Chapter 1 The summer break was over and it was time for Dani to start her second year of school I can’t understand how you’ve grown so big said her grandmother as they walked to school on the first day Dani wasn’t sure how it had happened either But by the second day she was already used to it And by the time the class went to Skansen Zoo as students Dani’s age usually did it was as if Dani had always been in her second year of school 2
By then Dani’s father was home from the hospital where he had been the whole summer after his traffic accident One of his legs would never be completely right the doctor said But for Dani the main thing was having him home again in the yellow house on their street so her life could be happy again 3
With spaghetti for dinner And stories in bed and then Good night good night And sleep well Amore That’s what they say in Italy where Dani’s father comes from On the first evening home for Dani’s father Gianni everything was exactly as Dani wanted it to be except that he was in a bit of a hurry over her third goodnight hug 4
