{"id":7196,"date":"2014-09-16T08:41:04","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T08:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=7196"},"modified":"2014-09-16T19:24:04","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T19:24:04","slug":"the-story-of-lucky-number-seven-part-1-lost-and-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/the-story-of-lucky-number-seven-part-1-lost-and-found\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of Lucky Number Seven &ndash; Part 1: Lost and Found"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Mercoled\u00ec scorso, nel pomeriggio, ero seduta in cucina a rammendare le calze di Geoff quando ho sentito uno strano suono, una specie di squittio. Ho alzato la testa e ho visto Geoff scendere le scale con qualcosa in mano.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Last Wednesday afternoon I was sitting in the kitchen mending Geoff\u2019s socks when I heard a strange sound, a sort of squeaking. I lifted my head and saw Geoff coming down the stairs with something in his hands.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>\u201cGuarda cosa ho trovato!\u201d mi ha annunciato tutto trionfante. Dalle sue grandi mani chiuse a coppa spuntava un ciuffo di pelo grigio e fulvo con due grandi occhi tondi e tristi, due orecchiette piatte all\u2019ingi\u00f9, e un nasino rosa.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\u201cLook what I\u2019ve found!\u201d he announced triumphantly. From his big hands cupped together protruded a tuft of tawny grey fur with two big round sad eyes, two little flatten down ears, and a little pink nose.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>\u201cUn ghiro?\u201d \u00e8 stato il mio primo pensiero.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\u201cA dormouse?\u201d was my first thought.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"535\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"535\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/DSCN1737-0021.jpg\" aria-label=\"DSCN1737 002 Thumb1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" title=\"DSCN1737-002\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSCN1737-002\"  width=\"540\" height=\"430\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/DSCN1737-002_thumb1.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"535\"><strong><em><font color=\"#646b86\">\u2026 un ciuffo di pelo grigio e fulvo \u2026<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Geoff ha aperto le mani e dentro c\u2019era un microscopico gattino che miagolava disperato con uno sguardo triste e supplicante. Era tutto sporco, ma in un modo strano, non era fango, sembrava \u2026 \u201cChe schifo! Larve di mosca!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Geoff opened his hands and inside there was a microscopic kitten with a sad begging look, mewing desperately. It was completely dirty, but in a strange way, it wasn\u2019t mud, it seemed like \u2026 \u201cHow disgusting! Fly larvae!\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>\u201cEro andato sull\u2019orto a provare il nuovo fucile, e ho sentito questo grido disperato\u201d mi ha raccontato Geoff. \u201cHo seguito il suono finch\u00e9 non ho trovato questo\u201d ha detto fissando la creaturina. \u201cEra sdraiato per terra vicino agli alberi di melo, completamente ricoperto di decine e decine di mosche, poverino\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\u201cI went up to the garden to test the new rifle, and I heard this desperate cry\u201d Geoff told me. \u201cI followed the sound until I found this\u201d he said gazing at the kitten. \u201cIt was stretched out on the ground near the apple trees, completely covered with hundreds of flies, poor thing\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>\u201cPortalo immediatamente fuori! Questa non \u00e8 sporcizia, queste sono larve di mosca. Migliaia di larve!\u201d ho gridato io.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\u201cTake it outside immediately! This isn\u2019t dirt, it\u2019s fly larvae. Thousands of larvae!\u201d I shouted<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Seduto fuori sull\u2019aia di fronte alla cucina, Geoff ha cominciato a ripulire il gattino con la spazzola per i gatti, mentre io nel frattempo scaldavo un pochettino di latte e cercavo qualcosa per dargli da mangiare.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Sitting outside on the patio in front of the kitchen, Geoff begun cleaning the kitten with the cat brush whilst I, in the meantime, warmed up a little milk and looked for something to feed it with.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Ho trovato una pipetta e cos\u00ec abbiamo provato ad allattarlo. Che fame che c\u2019aveva! e come succhiava! Ho scaldato ancora un pochino di latte, e anche quello se l\u2019\u00e8 poppato tutto in un batter d\u2019occhio.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">I found a pipette, and we tried to feed it with the milk. How hungry it was! and how it sucked on the pipette! I warmed up a little bit more milk, and it gobbled that down as well in the blink of an eye.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"535\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"535\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/DSCN1749.jpg\" aria-label=\"DSCN1749 Thumb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" title=\"DSCN1749\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSCN1749\"  width=\"540\" height=\"388\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/DSCN1749_thumb.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"535\"><strong><em><font color=\"#646b86\">\u2026 e anche quello se l\u2019\u00e8 poppato tutto in un batter d\u2019occhio<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Calmata un po\u2019 la fame, abbiamo rincominciato la pulizia con un pettine a denti fitti. Finalmente, dopo oltre mezz\u2019ora \u00e8 apparso un bellissimo gattino (gattina?), con una zampina anteriore bianca e una nera. L\u2019abbiamo messo per terra per vedere se camminava, ma era solo capace di trascinarsi tutto traballante e seguendo l\u2019olfatto.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Once its hunger had abated, we started cleaning it again with a fine tooth comb. Finally, after more than half an hour, a beautiful male (female?) kitten appeared, with one front paw white, and one black. We put it down on the ground to see if it could walk, but it could only drag itself along with a wobbly gait, following its nose.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Geoff \u00e8 andato a prendere la sportina per i gatti, ci abbiamo messo un vecchio asciugamano, e poi il mio antichissimo giacchetto che indossavo in quel momento, in modo che il mio odore lo rassicurasse, e l\u00ec, esausto, si \u00e8 finalmente addormentato.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Geoff went to get the cat carrier, we put an old towel in it, and then the very old cardigan that I was wearing at the time so that it would be reassured by my scent, and in there, completely exhausted, it finally fell asleep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/DSCN1749_thumb-350x251.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/DSCN1749_thumb-350x251.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/09\/DSCN1749_thumb.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Mercoled\u00ec scorso, nel pomeriggio, ero seduta in cucina a rammendare le calze di Geoff quando ho sentito uno strano suono, una specie di squittio. Ho alzato la testa e ho visto Geoff scendere le scale con qualcosa in mano. 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