"Why won't you play with me, Giulia?" Maya's eyes are filling with tears, but her friend remains being stubborn. "I told you that it's childish to play with dolls. I'm eight today, I will be be trained from today." Giulia bursts with pride. For months she has been waiting for this day, because any attempt by her to persuade Johnson to instruct her before her eighth birthday has failed. He always remained very stubborn, though he knew well that he makes Dad very angry this way. Angry at Giulia because she wasn't able to convince Johnson. But everything will be fine , dad won't be disappointed anymore.
"Then let's play something else," Maya is begging further. "You got one game from my daddy to your birthday, why won't we try it?" Giu...lia doesn't know how to say best that she has no desire to play with Maya, but Johnson, who's coming in the room where the two girls always play, saves her. "Well, how's our birthday girl?" Giulia doesn't understand why Johnson is always smiling friendly. He's always kind to her, even if she isn't his own daughter. "There is someone waiting for you. You want to see him, don't you?" Who wants to see Giulia? She just has one relative, but this is impossible. She only sees him every few months, and now he is really there? With a big smile she runs down the stairs.
"Daddy!" Because of her excitement, she has almost hugged him, but at the last moment she is able to control her emotions. She knows very well that he doesn't like hugs.
"They'll finally form you." It is rare that he smiles, and for the first time Giulia believes that he's proud. She nods, than he says: "Well, your time isn't wasted any more. Your new comrades will arrive in the morning. You shall be the best agent of the project. I don't accept anything else." He is looking at her intently, than he gives her a thick book by some espionage techniques are described in detail. "When l come back you'll know it by heart. Do not disappoint me." He goes back, without saying goodbye to his daughter, but she is already used to. He has given HER a present! As a treasure she pushes the book against her chest. Maya wants to play with her, but she says that she must read the book. No, she wouldn't disappoint dad. Never.