Number 10

Phileaus was walking through the main square to try and find Passepartout, he bumped into a large crowd of people cheering and laughing and he wondered what all the fuss was about. "What's going on here?" Said Phileaus. The crowd had gathered around a street performance, "by George, It's a Commedia Dell' Arte play, now I've read about this in books, but I didn't think I would actually see it." Commedia Dell' Arte is a comedic art form that started in Venice in the 1600s. Players would travel all around Italy performing their improvised plays on the streets.

Phileaus found the play very funny because one of the characters, the Zanni which is a servant and a fool, reminded him of Passeportout. "Passeportout! I had forgotten that I was meant to be looking for my assistant Passeportout. This whole time I have been enjoying the play Passeportout could be anywhere, I must find him immediately." As Phileaus was about to leave he suddenly heard a scream, then a cry and a roar of laughter from the crowd. Phileaus turned around, and what did he see? Passeportout was on the stage with a cloth over his head on top of the actor playing Pantalone. Now the character of Pantalone is actually meant to be a mean and bitter old man, so the crowd waited in anticipation to see what would happen. The actor managed to get Passeportout off of him, he stood up and turned around with what appeared to be a face full of rage when... he burst into laughter. The audience laughed, Passeportout laughed, the musicians laughed and finally Phileaus let out a cheeky little grin. That evening the Commedia troupe invited Phileaus and Passeprotout back to there house for some wine and food. "Maybe you should get lost more often Passeportout" Said Phileaus.