Even if a new country isn't discovered, we'll find foreign children to talk about—maybe the children in Mars! Who knows? Nobody. Not even Marie—and Marie usually knows about most things. That's the reason why, you see, though I sign myself

I am really only
Marie's Mother.

[CONTENTS]

PAGE
Chapter I
Tony and Tina [13]
Chapter II
Tony and the Balilla [29]
Chapter III
Niki [42]
Chapter IV
Rome [59]
Chapter V
Tony and Anna [72]
Chapter VI
Cities, Animals, and Discipline [86]
Chapter VII
Statues, Music, and Cheese [111]
Chapter VIII
Danger! [120]
Chapter IX
The Buried City [128]
Chapter X
Fever, Fear, and Troubled Sleep [139]
Chapter XI
Tony, Anna, and Tina [149]

Pronouncing Vocabulary
[160]