three things in the house that fascinate David and explain why.

David is taken back to the home of Maria's family so that her mother can thank him. He is surprised to discover that they live in the beautiful house he had seen earlier. His curiosity about how they live overcomes his suspicions about houses, and he allows himself to be taken inside where he is seen by a doctor who treats his burns and says they're not too serious, fed, and put into a comfortable bed for the first time in his life. David is fascinated listening to music, enjoying getting clean, and reading books, even when Maria's father, Giovanni, becomes amused when he insists on only reading books written before 1917, "...because he wanted to be sure that what was in it was true and not something THEY had made up." He enjoys eating and learning to play with the other children, although he continues to avoid Carlo and rejects his apology.