Other characters
Tibul – gymnast, circus performer, leader of the uprising against the power of the Three Fat Men.
Prospero is a gunsmith, one of the leaders of the revolutionaries.
August is an old clown from the circus troupe "Uncle Brizak's Showroom".
Aunt Ganymede is Dr. Arnery's housekeeper.
Razdvatris is a dance teacher.
Tub - the scientist who created the doll of the heir Tuttia
Minor characters
Dr. Gaspar Arneri | The wisest and most learned man in the country. An elderly man who sympathizes with the common people. He loves history and records all significant events in a special book. He was ordered to repair the Tutti doll, Dr. Gaspar replaces the doll with the girl Suok. Helps the rebels in their right-wing struggle for freedom and independence. |
Dance teacher | In "Three Fat Men" the hero actually plays the role of a jester. Narcissistic and self-confident, cares more about his appearance than his ability to dance. He considers himself not only an unsurpassed dancer, but also a great esthete. A devotee of fat people and rich people, since his wealth is directly proportional to the thickness of his students' wallets. A flattering, cowardly and hypocritical type, he is afraid of decisive action, preferring to remain on the sidelines. |
Doctor Gaspard's Housekeeper | Aunt Ganymede is Doctor Gaspar's housekeeper, takes care of her master, prepares food for him, cleans the house, and performs all household chores. |
Summary
Part one. Rope walker Tibulus
Chapter 1. Dr. Arnery's Restless Day
One day the famous doctor Arnery decided to take a walk outside the city “to collect some types of herbs and beetles.” It was there that the Palace of the Three Fat Men was located, surrounded by deep canals and reliably guarded by guards.
Near the palace park, the doctor noticed a crowd of people. He learned that “the guards are not letting people out of the city” so that they cannot help the rebels who dare to resist the power of the Three Fat Men.
Hearing the shots, Dr. Arnery climbed a high tower. He could clearly see how the uprising was suppressed, and one of its leaders, the gunsmith Prospero, was captured by the guards.
Chapter 2. Ten chopping blocks
The Doctor was lucky to survive when a bomb hit the tower during a shootout. Having climbed out from under the rubble, he noticed that corpses were lying everywhere.
Tired Dr. Arneri barely made it to the busy part of the city, where he witnessed the conversations of local residents. Wealthy citizens rejoiced that the uprising was quickly suppressed, while the poor had no doubt that another leader of the rebels, the gymnast Tibulus, remained free and would soon make himself known.
All conversations fell silent when the carpenters appeared, who by morning were supposed to build ten scaffolds for the rebels.
Chapter 3. Star Square
Near the “main city square, which was called Star Square,” pedestrians, horsemen, carriages and carriages crowded together. All attention was focused on the high glass dome, under which the gymnast Tibul deftly moved along a narrow wire. Thanks to his skill, he managed to escape from pursuit by the guards.
Part two. Heir Tutti doll
Chapter 4. The amazing adventure of the balloon seller
The next day a strong wind blew, and to the great joy of the children, “the seller of children’s balloons was carried away by the balloons into the air.” Unfortunately, the wind carried him straight to the Palace of Three Fat Men - flying through an open window, the seller ended up in a spacious confectionery shop and landed in the very center of a huge cake. To avoid punishment, the confectioners coated it with cream and decorated it with candied fruits, after which they took it to the hall where the ceremonial breakfast was held. So the seller of the balls learned that the gunsmith Prospero was put in a cage, and the heir Tutti’s favorite doll was hopelessly damaged.
Chapter 5. To Mr. Doctor Gaspar Arneri
Heir Tutti was reassured by the promise that his doll would be repaired by tomorrow morning. The “State Council of the Three Fat Men Government” ordered Dr. Arnery to urgently correct the doll, otherwise he will be punished to the fullest extent.
Meanwhile, the balloon seller managed to escape from the palace. The cook advised him to jump into a large saucepan, under which there was a secret passage.
Chapter 5. The Negro and the Cabbage Head
Doctor Arnery helped Tibulus “turn” into a black man, which greatly frightened Aunt Ganymede. They went to the Court Square, where the execution of the rebels was to take place. To distract the common people, visiting circus performers were invited. Having started a fight with them, Tibul began to fight back with heads of cabbage. One such “head of cabbage” turned out to be the head of a ball dealer. This is how Tibulus learned the secret of the underground passage in the Palace of the Three Fat Men.
Chapter 6. Unforeseen circumstance
A broken doll was brought to Dr. Arnery, which he initially mistook for a living girl - the master’s work was so skillful. He was informed that the grief of the heir Tutti was too great, and “the doll should be resurrected by tomorrow morning.” Gaspar Arneri got to work and realized what the cause of the breakdown was. However, in such a short time he could not fix it. Then the doctor decided to go with the doll to the Palace of the Three Fat Men and entrust his fate into their hands.
Chapter 7. Night of the Strange Doll
On the way to the palace, the doctor lost a priceless doll. Realizing that he was doomed to certain death, he wandered home. In Uncle Brizak's booth, the doctor accidentally saw a twelve-year-old girl who looked exactly like a doll. She turned out to be a little dancer named Suok.
Part three. Suok
Chapter 8. The difficult role of a little actress
The gymnast Tibul, who belonged to this small circus family, appeared in the booth. Having heard the doctor's story about the missing doll, Tibul decided to send it to the Suok palace, where she would have to “play the role of the doll of the heir Tutti” and save the gunsmith Prospero.
