Nino and Julio watched Julio's papa, Signor Ditto, as he wrestled with the gypsie's great bear, at the Fair. Which one would win? Would Julio's papa, who was so sure he could throw the bear? No matter how the match turned out, that was an exciting day.

Nino would have said it was the most exciting of all his days, if it hadn't been for the adventure of the storm, when he and his family were marooned and had nothing but pop-corn to eat. How delicious the Signora Ditto's wonderful Christmas feast tasted in contrast to that!

But even leaving all these things could not mar the great surprise that came so unexpectedly to Nino and his mother. You will not blame Nino for being happy, when you read here about the letter from America and all that followed its arrival. 

From the dust jacket