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they were really poor. I'd seen him only once

when he came back to Montecchio to meet his parents.

I remember I saw him killing a chicken with a sling

and then taking it home to eat it.

A really terrible poverty. That was when I ...

I didn't fancy that lady, she was good and kind

but she swore so much against that stubborn (Mussolini) who sent people to die ...

I wished she was a little bit more gentle but she was right in many ways.

After the war

That day, I think it was May 3rd, we made the parade and then we went to the square.

We had to turn over our weapons but, I tell you the truth, this was kind of hard for me.

It was a nice Stan, shiny and clean, I had taken care for it like a brother

because by doing so, you were said everything, no need to talk much.

But I gave it back gladly, also because I wanted to forget that period.

It was a spontaneous initiative to send the Fascists away,

rather than the Germans, but that was finished now.

And in fact after I went to work I only had in mind to party and to dance,

because we had girls and we went here and there, but ...

They called me to the Section (of the political party) for the meetings

every now and then, later, but to tell you the truth,