Suddenly,
Atalaya grabbed her husband's arm. "He's forgotten!"
she said. "He's started to play this silly game with the
fairy and he's forgotten all about trying to catch him."
Gregorio looked out the window and
saw that she was right. "Sacco!" he called out to his
boy. "Come here a moment!"
Sacco picked up his ball and ran
over to the window. "What is it, Father?"
The Cabinetmaker looked sternly at
the boy and said, "Have you forgotten? Have you forgotten
the point of calling Understump here? Have you forgotten that we
are trying to catch him so we can finally see what he looks
like?"
Sacco just shrugged. "He's fun
and he helps me and he's nice to me. Who cares what he looks
like?"
With that, he turned and threw the
ball back out into the yard again, laughing as he ran back.
The End