He was keeping her hand helping her to walk. He cleaned the food falling from her teeth-less mouth. He taught her the words she didn't know any more. She did the same with him once. Fifty years ago.
Happy to tell you that some of the Olive Tree Tales are now published on the literature magazine Yareah, n.2/2008. Have a look at it on: www.yareah.com/literatura_poems_trebeschi.php