Sometimes in Italy it may happen to wake up to the voice of a street vendor shouting: "donne, è arrivato l'arrotino, donne è arrivato l'ombrellaio..." (women the blade-sharpener has arrived, women, the man who repairs umbrellas has arrived). The "arrotino" is an artisan, who belongs to an ancient culture where things were not thrown away but repaired. In modern society we tend to throw things away and buy new ones.

And you? Do you throw away broken things or do you fix them?

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Do you need to sharpen your kitchen knives or your scissors? Go down in the street and l'arrotino will sharpen them for you.

Do you need to "sharpen" some irregular Italian verbs? Complete the wordsearch below!