time. Then mother told us all to pick up everything
that
had
fallen
off
the
carriage after we helped Damiano over to a tree and put his foot up on the log. The other boys and I helped Father get along sapling nearby to prop up the carriage as he got the spare wheel to replace the broken
one.
I
remember
there
was
something wrong with the axle so it took very long to fix and it was very hot that day. We finally got it fixed but it was nearly dark. Father told us we were going to continue and that we were only 20 or 30 km away. We ate and then father held Gina and pulled the carriage up a path toward the road as we helped push from behind. We managed to get it up the side of the ditch though we almost toppled at one point. Back on the road we headed for Verona. We drove
through
the
night
through
the
morning just stopping for water for Gina and to go to the toilet. When we arrived in the late afternoon the arena was empty except for the cleanup crew. We had missed it by one day.
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