the merry-go-round so that they can begrown-ups. Then, he can adopt Bo himself. Prop is reluctant as hedoes not believe the magical story, but with a little coaxing, he leaveswith Scipio.The boys make it to the Secret Island. The Countess, now a child,steps in front of them, rifle in hand, engulfed in a black dress. Scipiodemands to see the Count about the counterfeit money unless heagrees to let them ride the merry go round. The Countess leads themoff to the merry-go-round. The Count, also a child, apologizes to theboys for cheating them out of the money – it was Barbarossa’s idea.Scipio demands the money and the Count reveals that he is actuallyquite poor so he cannot pay up. The Count agrees to let them takea ride on the merry-go-round. Scipio is eager and after a few instructions,hops on the ride. Prop does not want any part of it. The Countgives the ride a start. Moments later, Scipio appears grown up. andBarbarossa enters with the rifle pointed the Countess. Prop, Count,and Scipio hide. Barbarossa demands for the Countess to reveal thesecrets of the island. Scipio steps out to confront him. Barbarossa istaken back and believes Scipio to be Signor Massimo. Scipio tricksBarbarossa into getting on the merry-go-round. The merry-go-roundbegins to spin out of control and Barbarossa becomes more and morefrantic. The merry-go-round falters and finally breaks down and a childBarbarossa appears. Scipio and Prop turn to leave and ask the Countand Countess to go with them. They turn down his offer because theisland is their home. Barbarossa begs to go with the boys becausehe’s too little to do any of the things he used to do. Scipio is havinga good time bossing him around and threatens to send him to theorphanage if he doesn’t behave.out a check in order to turn Bo over to their care. Victor enters dressedas a chef brings in Barbarossa, who is now named Ernesto. In a wayto peak Esther’s interest, he describes how he is a sensitive boy andteased by his peers. Through fake tears, he explains how his poetryjournals were taken away. Esther sympathizes and the two talk abouttheir love of art. Ida privately tells her that perhaps the two shouldspend some time together. Barbarossa sits looking perfectly angelicand asks to hold Esther’s hand. With that, she is sold. They exit handin hand and she is overjoyed.All the kids enter from hiding and celebrate. Victor turns to Scipio,interested in what he plans to do with his life now. Victor suggests thathe needs to get a job now that he is a grown-up. Hornet, Prop and Boall decide to live with Ida. Mosca and Riccio turn down the invitation.Victor is pleased to have another case wrapped up; however he hintsthat he could use a secretary. Scipio jumps at the chance to workwith Victor. Victor happily agrees and then the phone rings. It is Estherand she is thrilled about adopting Barbarossa. Everyone celebratesand laughs.Esther and Barbarossa enter eating gelato and sipping espresso whileMax follows behind them carrying an exorbitant amount of shoppingbags. Prop and company look on as he says, “it’s a match made inheaven.”The next evening, there is a knock at Victor’s office. Hornet, Mosca,and Riccio are still there. Esther enters in frenzy, telling them Bo hasrun away again. She wants nothing to do with him anymore becausehe is throwing fits and acting out. She doesn’t care if the police gethim or he’s put in an orphanage. Suddenly, Ida enters with Bo, andeveryone but Esther is excited to see him. Bo tells everyone that heran away to Ida’s house. Just then, there is another knock at the door.It is Barbarossa, Scipio and Prop. Bo and Prop are reunited and thegroup embraces. Scipio introduces himself and after a second ofconfusion, everyone is amazed that the magic of the merry go roundwas true. Everyone is confused about what to do with Barbarossa untilBo suggests that Esther may like him since they appear to have a lotin common. This gives Scipio an idea.The next day the kids dress Barbarossa up in ratty clothes. Eventhough he is reluctant about the plan, the fact that Esther is very richconvinces him to go through with it. Ida enters dressed as a nun,pretending her house is the regional office of the orphanage. Estherrings the bell and enters confused – why she was asked to be at theorphanage in person. Ida tells her Bo was recovered by the policeand turned over to them. She hints that the orphanage could use adonation since they look after so many children. Esther gladly writes5
About the AuthorA Word From Cornelia FunkeTaken directly from: http://www.corneliafunke.de/en/cornelia-funke/biography.htmlMost adults will want to make you believe that at 18 at the latest youshould have figured out what kind of profession is the right one for you.Don’t believe a word of that!Of course there are people who know already at the age of six that theywant to become a doctor or a teacher. Just don’t worry if you’re not oneof these people. Take your time finding out what kind of work gives youso much joy that you could imagine doing it for the rest of you life. Andthen you can still change your mind completely halfway through your lifeand do something completely different. Why not?I love my work. I love writing books and telling stories so much that I could not imagine doing anything else.But it took me a very long time to figure out that this was what I wanted to do, let alone that I could actuallydo it well enough to make a living from it. At first I wanted to become an astronaut. But then I found out thatyou had to go through military training first and that of course made it look less fun!. Then I thought I couldbecome a pilot. Then I thought I wanted to marry a chief of a large American Indian nation and live with himand his people in the wide prairies.Of course I also wanted to do something that would make the world a little better, a little cleaner, a little lessviolent. I did work with children on an activity playground for a while, building huts and generally teachingthem not to hit others as soon as they didn’t get what they want. But slowly, very slowly, did I realize that Ineeded to do something with the talents I was given or otherwise I could never be completely happy. That’swhen I decided to become a book illustrator – because I always enjoyed a good story and I always enjoyeddrawing pictures.But when I read most of the stories I was given to illustrate I got more and more bored. So I decided to writestories of my own. And it was only when I started writing stories that I discovered that telling the stories waseven more fun than drawing the pictures. And so I became a full time storyteller and writer and now I amcompletely happy. I wrote my first story when I was nearly 35 years old! I was ancient!Now I am 50. Together with my children Ben and Anna I live in the City of Angels - in beautiful Los Angeles.We have a wonderful and wacky dog named Luna (nowadays we call her Loonie - that’s much more appropriate!)and a biting turtle which my son Ben called Hercules (although she’s a girl) Our house is crammedwith books and DVDs (we are all completely addicted to watching movies) and dragons made of all sorts ofmaterials.I am very lucky that my children like what I do and that their friends like to read my stories. Otherwise lifewould be rather embarrassing for them, don’t you think?6
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