¹     "Buon giorno, Signora," the postman said. "You have a lot of mail today."
 
²     "Thank you for bringing it to me," Tracy's mother said.
 
³     She went down the steps. She walked to the mailbox. She took out all the mail and went back inside.
 
⁴     "Mom, the postman talks funny," Tracy said. "He called you ‘signora,' and what does ‘buon giorno' mean?"
 
⁵     "No," Tracy's mother said. "He does not talk funny. He speaks English and Italian. He came here many years ago. He was born in Milan, Italy."
 
⁶     "Then he is not an American. He is Italian," Tracy said.
 
⁷     "He is Italian," his mother said. "But he is American, too. He became a citizen ten years ago."
 
⁸     "What was it like in Milan?" Tracy asked.
 
⁹     "Why don't you go find out?" his mother said. "You can use your computer. You can read some books."

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