Luigi and the Long-nosed SoldierA little boy travels back and forth across the Italian-Swiss border by bus to his music lesson, and on each trip a raw young customs officer sticks his long nose into everyone's possessions, ardently searching for smugglers. |
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aisle Aroa BIASCA big black mustaches bus stopped cakes candied cherries carried no packages crumbs dier empty lunch box ex-fat Giuseppe the Gyp give that young Italian side Italian sol Italian soldier climbed Italy to Switzerland large mustaches laughed so hard lifted the napkin little Luigi little violin long nose LONG-NOSED SOLDIER looked LOUIS SLOBODKIN Luigi open Luigi sat Luigi thought Luigi's lunch Luigi's mother Luigi's seat morning Luigi mother had baked mousetrap mustaches were sit nodded their heads open his lunch open his violin open their packages pack passengers poked his long Professor and Luigi Professor Tagliatini opened Professor Tagliatini prepared Professor Tagliatini's house regular Italian regular soldiers sandwich Saturday morning shouted the Captain slices of bread small package smugglers sneezed soldier climbed aboard soldiers would climb stout stout men Swiss soldiers thistle pillow UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN violin lesson violin teacher young sol young soldier climbed На-На-На