After a long and carefree youth spent frolicking in the woods with the Indians of the Appenines behind Modena, Alessandro is duely enticed by the slippery snare of the city under the joint illusions of study and living it up. He spends his best years reading philosophy books and waiting for trains to bring him to Bologna and from there, all round Italy. After graduating he understands that music is his calling and –hastily retracing his steps - goes back to school where he studies the flute along with two little girls and four teenagers. However, once the intial embarassment of that first day at school passes things start looking up and he realises that indeed there's always something worth learning in life.