again retorted Jackie, there were the rats over there and I was afraid of the rats. Bany, bored, interrupted us: "I will be a mighty leader with many horses and many soldiers, they killed all the enemies and also all the women in the world because they are stupid and complaining. Do you know my name?" he asked looking at me seriously. Of course I know, I replied in amazement. Your name is Bany, which in English means bunny. Not true, he said, his name wasn't Bany at all but Barnabo and I burst out laughing, what a funny name, a name like that just didn't exist, it certainly couldn't be called that. Red with anger he said that I was ignorant, he was called like his ancestor and his emblem was a Biscione who ate a child and would become powerful like Barnabo Visconti di Modrone and like him he would have 5000 dogs. And he would have killed all the women in the world, except his mother. I was impressed. And also frightened: "Will you kill me too? I asked him." A great leader does not kill girls! "He replied and I was careful not to point out that when he became a leader I would no longer be a child."
"How many women has the leader killed so far?" smiled Papa.
"None, as far as I know. To tell the truth we have all given up on our careers. Jackie discovered that to be taken to the gestatorial chair he would have had to make a long ecclesiastical career and instead of the pope he will be ambassador, he is just taking the exams for the diplomatic contest, Cady is not in a 'tepee' but in the beautiful building in via Cerva, in Milan. As for Barnabo, he is not a woman-killer but I have the impression that he likes women. plus: Bany and I have decided that if at twenty-five we haven't found a soul mate yet we will get married, we can have good company even without being in love. That's why in five years...
No comments:
Post a Comment