love education

Chapter 31 April (1)
brief introduction

春天
King Amberto
kindergarten

Physical education

my father's teacher
slow recovery

camaraderie among workers

galen's mother

Giuseppe Mazzini
civil valor medal
春天
Saturday 1th

Today is April [-]st!There are not many days in a year that are as good as today, after all, there are only three months in spring.I was very happy when I went to school today, because Cletti told me that he and his father were going to meet the king the day after tomorrow, and asked me to go too. We had heard that Cletti's father knew the king.On this very day, my mother promised me to take me to visit Khao Soo Waldock's kindergarten the day after tomorrow.Of course, what makes me most happy is that the little mason's body has recovered.Just yesterday evening when my father passed by, the head teacher said to him:

"He's doing well now, very good."

This morning was also really beautiful.On a spring morning, through the classroom window, we can see the blue sky, the trees in the garden full of clusters of flower buds, the flowerpots on the windowsills of every household, and the plants in the flowerpots are also beautiful. There has been a greenery.There was still no smile on the head teacher's face, it was because he never knew how to smile, but he was in a good mood, so the vertical wrinkles on his forehead hardly showed.He showed us a problem on the blackboard, cracked a little joke, and obviously loved the fresh air in the little garden that came in through the window.

The air is mixed with the fragrance of earth and leaves, and these wonderful smells all suggest one thing, and that is an outing.When the teacher is teaching, we can hear the sound of the blacksmith on the street facing him constantly beating on his anvil, and a woman in the house on the opposite street is singing a lullaby to her child, and then listen to it from a distance, in the In the Senani barracks, the trumpet also sounded.Everyone was happy, even Staddy, and there were moments when the blacksmith's hammer hammered louder and the woman across the street sang more beautifully.At this time, the class teacher will pause and listen carefully to the sounds outside. After that, he will look out of the window and say slowly:

"The clear blue sky, the singing mother, the honest workers, and the children studying hard, these are all wonderful things."

When we rushed out of the school gate after school, we found that other people were also in high spirits. All the students lined up neatly, with their feet on the ground vigorously, and they were still humming songs happily, as if tomorrow There will be a four-day long vacation in a row.The female teachers at the school were all playing happily, and the female teacher with the red feathers was trotting happily behind a group of children, just like a female student.The parents of the children were laughing and chatting cordially.Cross's mother, the greengrocer, had so many violets in her basket that the whole hall was perfumed with those wonderful flowers.I had never been so happy to see my mother, who was waiting for me in the street, and I ran to her and shouted:

"Oh, I'm so happy, why am I so happy this morning, Mom?"

My mother smiled and replied, that is because it is a beautiful season, and also because I have a beautiful heart.

King Amberto
Monday 3th
At exactly ten o'clock, my father saw from the window the lumber merchant Kleti and his son, who were waiting for me in the square, and he told me:
"There they are, Enrico, go and see our king."

I walked away immediately, and the Clayties looked more serious and alert than usual, and the two of them looked more alike than usual this morning.In addition to the two medals on his jacket, old Clayty wore a medal of valor between them, and his moustache curled up like two medals. Curved paper clip.We set off immediately for the train station, as the King was due to be there at 10:30.Old Clayty rubbed his hands together, smoking his pipe. "You know what?" Six months of war. First, the first three years were fought in France, then Mondovi, then here. I could have seen him here, but, I didn't, he came to us When I was in the city, I didn't see him, and I always missed opportunities by accident."

He called the king "Amberto", as if calling a comrade, and told us that Amberto led Division No. 16 when he was 22 years old.He also told me that Amberto likes to ride a horse and how he got on it. "It's been 15 years!" he said emotionally, picking up his pace. "I really want to see him again. He was a prince when I left him, and now he's a king, and I've changed too. , was a soldier at first, and now a timber merchant." Then he laughed, and his son asked him:

"If he sees you again, will he remember you?" He laughed again. "You are so hotheaded!" He replied, "It's two different things. He, Amberto We are as many as flies to him, and he never knows his soldiers one by one."

