As the theatre owner François Moylin, known as Francisque, was not allowed to have more than one actor on stage at the same time, he asked Piron to composed this monologue, in which Arlequin (played by Francisque) speaks with a Polichinelle puppet. The production was a great success with the public (it had a total of 30 performances, a considerable number for the shows at the Fair).

As the Polichinelle puppet comes out of a barrel and is then thrown by Arlequin, it is probably a glove puppet.

Arlequin-Deucalion is the only survivor of the Flood ordered by the gods. Taking refuge on Parnassus, he hears the voice of a parrot and meets the Muses Thalia and Melpomene, Apollo and his wife Pyrrha, who have all become mute. He tries to ride Pegasus, but fails. Out of a barrel, he pulls several papers, a pair of pistols, and then Momus in the form of a Polichinelle puppet who is the only one allowed talking to him. Polichinelle-Momus explains to Arlequin-Deucalion how to repopulate the earth, and then asks him to throw him into the sea. Arlequin-Deucalion and Pyrrha make 5 men and 4 women appear.