The story is inspired by the overture to “La gazza ladra” by Gioachino Rossini. Three kings leave with a huge procession of knights, who massacre birds with bows and arrows. However, a magpie escapes them and starts creating problems for the sovereigns: first it steals the crowns from their heads, then it pierces the clouds to make it rain on them, finally it generates waves that toss the umbrellas on which the three kings have found refuge like boats.
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