Il vicino di casa

Sara herself is moved in a apartment small at September. The building was old and quiet. The first day she has met Aldo on the stairs. Aldo had eighty years and was carrying two bags heavy. Sara him has helped to go up up to the third floor.

Aldo her has thanked and to her has offered a coffee. His his kitchen was full of plants. On the balcony there were pots of basil, rosemary and a small lemon tree. Plants plants are like the friends» he has said Aldo. One must talk with them every day.» Sara has smiled.

After that evening, each other are seen often. Aldo was widowed for ten years and not he had children. Every Friday he left a plate of pasta in front of the door of Sara. Sara to him brought the bread fresh from the bakery of downstairs.

One Saturday morning Sara not has heard the usual sounds of Aldo in the kitchen. She has knocked on the his door. Aldo had a fever high and not could to get up. Sara is stayed with him all the day. To him she has prepared a soup hot and has called the doctor.

Now Aldo is better. Every Sunday he teaches to Sara a recipe new. Sara has learned to make the ragù and to care for the basil. Sometimes sometimes she thinks that the life in the city can be lonely, but not in this building.