Nicola and Jacopo were very hard working boys. But they seemed to be very unlucky because they have lost their father in a bomb blast. Their sister was suffering from tuberculosis of the spine. They never lost hope and admitted their sister in a nearby hospital and made sure that they paid the bill every week. They earned money by hawking newspaper, selling fruits, shining shoes, running errands and many other small jobs. Their spirits were high and they fought the war as even war could not break them and they hoped and tried to come out of the war victoriously.