Comenius “We all smile in the same language” Traditional story Writer: Gianni Rodari

1. The Little Rain Man does not like the heat. 2. When the Little Rain Man opens the tap, it starts raining. 3. When he gets tired, he falls asleep. 4. The tap should close automatically! 5. At old times people thought that God sent the rain, the thunder and the lightning. Interpretation from the Cypriot children

Once upon a time there was a rain man that lived in the clouds. He turns of a faucet to water the flowers. The rain man fell asleep and forgot to turn off the faucet and then there came thunder and lightning. The people that lived down on earth had to use umbrellas. He woke up and turned off the faucet and the sun tried to rise to dry all the wet ground. The rain man got tired and fell asleep. The sun got too hot and dried too much. The flowers got thirsty and sad. The rain man woke up and gave the flowers water to drink. The sun and the rain must be friends and take turns. 5-6 year old childrens’ interpretation to the Italian story. Interpretation from the Icelandic children.

There was a girl that lived up in the clouds. She wasable to control whether she wanted a nice weather or rain. When she ate, afterwards there was rain. One day she felt very tired and fell asleep. Then, there was a big storm. When she woke up the storm stopped. She fell asleep again, but that time the sun began to shine. Interpretation from the spanish children.

Version 1. She is running and thinking, she got an idea! She will eat and wash the dishes. She is running and thinking again. There is a thunderstorm. She is tired. There is thunder and rain. Then she faints because she got a flash on herself. She is sitting in the house so the rain will not reach her. She is sleeping. Now the sun gets up. Now she wakes up. She is looking at the sun. Version 2. It is a superhero for sure - flying among the clouds. She eats and does the washing. Then something happens. She fell asleep and died and it started to rain and a thunderstorm. Then she died forever but then she woke up and the sun was shining and it rained a lot again. Interpretation from the Swedish children. 5-6 year old childrens’ interpretation to the Italian story.

The man of the cloud Superman runs all around the clouds. He eats in the clouds, washes up in the clouds. The clouds have water taps. They fill with water and it rains. The clouds come down to get water and they become mist. Maybe is God or an angel or Superman or the man of the cloud. Sometimes, he forgets to close the taps and it rains a lot and when he wakes up he closes them and the rain stops. When he sleeps and the taps are closed the sun comes out. Interpretation from the greek children

The children who are 5/6 years old read this story. The class said, the woman was walking through the clouds and is trying to save the world. She’s doing that because the sunshine is hurting her. Other children thought she is flying above the clouds. As a whole, the class thought she was eating her lunch and was trying to cut an orange. Then the rain came as she washes her hands. Later the wind was blowing the people. When she goes to sleep it rains and the storm clouds come with lighting. The old woman has a dream. But then when she wakes up there is a big sun and the sun was bigger than before. She thought she was a hero. Interpretation from the English children

After viewing the story, the children, they mentioned that it was based on a raindrop, as it walked through the clouds. They further argued that seemed to them that the little drop of rain was asleep when there was a big storm. Finally, the sun came up. The interpretation by the Portuguese Children

I know the little rain man. It 'a little man light, light, who lives in the clouds, jumping from one cloud to another without breaking the floor soft and fluffy. The clouds have many taps. When the man opened the taps, the clouds drop water on earth. When the little man turn off the taps, the rain ceases. It has a lot to do, the little man of the rain, always open and close the taps and sometimes you get tired. When he is tired tired lies down on a cloud and falls asleep. He sleeps, sleeps, sleeps, and while he left open all taps and it continues to rain. Fortunately, a clap of thunder louder than all the others who wakes him up. The little man jumps up and exclaims: "Woe is me, who knows how long I slept." Look down and see the countries, the mountains and the fields gray and sad under the water that continues to fall. He then begins to jump from one cloud to another, ending in a hurry all the taps. So the rain stopped, the clouds are left to push away from the wind and moving gently cradling the little man of the rain, so that he falls asleep again. When he wakes up he exclaims: "Poor me, who knows how long I slept." Look down, and see the earth dry and smoke, without a drop of water. Then run around the sky to open all taps. And it goes on like this forever.