, il mio piccola amoreShe looked up at him, her face soaked with tears. ‘Wolves came in through the window. The big one was going to eat me.’ Her lips trembled. ‘I screamed.’
‘Well, that’s a very bad thing to dream of so it’s lucky I know how to banish such wolves for good.’
‘How?’
‘I say the banishing words, tutti i lupi devono andare. And there it is, all done. They’re gone.’
tutti i lupi devono andareShe gazed at him, wide-eyed. ‘They really are? You promise, Raphael?’
He kissed her forehead. ‘I promise, piccola.’
piccolaI stood to climb in beside her again and pulled her back into my arms until she fell asleep there. Raphael lay on his side facing us. ‘Thank you,’ I mouthed.
‘Non è niente.’
Non è nienteMoonlight shone through the open bed curtain lighting his face and I watched
