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they went to the hotel that was near the Cerreto pass.

After they'd ended the meeting they went down to the detachment

where I was and I must have been sleeping quite heavily because I didn't hear them.

So they started to shout: "Where is the sentinel? Where is the sentinel?

Isn't there supposed to be a sentinel here? Why is noone here?

Is this an area you can leave without a sentinel?"

So when they came closer i woke up and said:

"It's me, I'm here. My tooth aches ..." "Ok", they said, "let's talk about it tomorrow".

On the next day there was a big meeting at the Gabellina restaurant

to decide on my punishment.

I should have said that because of the tooth pain

I didn't feel comfortable with doing a night shift,

but the discipline we'd been taught was stronger,

I just wasn’t able to go to one of my comrades and ask him for a change.

It was my turn and I had to do it.

So I was sentenced to do one day of "stake".

They cleaned a plant where we were staying

because even there we had to be very careful, make no noise,

because we could see the street but they could also hear someone speaking there.

Well, i passed all day tied to the stake