The Unfinished Angel by Sharon Creech

Author:Sharon Creech
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2013-03-10T16:00:00+00:00

THE NATURE OF SIGNORA DIVINO

Now it is true that Signora Divino and her grandson, Vinny, sometimes make me want to throw pinecones or to pinch them slightly, but I need to tell you more so you will understand why I watch over them.

I am there when Signora Divino is born. I am summoned because she is stuck inside her mama. It takes a lot of flishing here and there and much calming of the air and the midwives, but at last the baby is delivered. Her name is Marianna DiPuccio. Her lips curl up at the sides in a friendly way and her wee mouth is puckered as if to give a kiss or make a bubble. I like this little baby and I stick around to be sure she is hokay.

Such a funny child, like she will ask a tree if she can borrow a twig, and she will burst into song in the middle of church, and she will tell you everything you might want to know about fairies or dinosaurs. Sometimes she is an impish child, too, sneaking chocolates and bringing worms into the house. I like to be in her energy. So much laughing and goodwill.

I am there for her wedding to Signor Divino and when their son, Massimo, is born and while he is growing up and losing the car in the lake and taking flying lessons and many things like that. And I am there when the son marries Bette and when they have a son, Vinny. Signora Divino is so happy to have a grandson.

And one day, a day of blue sky and spring breezes, Massimo tells his mama and papa to sit on the terrace with Vinny and watch the sky and maybe in an hour or so they will see something beautiful. And so Signor and Signora Divino and their two-year-old grandson, Vinny, sit on the terrace in the afternoon sun and they enjoy the air on their faces and they watch the sky.

They hear a humming sound, the drone of a small plane, and they turn as the plane enters the valley between the mountains. Vinny claps his hands. He loves planes.

And then Signora Divino knows. “It’s Massimo!” She waves elaborately. She sees the yellow scarf of Bette, Massimo’s wife. “Look, Vinny! It’s your mama and papa!”

The plane flies lower and dips its wings toward the house of the Divinos. Oh, it is exciting to see! Signora Divino calls to the neighbors. “Come, come, look! It’s Massimo!”

The plane soars to the end of the valley, rises and turns elegantly, heading back toward the local airport to the west. Such a day! Such blue sky and purple mountains so sturdy and silver lake so calm and still. Such a day!

And then bip-bip, an odd noise, a stuttering bip-a-bip-bip and a narrow plume of white smoke and a loud banging and the jerking of the plane and Signor and Signora Divino and their friends shouting, “No, no, no!” and little Vinny clapping his hands.

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