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After all, says
Tata
, if you have a job, it’s because Albert
went to Australia! Then Karlo lifts his eyes and also says:
Well, what happened, happened. Now I want to get up, I
want to push him into the yard, Karlo. Let him go to the
woods, let him work, let him buy the paint so that we can
paint the house. I feel Mama’s hands on my shoulders. It’s
alright, it’s alright, Ballerina. You’ll see Albert and then it’ll
all be alright, she says. Then I stop thinking that I want to
push Karlo into the yard and
Tata
says that the room needs
to be prepared. That Albert and his signorina will sleep in
the room Mama and he sleep in and that they will come to
my room. We’ll sleep with Ballerina, says
Tata
and looks at
the gondola that always stands on the television that’s
called Telefunken. Then he says: Turn on the television,
let’s watch the news.
Josipina turns on the television and we watch the
telegiornale
.
Now it’s evening. Mama and I are standing by the window
and she says it’s summer, the windows should stay open so
that I can hear the crickets. Then she says: I’m really happy
that Albert is coming, and she walks me to my bed. And
then she leaves and closes the door. I lie there, listening to
the crickets. I know I’m going to fall asleep soon.