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Chapter 12

           )OlderItalianchildrenaredangerouslyobesethesedays,too,saysthearticle.(Thepastaindustrydefendeditself.)ThesealarmingstatisticsonItalianchildfatnesswereunveiledyesterdayby-noneedtotranslatehere-"unataskforceinternazionale."Ittookmealmostanhourtodecipherthiswholearticle.Theentiretime,IwaseatingapizzaandlisteningtooneofItaly’schildrenplaytheaccordionacrossthestreet.Thekiddidn’tlookveryfattome,butthatmayhavebeenbecausehewasagypsy.I’mnotsureifImisreadthelastlineofthearticle,butitseemedtherewassometalkfromthegovernmentthattheonlywaytodealwiththeobesitycrisisinItalywastoimplementataxontheoverweight…?Couldthisbetrue?Afterafewmonthsofeatinglikethis,willtheycomeafterme?

           It’salsoimportanttoreadthenewspapereverydaytoseehowthepopeisdoing.HereinRome,thepope’shealthisrecordeddailyinthenewspaper,verymuchlikeweather,ortheTVschedule.Todaythepopeistired.Yesterday,thepopewaslesstiredthanheistoday.Tomorrow,weexpectthatthepopewillnotbequitesotiredashewastoday.

           It’skindofafairylandoflanguageformehere.ForsomeonewhohasalwayswantedtospeakItalian,whatcouldbebetterthanRome?It’slikesomebodyinventedacityjusttosuitmyspecifications,whereeveryone(eventhechildren,eventhetaxidrivers,eventheactorsonthecommercials!)speaksthismagicallanguage.It’slikethewholesocietyisconspiringtoteachmeItalian.

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