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TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA

We were driving in a car from Switzerland toward the beautiful old Italian city of Verona. Just outside the city we met two boys, who were selling strawberries.

My friend spoke to the boys and found out that they were brothers. Nicolo, was 13, Jacopo, the smaller one, was almost 12. We bought their strawberries and continued (33) ____ .

The next morning we saw the two boys again near our hotel in Verona. They were shining the shoes of the men (34) ____ . They were very busy, but they said 'hello' to us in a friendly way.

'I thought you sold strawberries,' I said. 'We do many things, sir,' Nicolo answered seriously.

In the week (35) ____ we saw Nicolo and Jacopo several times. These two brothers worked all day under the hot sun, shining shoes, selling fruit and newspapers. They always looked very busy.

One morning while Nicolo was shining my shoes I said: 'You and Jacopo work very hard. Tell me, how do you spend your money?'

'We have plans, sir', the boys said. As we were soon leaving Verona we wanted to do (36) _____ for the boys who were friendly to us.

'Well,' I said, 'can we do anything for you before we go?'

'Every Sunday we go to a village not far from Verona,' Nicolo began. 'We usually go by bus; but tomorrow, sir, may be you will take us in your car.'

TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA

We were driving in a car from Switzerland toward the beautiful old Italian city of Verona. Just outside the city we met two boys, who were selling strawberries.

My friend spoke to the boys and found out that they were brothers. Nicolo, was 13, Jacopo, the smaller one, was almost 12. We bought their strawberries and continued (33) ____ .

The next morning we saw the two boys again near our hotel in Verona. They were shining the shoes of the men (34) ____ . They were very busy, but they said 'hello' to us in a friendly way.

'I thought you sold strawberries,' I said. 'We do many things, sir,' Nicolo answered seriously.

In the week (35) ____ we saw Nicolo and Jacopo several times. These two brothers worked all day under the hot sun, shining shoes, selling fruit and newspapers. They always looked very busy.

One morning while Nicolo was shining my shoes I said: 'You and Jacopo work very hard. Tell me, how do you spend your money?'

'We have plans, sir', the boys said. As we were soon leaving Verona we wanted to do (36) _____ for the boys who were friendly to us.

'Well,' I said, 'can we do anything for you before we go?'

'Every Sunday we go to a village not far from Verona,' Nicolo began. 'We usually go by bus; but tomorrow, sir, may be you will take us in your car.'

On Sunday I took the boys to the village. I stopped my car where the boys asked. It was a lovely big house. The boys promised not to be long and entered the building. I waited a few minutes and then I followed the boys.

'Excuse me,' I said to a nurse who came to the door, 'I just brought two small boys here.'

'Ah, yes,' she said with a smile. 'Nicolo and Jacopo came to visit their sister. They are alone in the world, except for their sister. Their mother and father died before the war. When the fascists came to Verona the boys began to carry (37) _____ to the mountains. When the war ended they found their sister sick with tuberculosis. They brought her to our hospital. And every week the boys come to pay for their sister.'

I thanked the nurse and waited outside. Soon the boys came back to the car. They sat (38) ____ , looking serious and proud, these two gentlemen of Verona.

TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA

We were driving in a car from Switzerland toward the beautiful old Italian city of Verona. Just outside the city we met two boys, who were selling strawberries.

My friend spoke to the boys and found out that they were brothers. Nicolo, was 13, Jacopo, the smaller one, was almost 12. We bought their strawberries and continued (33) ____ .

The next morning we saw the two boys again near our hotel in Verona. They were shining the shoes of the men (34) ____ . They were very busy, but they said 'hello' to us in a friendly way.

'I thought you sold strawberries,' I said. 'We do many things, sir,' Nicolo answered seriously.

In the week (35) ____ we saw Nicolo and Jacopo several times. These two brothers worked all day under the hot sun, shining shoes, selling fruit and newspapers. They always looked very busy.

One morning while Nicolo was shining my shoes I said: 'You and Jacopo work very hard. Tell me, how do you spend your money?'

'We have plans, sir', the boys said. As we were soon leaving Verona we wanted to do (36) _____ for the boys who were friendly to us.

'Well,' I said, 'can we do anything for you before we go?'

'Every Sunday we go to a village not far from Verona,' Nicolo began. 'We usually go by bus; but tomorrow, sir, may be you will take us in your car.'

On Sunday I took the boys to the village. I stopped my car where the boys asked. It was a lovely big house. The boys promised not to be long and entered the building. I waited a few minutes and then I followed the boys.

'Excuse me,' I said to a nurse who came to the door, 'I just brought two small boys here.'

'Ah, yes,' she said with a smile. 'Nicolo and Jacopo came to visit their sister. They are alone in the world, except for their sister. Their mother and father died before the war. When the fascists came to Verona the boys began to carry (37) _____  to the mountains. When the war ended they found their sister sick with tuberculosis. They brought her to our hospital. And every week the boys come to pay for their sister.'

I thanked the nurse and waited outside. Soon the boys came back to the car. They sat (38) ____ , looking serious and proud, these two gentlemen of Verona.

TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA

We were driving in a car from Switzerland toward the beautiful old Italian city of Verona. Just outside the city we met two boys, who were selling strawberries.

My friend spoke to the boys and found out that they were brothers. Nicolo, was 13, Jacopo, the smaller one, was almost 12. We bought their strawberries and continued (33) ____ .

