Gobi Grey Wolf's Top Secret Flight

  Martha was perplexed, shaking her head and falling into deep thought. At this time she thought of a plan.

  She told them: "You can't be robbers anymore because you are now in America."

  "America!" all three of them shouted in unison.

  "Of course, you are now on Prairie Street in Chicago, USA. Uncle Walter packed you into boxes and shipped you here from Italy."

  The robbers heard this and were a bit dazed. Lugi sat on a worn-out rocking chair, wiping his forehead with a yellow silk handkerchief. Beni and Viktor retreated to the box, pale-faced, staring blankly at her.

  When Viktor recovered, he said: "Your Uncle Walter has greatly insulted us."

  "He grumbled, 'He made us leave lovely Italy. There, robbers are highly respected, and he brought us to such a strange country that we don't know who to rob or how much ransom to ask for.'"

  "That's right." The fatty slapped his thigh with force and echoed in agreement.

  "What a high reputation we enjoyed in Italy!" Beni said nostalgically.

  "Perhaps Uncle Walter wants to reform you," Martha reminded them.

  "Are there no robbers in Chicago?" Viktor asked.

  "Yes," the little girl replied, her face blushing bright red, "we don't care what they call them."

  "So how are we going to make a living then?" Beni asked somewhat desperately.

  "In a big city in America, people can do many things." The child replied, "My father is a lawyer, (the robbers caught cold), I have an uncle who is a police officer."

  "Ah," said Vittorio, "that's a good job, police are also under scrutiny, especially in Italy."

  "It's all the same everywhere." Benny added.

  "But you can do other things," Martha encouraged them, "you can be a streetcar conductor or a sales clerk in a department store. Some people even become city council members to make a living."

  The robbers shook their heads sorrowfully.

  "We are not suited for this kind of work," Viktor said. "We would just rob."

  Martha thought of another way.

  "It's quite difficult to get a seat in the Lower House, but you can be politicians," she said.

  "No!" Beni shouted, suddenly becoming ferocious. "We will not give up this noble profession of ours. We have always been robbers and we must continue to be robbers."

  "That's right," Fatso agreed.

  "It's in Chicago, too, someone gets robbed." Viktor said with a smile.

  Martha fell into distress.

  "I think they've all been robbed," she said in dissent.

  "Then we can rob the robber of his stuff because we have superhuman experience and ability." Benny said.

  "Oh dear, oh dear!" exclaimed the little girl. "Why did Uncle Walter bring you here in a box?"

  The robbers were also very interested in this question.

  "We also want to know why," Viktor said urgently.

  "No one will ever know because Uncle Walter got lost capturing elephants in Africa."

  She confidently said he said.

  "So we must resign ourselves and make the best of it," said Victor. "As long as we remain faithful to the profession we love, there is no need for us to feel ashamed."

  "That's right," Fatso shouted.

  "Brothers, let's start now and rob everything in this house."

  "Hurray!" The other two people cheered and jumped up.

  Beni's face was ferocious, his eyes staring at the child intensely.

  "Stay right there," he commanded, "if you move one step, your head will burst open and bleed."

  Then he added in a milder tone, "Don't be afraid, all robbers say that to their captives. Of course, under any circumstances, we won't hurt a girl."

  "Of course not," Viktor said.

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