Marta, when she grows up

“My brothers and I get up at five o’clock every day. There are four of us and each of us does something, except Matteo, who is still very small and has just learned to walk. Leonardo helps our dad with the wood, Francesca does the housework and, as I am the oldest, I help out with the cows: I go and fetch them in the meadows early in the morning and I take them inside to milk them together with my dad. There are 65 cows and it takes us almost two hours to milk them all. Then we send them outside again until the evening, when we bring them back into the cowshed to milk them once again. Each cow has a unique personality, just like humans. All animals have a different personality. My favourite cow is called Zortea and she has a tuft of red hair on her head.

And this here is Whisky, who is the best dog we have. If only he could speak! It would be extremely difficult for us if we didn’t have him because we don’t just have cows, we also have goats, pigs, geese and two calves which are rather sick right now.