We then turned onto the Vittoria Emanuel Street, which was the way a lot of people walked towards the train station.A troop of soldiers from the Alps passed us blowing trumpets, and two policemen galloped by on horseback. It was a peaceful, beautiful day. "Excellent!" exclaimed old Clayty, feeling refreshed. "It is a great pleasure for me to see once more the general of my former division. It's over. Alas, people get old so fast. The appearance of me with a backpack on my shoulders and a steel gun in my hand seems to be yesterday. It was June 24, when we and the enemy were about to confront each other Amberto and his officers were discussing together, pacing back and forth, while cannon shells exploded not far from them. Everyone was staring at his face , all said to him: 'Hope our general is unharmed'. I never imagined that I could stand beside him so close to the spear of an Austrian knight. In fact, I It was only four steps away from him. Boys, it was a fine day, the sky was as transparent as a mirror, but it was hot. Well, let's see if we can squeeze in."

We have arrived at the train station, where there is a large group of people surrounded by various carriages, policemen and carbines on alert, and groups of people holding banners, a regimental military band is playing, the old man Cletti also tried to enter the porch at this time, but the crowd was too crowded for him to move an inch.However, after a while, he tried his best to squeeze to the front of the crowd, where the crowd made way for a passage at the exit. Old Clay used his arms and legs, even his elbows, to push us away. A few little guys also pushed to the front, but the crowd still squeezed us to and fro.The wood merchant took his eyes, looking over to the first post of the porch, where the police stood guard to keep no one near. "Follow me closely," he said to us suddenly, took our hands, and crossed the open space at the door in two steps, and stopped there immediately, with his back to the wall.A Brigadier General who was guarding outside immediately stepped forward and said to him:
"You can't come here."

"I belong to the 49th Battalion of the [-]th Regiment."

Old Clayty answered, touching his medal, and the brigadier general looked at it and said to him:

"Stay."

"What did I say?!" Cletti said happily, "This word is quite magical, the Fourth Battalion of the 49th Regiment, don't I have the right to meet our general? I can't get a little Consolation? I used to be in that team too, I was so close to him, so close at hand, I should be by his side now, I will call him the general! He served The commander of our army, for half an hour. At that time, he was leading our army, the backbone of our entire army, God forbid, not that guy named Abirich!"

At the same time, the reception room and the outside were already full of gentlemen and officers, and many carriages were parked in front of the gate, and the servants accompanying the carriages were all dressed in red and lined up in a neat row.Clay Jr. asked his father if Amberto had held his long sword when he was a prince commanding battle. "Of course he has a sword in his hand," answered the latter, "to use his sword against the spears of the enemy, and he is always up to the challenge. Oh, those unleashed devils Ah, they're rolling down on us like God's wrath, and they're on us, right there in the armies, the cavalry regiments, the cannon roaring, and they're storming Everything is destroyed, destroyed.

On that battlefield, the light cavalry from Alexander, the Lancers from Faurecia, the infantry regiment, and sharpshooters all fought together.In the midst of that savage fighting, people's minds had already lost their minds, and suddenly a voice shouted, 'Your Highness, Your Highness! 'I immediately noticed that the enemy was approaching us aggressively with bayonets.Our guns fired immediately.For a moment, the smoke enveloped everything, and soon, it dispersed again, and the ground was full of wounded or dead horses and spear riders. I turned my head and saw our Prince Amberto among the crowd, He was riding on a horse, looking around calmly, and his whole body exuded the aura of a leader. 'Has any of my warriors let the enemy break a hair? ’, we all cheered him like crazy, ‘Long live! 'My God, what an exciting time it was!Oh, the train is finally here! "

The band started to play, the officers rushed forward, and the people stood on tiptoe eager to see the king, "Well, he won't be coming out anytime soon."

