If Gabriele's reluctant arrival into this world in 1931 was any indication, then his life was destined to be one eventful, amazing journey. In 1943, his idyllic, simple life with his loving family in the little Italian town of Ripa Teatina, Abruzzo, was shattered by World War II. Surrounded by deprivation and tragedy and looking for scraps of food, Gabriele would have serious conversations with his beloved donkey Rosina, telling her, "I need you...