There is, at least in the universe of fantasy, a people who live on a barren and inhospitable peak. They are known as the Vetuschi and are so stupid that they are the first to be surprised that they have not yet become extinct. They are a crude, brutal people, without much common sense, who have as their greatest fun bludgeoning their loved / hated neighbors, the Gnuminids, cultured and refined people, but a little lacking in backbone. Leading the Vetuschi is a king, Vuttonio, who, like all his people, is unable to put two concepts in line without forgetting the first and the same can be said of his most trusted adviser, the parrot Giulebbe. To save these foolish people there is just Klaretta, a four meter high hen who is the wise oracle of the entire population, and Yucchi, the only Vetusco with functioning neurons, neurons that can do little immersed in a universe of great stupidity ... and great comedy.

A few lines to introduce a booklet for children and teenagers aged 9 to 90 years and over, a booklet in which stupidity and lack of common sense become an excuse to play with nonsense, adventure and the overturning of conventions and situations . We are talking about the “Book of the Vetuschi” (Il Castoro publisher, 2021, Euro 13.50, pp. 200) written by Mario Mucciarelli and illustrated by Stefano Tartarotti. A book that from the very first pages raises a question: where does such an absurd people as the Vetuschi come from? Let's turn the question to Mario Mucciarelli: “The people and the adventures of the Vetuschi were born a few years ago, when my son was little and I used to tell him stories to make him fall asleep. Among these were the adventures of an imaginary people, the Vetuschi in fact. My son had a lot of fun listening to them because the Vetuschi were really stupid, they couldn't do anything sensible. It seemed they were only looking for a way to become extinct, to destroy the environment around them. Over time I realized that I had many stories with the Vetuschi as protagonists and I collected them in a book ”.