By Giovanni Galavotti, translated into English by Ruth Stephens
Chapter 3 – A Big Problem
At home Michele is worried. He can’t concentrate on his homework. He knows he should tell his classmates that the story of the big goldfish isn’t true, but he doesn’t know how.
That evening, when he and his brother are going to bed, Antonio senses that something is wrong. “You’re a bit quiet, Michele,” he says, “What’s up?”
Michele tells his brother everything and Antonio exclaims “That’s no problem! When we get home from school tomorrow I’ll help you. We’ll take a photo then I’ll Photoshop it to make the fish bigger.”
His worries over, Michele goes to sleep and at school the next morning he tells his friends “I’ll bring the photo tomorrow.”
When they get home, Antonio takes a photo with his phone of Michele beside the goldfish bowl. Then he uploads the photograph onto the computer and, with Photoshop, enlarges the goldfish bowl. The goldfish now looks really big – enormous, in fact!
Antonio has done a good job. But what will the other kids make of it?