Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): at four-and-a-half years old he was left to fend for himself on the streets of northern italy for the next four years , living in various orphanages and roving through towns with groups of other homeless children.
Output (English): at four-and-a-half years old , he was left to manage for himself on the streets of northern italy for the next four years , living in various orphanages and travelling through towns with groups of other homeless children.