Fortunato Nemo

FORTUNATO NEMO

Far away in the Galaxy Marinetto on the planet Depera and during a time of rapid technological progress there lived the toy maker Fortunato Nemo.




So ingenious were his toys that everyone called him 'The Magician' and the principles of his toy making were taught to all toy makers on Depera:

MANIFESTO:
In games and toys, as in all traditionalist manifestations, there is nothing but grotesque imitation, timidity (little trains, prams, puppets), immobile objects, stupid caricatures of domestic objects, antigymnastic and monotonous, which can only cretinize and depress a child.
With plastic complexes we will construct toys which will accustom the child:
1. to completely spontaneous laughter (through absurdly comical tricks);
2. to maximum elasticity (without resorting to thrown projectiles, whip cracking, pin pricks, etc.);
3. to imaginative impulses (by using fantastic toys to be studied under a magnifying glass, small boxes to be opened at night containing pyrotechnic marvels, transforming devices, etc.)
4. to the continual exercise and sharpening of his sensitivity (in the unbounded realms of acute and exciting noises, smells and colors)
These toys will be very useful to adults too, keeping them young, agile, jubilant, spontaneous, ready for anything, untiring, instinctive and intuitive.

It so happened that planet Depera went through a phase warfare and being somewhat of a conformist, Fortunato did not resist when the authorities of Depera's Futuristic Congress added to his manifesto:

5. to physical courage, to fighting and to war (with gigantic, dangerous and aggressive toys that will work outdoors).

During this time he found it wiser to keep to himself his secret inspiration for most of his toys: the life of animals, birds, and plants around him and he rarely dared to show his studies to anyone.




In fact he felt more and more suffocated losing control of his life in an environment that resembled more and more a gigantic machine.



In the end he put all his genius into building an intergalactic space ship to escape from Depera and to explore other forms of life in the universe.