Two short stories, one about a child found in the road, and taken in by a family who lost their son in the war, and the effect it has on them, then a longer one about a deaf mute living with his aunt and what arises from his visit to a plot of land his father left him. This second one, recounted in first person, was really quite gripping with the changeable moods of the protagonist and his attempts to come to terms with his life (come si vaga nei sentieri della vita, col carico delle nostre passioni e con un desiderio di liberazione).