..and he kept his word.

' Who wants to see the earth better, should keep himself at a certain distance'

'Chi vuole guardare bene la terra deve tenersi alla distanza necessaria'

"When you are tired of staying there you will change your mind!" he shouted.

"I will never change my mind," said my brother, from the branch [of the live oak].

"I'll show you, now get down here!"

"And I will not come down, ever."

And he kept his word.

Quotations from The Baron in the Trees of Italo Calvino

Sculptures of Alex Pinna