Michele Amitrano is a true country bambino (10): cute as an angel, curious and enterprising as a rascal and means everything to his parents. Father Pino Amitrano is a truck driver, and is often away. Even when he’s at home he deals with dodgy villagers and other friends, while mother Anna spoils his useless kid sister Maria rotten. Michele is mostly left doing his sisters chores, getting either of them out of trouble, roaming the sparsely populated grain lands on his bicycle and playing with local kids, which often means minor trouble. One day after a dare leads the mildly mischievous gang to a ruined house, he returns alone to retrieve the glasses that his sister had left behind. Michele accidentally finds a deep hole outside, beneath a metal cover, and sees a boy’s bare foot under a blanket inside. At first Michele rides off for his life, but soon he returns, and after some more scary and disappointing tries finds out it’s a boy his age, blinded by a living his life in the dark, deep hole. Michele conquers his fear and the boy, Filippo’s, confidence, and generously feeds and entertains him. Overhearing his parents and their friends returning to this hole, Michele soon suspects that Filippo is a wealthy family’s kidnapped son.
参考翻译：
米歇尔·阿米特罗诺（Michele Amitrano）是一个真正的乡村班比诺（bambino，10）：像天使一样可爱，像流氓一样好奇和进取，对父母来说意味着一切。皮诺·阿米特罗诺神父是一名卡车司机，经常外出。即使在家里，他也会与狡猾的村民和其他朋友打交道，而母亲安娜则宠坏了他那无用的妹妹玛丽亚。米歇尔大部分时间都在做他的姐妹们的家务，让她们中的任何一个摆脱困境，骑着自行车在人烟稀少的谷地上漫游，和当地的孩子玩耍，这通常意味着小麻烦。一天，一个胆小鬼带着这帮略显淘气的人来到一座破败的房子，他独自回来取回姐姐留下的眼镜。米歇尔不小心在外面的金属盖下发现了一个深洞，在里面的毯子下看到了一个男孩的赤脚。起初，米歇尔骑马逃命，但很快他就回来了，在经历了更多的恐惧和失望之后，他发现这是一个和他年龄相仿的男孩，在黑暗的深渊中生活，被一种生活方式蒙蔽了双眼。米歇尔克服了他的恐惧，菲利波的孩子充满信心，慷慨地喂养和款待他。米歇尔无意中听到菲利波的父母和他们的朋友回到这个洞，很快怀疑菲利波是一个富裕家庭被绑架的儿子。
