The school fellow that writes a love note signing it Francesco, future Padre Pio, means only to joke. This will cost a lot to the dear Francesco who anyway, just doing this, reveals his vocation to pay for other people.
THE JOKE
“I love you so much”.
It caused a lot of troubles!
The parish priest and the teacher
declare him a scoundrel.
But Francesco isn’t guilty.
His classmates
roll with laughter.
At school and in the street
it’s a continuous burlesque.
The innocent is hopeless.
Even if broken out like a mushroom
this joke lasts a long time.
At last the remorse
does its course in the guilty boy
and he confesses in the presence of everybody.
Examined that note,
it was clear
that it wasn’t Francesco’s
arabesque signature.
You, Francesco, don’t you accuse him?
His answer was wonderful:
“I wanted to take the blame
upon myself
to save the others.”
You are already a surety!
Translated by Marilisa Cannarsa
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