A Piece of Sky

Although a lowlander Marco is a robust fellow He is now working as a farmhand for mountain farmer Alois in a remote Swiss alpine village and even at the regulars table at the local inn people are slowly learning to appreciate this iced tea drinker Anna is a local village girl she has a daughter Julia from a previous relationship Some doubt whether this new relationship will work out but not Marco or Anna They get married Their love is gentle and beautiful unable to fully fathom it they express it in simple words The trust between them grows and their tenderness endures the happiness they feel at every touch is only surpassed by the warmth of stroking a cow But soon Marco seems to be losing control of his impulses more and more often