With his safety vest and sunglasses steals all eyes on the corner of Catelli and Catamarca. He found next to his friend, the "dirty" Mario. Rocco, it is about him, is the "dog" star of the neighborhood.
"How is Rocco?" asks the woman from zero kilometers. A clerk goes by and strokes his head while he does not even flinch. Rest lying on the sidewalk and you could even guess that he is sleeping peacefully, always with sunglasses on, which gives him a special look. "If I take them out, he starts to bark," explains Mario in safety clothing, the car that adopted Rocco four years ago, when he found him "mangy, full of fleas, dirty and hungry" in the street.
Rocco is a dog brand dog that does not leave its owner. He accompanies him daily to the corner of Catelli and Catamarca, where the man who arrived 16 years ago from Terms Hondo makes a living daily taking care of the cars on the block.
"Some people bring him food but I do not ask for anything," Mario says with some shyness, who emphasizes that his dog is faithful, affectionate, and "coquettish.” If I take his glasses off him goes crazy, "he says smiling.
"You have guys like Mario who do not have anything left over, adopt a street dog and take care of him as if he were a king," says Florence, a neighbor who, with her little daughter Julia in her arms, passes by the place every day just to greet the illustrious characters.
"Silver barely reaches me for the day. I do the daily, for the food and to be able to pay for the light, "say the" rag "- wearing reflective vest - with naturalness.
When the sun goes down, when the office workers and most of the owners of cars that are parked in their area conclude the day, it is time to return home also to Mario and Rocco, already without their glasses. They leave, with a weary gait, to the "little piece rented in the area.” Tomorrow will be another story, another day, and if it is sunny, even better.
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