"I TRE GIORNI DELLA MERLA"
The last three days of January
One Spring in Milan, many, many years ago, two small, snowy-white birds built a nest in a tall tree in a courtyard of a building near Porta Nuova and raised three chicks during the Summer and Autumn.When Winter came, they moved to a cozy spot just under the roof of the building. The parent birds flew around fron dawn to dusk: it was very difficult to find seeds and insects.
That year, Milan had a bitterly cold, freezing Winter and the last three days of January were the coldest of all. The streets and the rooftops were covered with snow and ice and yhe sky was dark and grey.On the morning of 29 January, the father bird decided to fly far beyond the snow to find food for his family.To protect her young chicks, the mother moved the nest onto the nearby roof, right up a chimney, which gave off warm, thick, black smoke.
The freeze lasted three days and they survived, but when the father returned, he could hardly recognize his family - they were all black from the smoke soot.
On the 1 February, a pale sun rose and began to warm the air and the birds couls finally emerge from the nest.Now even the father was black from contact with his family and the soot.
And that's how "BLACKBIRDS" became black.
One Spring in Milan, many, many years ago, two small, snowy-white birds built a nest in a tall tree in a courtyard of a building near Porta Nuova and raised three chicks during the Summer and Autumn.When Winter came, they moved to a cozy spot just under the roof of the building. The parent birds flew around fron dawn to dusk: it was very difficult to find seeds and insects.
That year, Milan had a bitterly cold, freezing Winter and the last three days of January were the coldest of all. The streets and the rooftops were covered with snow and ice and yhe sky was dark and grey.On the morning of 29 January, the father bird decided to fly far beyond the snow to find food for his family.To protect her young chicks, the mother moved the nest onto the nearby roof, right up a chimney, which gave off warm, thick, black smoke.
The freeze lasted three days and they survived, but when the father returned, he could hardly recognize his family - they were all black from the smoke soot.
On the 1 February, a pale sun rose and began to warm the air and the birds couls finally emerge from the nest.Now even the father was black from contact with his family and the soot.
And that's how "BLACKBIRDS" became black.
2 FEBRUARY
old Italian adage
If Candlemas Day
Be fair and bright,
Winter will have another flight.
But if Candlemas Day
Be clouds and rains,
Winter is gone and will not come again.
Alla festa della Candelora
dall'inverno siamo fuori.
ma se piove o tira vento
nell'inverno siamo dentro .
Greetings
from the Italian team,
Sabina
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