Said one of the policemen, "They'll give a speech first, and then they'll show him." But by this time old Clayty was getting impatient. "Well, whenever I think of him," said he, " He seems to be right in front of me. Of course, we have experienced cholera and earthquakes, but he has bravely faced us. I can always imagine what he looks like before I see him. He Always among us, always so calm. I'm sure he must remember the Fourth Battalion of the 49th Regiment, even now that he has become a king. If he can eat at our table again, with those who once and How happy he must be with the soldiers he fought with! Now he has so many generals under him, so many wise gentlemen, and so many courtiers, and we poor soldiers are left, if we can How nice it would be to say a few words in private. Our 22-year-old general, our prince, was sent to command us soldiers with bayonets. I haven't seen him for 15 years. , our Amberto, that's him, I pledge my allegiance, this piece makes my blood boil."

Suddenly, the crowd burst into shouts, drowning his words, thousands of hats danced in the air, and four men in black stepped into the first carriage, "That's him!"

Old Clay yelled aloud, and stood there as if fascinated, he whispered, "O Holy Mary, oh, he's so grown up now!"

We all took off our hats, and the carriage passed slowly through the crowd, people shouting and waving their hats.I glanced at old Clayty, and he looked like a different man, he seemed to have grown a lot taller, and his face was darker and paler.He stood upright like a bolt nailed to the doorpost, and the carriage passed in front of us, only a step away from the post, "Long live!"

Many people shouted, "Long live!" Old Clayty also cheered with the crowd, and the king glanced at him, and his eyes lingered for a while on the three medals of old Clayty.At this time, old Clayty was like crazy, and roared in his mouth:
"The Fourth Battalion of the 49th Regiment!"

The king had turned his face away just now, but now he looked this way again, stared straight into old Clayty's eyes, and stretched out his hand out of the carriage, and old Clayty jumped up to the carriage in one step, Grabbed the king's outstretched hand.The carriage went on, and the crowd came and broke us up, and we lost sight of old Clarity, but it was only for a while, and we found him again shortly afterwards.He was panting heavily, his eyes were moist, and he called his son's name, holding his hands high.His son flew to his father's side, and he said to his son:

"Come, little fellow, while my hand is still warm," he said to his son, laying his hand on his face, "this is the King's comfort to you."

He just stood there, as if he had just had a dream, his eyes still staring straight at the shadow of the carriage in the distance, with a smile on his face, still holding his pipe in his hand, standing in front of a group of curious people. Among the people, these people were all staring at him, "He used to be a soldier there, the 49th Battalion of the [-]th Regiment."

People remarked, "He knew the king then."

"And the king recognized him."

"He handed the king a petition," one man exclaimed.

"I haven't," replied old Clayty, turning quickly:

"I didn't give him any petitions, but I have other things I want to give him, as long as he says it."

Everyone looked at him, but he just said indifferently:
"My blood."

kindergarten

Tuesday the 4st

After breakfast yesterday, my mother decided to fulfill her promise to take me to the nursery school in Koso Waldock, in order to recommend to the director there a little sister of Prikos.I had never seen a real kindergarten before and it was such a joy.There were about two hundred little children there, little boys and little girls, and they were all babes, so small that the lower grades of the elementary school were grown-ups by comparison.

We got there just in time for them to enter the cafeteria two by two.There are two very long tables in the cafeteria. There are many round holes on the table. In each hole there is a black bowl containing rice and beans and a spoon made of tin. set aside.When they entered the cafeteria, some of the children became quite confused and stood there until the female teacher came and picked them up.Many children are not in a hurry to start eating when they are faced with a job, but are thinking about whether the place where they are sitting is their own place.As soon as they had a mouthful of food, the female teacher rushed over and told them to move forward, so the children moved forward two or three steps, sat down to take a bite of food, and then moved again until they were all seated. in his seat.But at this time, most of them had already eaten half of other people's meals, and finally, "Hurry up, hurry up!"

(End of this chapter)