“What is a giraffe?” asks Brother Ambrogio, a young brother from Milan. Everyone falls over themselves to tell him. “It’s a very tall animal from Africa, with a huuuuuge neck,” Domenico says, holding his hands apart to demonstrate. “Yellow, with brown spots, and a bit like a horse,” says Brother Pacifico. “It was very friendly. It would wander around on its own, surprising people by eating herbs from their upper windows,” Brother Tomasso says, laughing to himself. “I remember when it arrived, how surprised we all were! Some people were afraid at first, but we soon came to love it.”
