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In those barracks there were no Black Brigades but Green Flames instead.

They called the young fascists a name that I now can't remember.

It were their barracks but they had to let us stay

because they knew we were going to Felice's place.

He, poor man, was living there as a guard, and nobody ever went there.

We were staying there until midnight, then we slowly walked across the river

and went home without the fear that a group of fascists would get us.

One day Armando's uncle told us:

"Guys, if you want to go and take a look where the rebels stay,

I can tell you the way".

We were sceptical at the beginning,

there were news that the fascists went for a roundup in the mountains,

that they had found the rebels, and that they'd done this and that ...

We were growing up and getting more upset,

we thought we were capable of somehow bothering those fascist.

So we decided to go

but we always postponed it

because the rumours were many but nothing happened.

One Sunday we went to Pancio's uncle who told us the way.

It was really hard