The next morning we saw the two boys again near our hotel in Verona. They were shining the shoes of the men (34) ____ . They were very busy, but they said 'hello' to us in a friendly way.

'I thought you sold strawberries,' I said. 'We do many things, sir,' Nicolo answered seriously.

In the week (35) ____ we saw Nicolo and Jacopo several times. These two brothers worked all day under the hot sun, shining shoes, selling fruit and newspapers. They always looked very busy.

One morning while Nicolo was shining my shoes I said: 'You and Jacopo work very hard. Tell me, how do you spend your money?'

'We have plans, sir', the boys said. As we were soon leaving Verona we wanted to do (36) _____ for the boys who were friendly to us.

'Well,' I said, 'can we do anything for you before we go?'

'Every Sunday we go to a village not far from Verona,' Nicolo began. 'We usually go by bus; but tomorrow, sir, may be you will take us in your car.'

On Sunday I took the boys to the village. I stopped my car where the boys asked. It was a lovely big house. The boys promised not to be long and entered the building. I waited a few minutes and then I followed the boys.

'Excuse me,' I said to a nurse who came to the door, 'I just brought two small boys here.'

'Ah, yes,' she said with a smile. 'Nicolo and Jacopo came to visit their sister. They are alone in the world, except for their sister. Their mother and father died before the war. When the fascists came to Verona the boys began to carry (37) _____  to the mountains. When the war ended they found their sister sick with tuberculosis. They brought her to our hospital. And every week the boys come to pay for their sister.'

I thanked the nurse and waited outside. Soon the boys came back to the car. They sat (38) ____ , looking serious and proud, these two gentlemen of Verona.

TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA

We were driving in a car from Switzerland toward the beautiful old Italian city of Verona. Just outside the city we met two boys, who were selling strawberries.

My friend spoke to the boys and found out that they were brothers. Nicolo, was 13, Jacopo, the smaller one, was almost 12. We bought their strawberries and continued (33) ____ .

The next morning we saw the two boys again near our hotel in Verona. They were shining the shoes of the men (34) ____ . They were very busy, but they said 'hello' to us in a friendly way.

'I thought you sold strawberries,' I said. 'We do many things, sir,' Nicolo answered seriously.

In the week (35) ____ we saw Nicolo and Jacopo several times. These two brothers worked all day under the hot sun, shining shoes, selling fruit and newspapers. They always looked very busy.

One morning while Nicolo was shining my shoes I said: 'You and Jacopo work very hard. Tell me, how do you spend your money?'

'We have plans, sir', the boys said. As we were soon leaving Verona we wanted to do (36) _____ for the boys who were friendly to us.

'Well,' I said, 'can we do anything for you before we go?'

'Every Sunday we go to a village not far from Verona,' Nicolo began. 'We usually go by bus; but tomorrow, sir, may be you will take us in your car.'

On Sunday I took the boys to the village. I stopped my car where the boys asked. It was a lovely big house. The boys promised not to be long and entered the building. I waited a few minutes and then I followed the boys.

'Excuse me,' I said to a nurse who came to the door, 'I just brought two small boys here.'

'Ah, yes,' she said with a smile. 'Nicolo and Jacopo came to visit their sister. They are alone in the world, except for their sister. Their mother and father died before the war. When the fascists came to Verona the boys began to carry (37) _____ to the mountains. When the war ended they found their sister sick with tuberculosis. They brought her to our hospital. And every week the boys come to pay for their sister.'

I thanked the nurse and waited outside. Soon the boys came back to the car. They sat (38) ____ , looking serious and proud, these two gentlemen of Verona.

TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA

We were driving in a car from Switzerland toward the beautiful old Italian city of Verona. Just outside the city we met two boys, who were selling strawberries.

My friend spoke to the boys and found out that they were brothers. Nicolo, was 13, Jacopo, the smaller one, was almost 12. We bought their strawberries and continued (33) ____ .

The next morning we saw the two boys again near our hotel in Verona. They were shining the shoes of the men (34) ____ . They were very busy, but they said 'hello' to us in a friendly way.

'I thought you sold strawberries,' I said. 'We do many things, sir,' Nicolo answered seriously.

In the week (35) ____ we saw Nicolo and Jacopo several times. These two brothers worked all day under the hot sun, shining shoes, selling fruit and newspapers. They always looked very busy.

One morning while Nicolo was shining my shoes I said: 'You and Jacopo work very hard. Tell me, how do you spend your money?'

'We have plans, sir', the boys said. As we were soon leaving Verona we wanted to do (36) _____ for the boys who were friendly to us.

'Well,' I said, 'can we do anything for you before we go?'

'Every Sunday we go to a village not far from Verona,' Nicolo began. 'We usually go by bus; but tomorrow, sir, may be you will take us in your car.'

On Sunday I took the boys to the village. I stopped my car where the boys asked. It was a lovely big house. The boys promised not to be long and entered the building. I waited a few minutes and then I followed the boys.

'Excuse me,' I said to a nurse who came to the door, 'I just brought two small boys here.'

'Ah, yes,' she said with a smile. 'Nicolo and Jacopo came to visit their sister. They are alone in the world, except for their sister. Their mother and father died before the war. When the fascists came to Verona the boys began to carry (37) _____  to the mountains. When the war ended they found their sister sick with tuberculosis. They brought her to our hospital. And every week the boys come to pay for their sister.'

I thanked the nurse and waited outside. Soon the boys came back to the car. They sat (38) ____ , looking serious and proud, these two gentlemen of Verona.