On the occasion of the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the death of Alessandro Manzoni, Giunti-Disney dedicates this book to the man who is considered one of the fathers of literature. The 128-page volume offers the illustrated story and the comic story, in which the classic comic storytelling and the more poetic tale of the author Augusto Macchetto come together. The extraordinary drawings are by the artist couple Giada Perissinotto and Lorenzo Pastrovicchio. The magic of color is the mastery of Andrea Cagol. The unpublished story, beautifully illustrated and colourful, describes an imaginary episode in Alessandro Manzoni's life which, in childhood, may have been fundamental in creating the seed for his literary masterpiece. Alessandro (Donald Duck) and his friend Tonio (Paperoga) observe a leaf that doesn't seem to want to fall from the tree. “Will it be magical?” they ask themselves. The adventure is to be discovered in the book! The story ends with a phrase taken from The Betrothed: “One of the greatest consolations in this life is friendship”. The comic story is I promessi paperi, the first and famous parody of the novel I Promessi Sposi, written by Edoardo Segantini and drawn by Giulio Chierchini.