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Marco kept checking the piece of paper his wife had left for him. In their small haberdashery, his wife Alice used to do the morning shift in order to spend the whole afternoon with the children, who would come back from school. So, he usually went there around noon in order to take over forContinua a leggere “Bubbles”

One hundred, one hundred and one, one hundred and two. The neighbour had put on some jazz music. One hundred and five, one hundred and six, one hundred and seven. It was very loud; he was a pianist. A ray of sunlight shone through the window of the bedroom which showed the stains of aContinua a leggere “The cage”

Untied shoes, a foot in a puddle. The umbrella got stuck between the bag and the coat, one of the long ribsgot caught in the pocket, and she pulls it, until she almost loses her balance: the umbrella is broken. It israining cats and dogs and the cold-water sticks to her hair on the frontContinua a leggere “Other people’s stories”

Synonyms and antonyms The lesson was about to start. Girls and boys, sat at their desks, were laughing, chatting and shouting. Entering the classroom, amidst the students’ cheers, Maria, the teacher, went to her desk and asked for silence. Debora, in the second row, had already opened her red notebook, the one of her favoriteContinua a leggere “Synonyms and antonyms”

The television remained on, despite the empty couch. Anita, on the balcony, was shouting over the phone waving her hands, as though she wanted to prove her innocence, even physically, to a person in front of her. While sobbing, she kept on repeating that she was angry too, that she was very sorry. She hadContinua a leggere “A Sunday like any other”