LITTLE DOCTOR
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Let's keep talking about the baby ...
After that answer, because it was summer, the priest thought that this child was a relative of some inhabitants of the Valle Benedetta, came on vacation from the city of Livorno. Many citizens moved to the countryside to "take the fresh". At this point the priest was forced to accept the boy as an altar boy, it was late, he had not yet donned his vestments and he needed a helping hand for the final begging. In addition, the priest would have had the opportunity to meet the parents of the child when they came to get him.
The priest donned the vestments, dressed the guy as an altar boy and told him to sit on his left and switch between the faithful to gather the offerings as soon as he had done a sign.
The Mass began, the faithful were very numerous, the priest was sure that among them there were the parents of the child. At the end of Mass, the priest told the boy to go among the faithful to gather alms and the boy began. He passed several times among the faithful, but no one gave him anything. At that point the pastor became angry with the faithful and said he never would have expected this kind of behavior. The priest pointed out that the altar boy would be disappointed not to receive even a penny, then angrily said, "not even the relatives of the child have the heart to donate just a penny"? At that point, the faithful began to look around with shocked eyes. They began to bring the offerings in a basket near the altar, the priest then, more and more irritated, said: "do not bring me alms, give it to the child" ...
The faithful asked the priest of whom child he was talking about. It was clear, no one saw the altar boy. Only then the priest realized what was happening, dropped to his knees and began to cry. He never raised his eyes and did not answer any questions. Just when everyone had gone, he looked up and saw that the child was still there. He had taken off his altar boy clothes and had them lying at the feet of the priest together with the purse of offers. He turned and went off running and laughing.
When the priest lifted from the ground the clothes and the bag he saw that inside the bag there was something heavy, he opened it and found a kind of large coin printed with the image of jesus christ, after he realized that the big greenish money was made of gold.
After this event Don Egidio Coppelli would investigate thoroughly about the true identity of the child. Not onlyhe found out who the boy really was, but even he thought he had found his hidden home. Coppelli wrote down everything in the book wrote in the vernacular that Leale Martelli found in the Valle Benedetta church, book that was so helpful to his future discoveries ...
After that answer, because it was summer, the priest thought that this child was a relative of some inhabitants of the Valle Benedetta, came on vacation from the city of Livorno. Many citizens moved to the countryside to "take the fresh". At this point the priest was forced to accept the boy as an altar boy, it was late, he had not yet donned his vestments and he needed a helping hand for the final begging. In addition, the priest would have had the opportunity to meet the parents of the child when they came to get him.
The priest donned the vestments, dressed the guy as an altar boy and told him to sit on his left and switch between the faithful to gather the offerings as soon as he had done a sign.
The Mass began, the faithful were very numerous, the priest was sure that among them there were the parents of the child. At the end of Mass, the priest told the boy to go among the faithful to gather alms and the boy began. He passed several times among the faithful, but no one gave him anything. At that point the pastor became angry with the faithful and said he never would have expected this kind of behavior. The priest pointed out that the altar boy would be disappointed not to receive even a penny, then angrily said, "not even the relatives of the child have the heart to donate just a penny"? At that point, the faithful began to look around with shocked eyes. They began to bring the offerings in a basket near the altar, the priest then, more and more irritated, said: "do not bring me alms, give it to the child" ...
The faithful asked the priest of whom child he was talking about. It was clear, no one saw the altar boy. Only then the priest realized what was happening, dropped to his knees and began to cry. He never raised his eyes and did not answer any questions. Just when everyone had gone, he looked up and saw that the child was still there. He had taken off his altar boy clothes and had them lying at the feet of the priest together with the purse of offers. He turned and went off running and laughing.
When the priest lifted from the ground the clothes and the bag he saw that inside the bag there was something heavy, he opened it and found a kind of large coin printed with the image of jesus christ, after he realized that the big greenish money was made of gold.
After this event Don Egidio Coppelli would investigate thoroughly about the true identity of the child. Not onlyhe found out who the boy really was, but even he thought he had found his hidden home. Coppelli wrote down everything in the book wrote in the vernacular that Leale Martelli found in the Valle Benedetta church, book that was so helpful to his future discoveries ...