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Ricardo was a young Italian man.
He lived in Milan. On his 16th birthday his father Antonio, in a rite of passage, gave him a hunting rifle that was a family heirloom. The rifle had been handmade by Antonio’s father who founded the Rolle Carabiner Company after World War II. Ricardo cherished the rifle and he practiced with it often. One day, while at the shooting range, he met a beautiful English girl named Nev and they fell in love at first sight. In broken English he asked her out for coffee and she accepted. Though she spoke little Italian, and he spoke poor English, they laughed and talked for hours. She called him Ric and told him she was in town for one week to compete in the Milan Shooting Championships. Later, the two walked back to her hotel, only to find her father standing, infuriated, outside the on the sidewalk. He yelled at Ricardo, “Stay away from my daughter!” But Nev screamed “No Daddy, I love him!” The father said to her “Go inside!” He turned to Ricardo and said “If I ever lay eyes on you again, you better have an expensive present to give my daughter, or I will never let her see you!” Ricardo went home and was very sad because he just could not afford to buy Nev an expensive present. Then he realized what to do. He took his cherished Rolle rifle, wrapped it in beautiful paper and attached a huge bow. Early the next morning, he returned to the hotel and knocked on her door. The father answered, and seeing the package in Ricardo’s hands, invited him in. Nev was still asleep in the next room. Ricardo pleaded with the father to let him speak to her and give her the present. The father eventually relented and opened his daughter's door and called her name softly. Nev woke and though still groggy, saw Ricardo’s face and her heart soared. She said “Ric Rolle? What do you have?” He said, “Nev, a gun, a gift, you up?”
He lived in Milan. On his 16th birthday his father Antonio, in a rite of passage, gave him a hunting rifle that was a family heirloom. The rifle had been handmade by Antonio’s father who founded the Rolle Carabiner Company after World War II. Ricardo cherished the rifle and he practiced with it often. One day, while at the shooting range, he met a beautiful English girl named Nev and they fell in love at first sight. In broken English he asked her out for coffee and she accepted. Though she spoke little Italian, and he spoke poor English, they laughed and talked for hours. She called him Ric and told him she was in town for one week to compete in the Milan Shooting Championships. Later, the two walked back to her hotel, only to find her father standing, infuriated, outside the on the sidewalk. He yelled at Ricardo, “Stay away from my daughter!” But Nev screamed “No Daddy, I love him!” The father said to her “Go inside!” He turned to Ricardo and said “If I ever lay eyes on you again, you better have an expensive present to give my daughter, or I will never let her see you!” Ricardo went home and was very sad because he just could not afford to buy Nev an expensive present. Then he realized what to do. He took his cherished Rolle rifle, wrapped it in beautiful paper and attached a huge bow. Early the next morning, he returned to the hotel and knocked on her door. The father answered, and seeing the package in Ricardo’s hands, invited him in. Nev was still asleep in the next room. Ricardo pleaded with the father to let him speak to her and give her the present. The father eventually relented and opened his daughter's door and called her name softly. Nev woke and though still groggy, saw Ricardo’s face and her heart soared. She said “Ric Rolle? What do you have?” He said, “Nev, a gun, a gift, you up?”
