The village festival causes relief and joy,but little Francesco’s heart is lacerated by the scene of a monstrous little boy and his desperate mother.The miracle, propitiated by his deeply felt prayer, becomes for him an anxiety because the crowd on impulse throngs round him.
At the village festival
Pellegrino, great Saint,
is celebrated in Irpinia.
With ardor people go
to sing the holy praises
and to implore new graces.