Kupferherz

The Copper Heart

A LITTLE STORY

She meets him in New York, at the theater. They both want a fresh start in a new world. She is an actress with a temperament - as befits an Italian. He is a choreographer at the theater and has come from South America after years of mining They both fall in love, but her family is strictly against it. The poor conditions of his background are not worthy of their daughter. He cooks for her, she cooks for him. Secretly, after rehearsals. Her family confronts her with a difficult decision when she is expecting a child. He knows nothing about it.

Before she leaves, he gives her a gift - an old, reddish-brown, heart-shaped piece of metal. One last kiss. Every evening, when the music hits her ears, her feet begin to dance, when culinary treasures caress her palate or she simply sees her child smiling, she reaches into her pocket and clutches ... the copper heart.