Little Mattia And His Journey In The Time Machine

Little Mattia and his journey in the time machine

It is Christmas Eve. Mattia, a small boy of eight years old, is ill in bed with influenza and waiting to celebrate the festivity with his parents and relatives. After dinner Mattia returns to his bed, and before falling asleep listens to his father tell him a story. It is all about Andrew, a boy of his own age who lived one hundred years before him. Andrew suffers from an incurable illness. To get better he would need penicillin which did not exist then. Mattia listens to the interesting story and feels sorry for such an unfortunate little boy, not only because his life is at risk, but also because he and his family have been abandoned by his father. Seeing him suddenly overcome with fatigue, Mattia’s father decides to let him sleep. Then, just as he is about to fall asleep, Father Christmas appears. He invites him on a journey back through time so that he can take the little boy the medicine he needs to get better. Mattia accepts Father Christmas’s suggestion and, thanks to his sleigh pulled through the sky by the reindeer, Mattia travels one hundred years back in time. Father Christmas then says goodbye to him, promising to return the following Christmas, one year later. And this is how Mattia begins his adventure in time…

You are the Hope

Ever since he separated from his wife twenty years before, George Sandford, an important New York attorney, has deeply missed his son's presence in his life. In the meantime Jonathan has become a brilliant doctor who has discovered the cure for cancer, but his invention is then stolen by professor Ryder, head physician at the hospital where they both work, who is claiming credit for the discovery. Jonathan, who had fortunately patented his cure, decides to take professor Ryder to court, who in turn addresses George's law office for assistance. George, who had then also left his second wife and was recovering from a severe bout of depression that had led to alcohol abuse, decides to try and regain control of himself and return to work. As soon as he reaches the office he discovers Jonathan's case file on his desk and he sees his opportunity to reestablish a relationship with his son. He therefor decides to leave the law firm for good and offer his son his legal assistance. Jonathan, initially wary at seeing his father again, accepts his help in what turns out for George to be the most important case of his life. After many vicissitudes the case reaches the court where George, during his final defense, pronounces the words “You are the hope”.

Little Mattia and His Journey in the Time Machine