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The tree tent's only inhabitants have been the dreamy Useppe and Bella; however, they now find that someone has been there, evidenced by food and personal treasures. They meet, what appears to be a twelve-year-old dwarf who reminds Useppe of the guinea pig he saw. The creature warns them that the cops are after him, and smokes a cigarette. Useppe sings the birds' song to him. Scimo shows him a newspaper article with his name in it and admits he has escaped from a reformatory. Scimo forgives Bella for eating his lupines, and tells Useppe about pirates across the river and says he will be back tomorrow.

A woman named Patrizia, who was a lover of Nino's, encounters Useppe and tells him her baby is Useppe's niece. Crying over the loss of Nino, she boards a bus and leaves with her baby, Ninuccia...