Chapter 9. A doll with a good appetite
No one in the palace, including Tutti, noticed the substitution - little Suok coped well with her difficult role. As payment for the corrected “doll,” Gaspard Arneri demanded that the Three Fat Men “give life to all the workers sentenced to death,” and they were forced to agree. Left alone with Tutti, Suok could not stand it and ate the cake, which made her little master very happy.
Chapter 10. Menagerie
The Three Fat Men deliberately raised Tutti away from children - they dreamed that he would grow up with a cold, cruel heart. Acquaintance with Suok opened up a new world for the boy, which he did not even suspect about. Suok knew that “the cage with the armorer Prospero is in the menagerie of the heir Tutti.” After waiting for darkness, she went in search of him. In the menagerie, the girl saw a dying prisoner who, before his death, gave her his notes.
Part four. Armourer Prospero
Chapter 11. The death of the confectionery shop
Suok managed to free Prospero. She took him to the pastry shop, where the underground passage was located. The gunsmith managed to jump into the pan, while Suok was grabbed by the guards who arrived in time.
Chapter 12. Dance teacher Razdvatris
The dance teacher Razdvatris was urgently summoned to the palace to the Three Fat Men, who decided to take dance lessons. On the way, he was detained by guards who took the side of the people. In Razdvatris's cardboard box they found a broken doll of the heir to Tutti and went with it to the palace.
Chapter 13. Victory
To prevent Tutti from learning about the massacre of Suok, he was euthanized with a strong sleeping pill. When the guards took the girl to trial before the Three Fat Men, someone attacked them and freed the little dancer. It was not the little rebel who was presented before the court, but a broken doll that the guards brought to the palace. Not noticing the substitution, the Three Fat Men sentenced her to death.
At that moment, “the park was filled with noise, screams, and shots.” It was Tibulus and Prospero who raised the people to revolt and captured the palace of the hated Three Fat Men. The power of the rich was overthrown.
Epilogue
It turned out that the strange prisoner who gave his notes to Suok was a scientist named Tub. He was “showed little Suok and Tutti” and had to create an exact copy of the girl. After this, Tutti became the heir of the Three Fat Men, and “Suok was given to a traveling circus.” Tuba was ordered to forge an iron heart for Tutti, but the scientist refused. He was put in a cage where he spent eight years.
Thus, the victory of the people over the Three Fat Men united brother and sister, Tutti and Suok, after a long separation.
Heir to Tutti
Boy 12 years old. He is the future heir of the country. The boy has a sad past - at the age of four he was separated from his sister Suok. The child is not a blood relative of the Fatties, as he was once kidnapped along with his girl twin. Tutti is not at all embittered and cruel, like the rulers, but on the contrary, he is very kind. However, the child was lonely. His only friend is a doll. She, of course, could not replace real communication, but the boy had no choice.
Tutti does not remember his sister, because he was still too young, but the same inventor Tub knew about their blood relationship with Suok. Therefore, the toy was completely copied from the girl’s appearance. One day the Fat Men ordered him to make an iron heart for the boy, but the master refused. For this he was imprisoned for eight years, where he completely lost his human appearance.
Dancer girl Suok
She is the sister of the heir Tutti. The heroine is shown to be very brave and courageous in the work about “Three Fat Men”. Suok played one of the most important roles in the fairy tale, because she, like Cinderella, came to the palace to the prince who was waiting for her. But this is still a different story, because Suok will not stay in the castle: the life of a traveling circus performer awaits her. This is her main quality - she does not need fame, wealth and power. The girl also had such character traits as:
- good nature;
- fragility, but at the same time durability;
- determination and ability to cope with any problem.
Of course, she could not have saved the country from cruel rulers if not for Gaspard Arneri. It was he who came up with the idea to replace the toy with a real girl. Her acting talent also helped in this situation, and she managed to play the role of a doll.
When Suok saved Prospero, she let him go ahead so that he could run freely. The girl sacrificed herself to save a stranger, which is a very humane act. During the trial, she does not say a word, which shows her steadfastness and the inaccessibility of her point of view.
Thus, through the joint efforts of Suok, Gaspar, Prospero and many other people, the government in the country was overthrown and the state got a chance to rise from its knees and become a majestic and prosperous country.
Dr. Gaspar Arneri
This scientist facilitated the meeting between Tutti and Suok. He is the wisest and most educated person in the country. The doctor devoted his life to science and is no longer young. He loves history, so he writes down all interesting and majestic events in a special book.
The scientist was instructed to repair the Tutti doll, which the guards broke when they rebelled. However, the doctor did not have enough time to repair the doll - according to his calculations, at least two more days were needed. When he went to tell the Fat Men about this and ask for a little more time, the guards serving in the palace did not recognize him and demanded to provide a doll as proof that it was really him. Then Gaspar saw that he had lost the toy: while he was walking to the palace, he dropped it somewhere. Now the man is forced to return.
Hungry on the way, he enters Uncle Brizak's booth, where he discovers a circus girl named Suok, exactly like the palace doll. Being resourceful, he tells the girl the whole story and decides to replace the toy with the child while the repairs are being made. Such actions of a man indicate that he is not particularly worried about how dangerous this could be for the girl.
When the scientist returns to the palace, the guards really think that Suok is a doll and let Gaspar through. Fortunately, she was a good actress and easily played the role of an amazing toy.
