Un gelato d'estate
A gelato in summer
It is a evening hot of July. Tommaso and his sister Sofia go out from home. They go to the gelato shop. The street is still warm, but there is a bit of wind. Sofia is seven years old, Tommaso twelve. They walk together toward the square.
The gelato shop itself is called « Il Cono d'Oro » and is very old. Inside there are many flavors: chocolate, strawberry, lemon, pistachio, hazelnut. Sofia looks at everything with her eyes wide. « I want the strawberry », she says. « And also the chocolate ». Tommaso laughs. « I will have the pistachio ».
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They go out with the their cones and themselves sit down on the low wall near the fountain. Sofia eats slowly, but the gelato her falls on her shirt. « Oh no », she says, but laughs. Tommaso to her gives a napkin. The stars begin to come out in the sky. Summer is beautiful, thinks Tommaso, above all when one eats the gelato.