Stranica 25 [25]
OCR
Il MASTER CHERRY MAKES A PRESENT OF THE PIECE OF WOOD TO HIS FRIEND GEPPETTO, WHO TAKES IT TO MAKE FOR HIMSELF A WONDERFUL PUPPET, THAT SHALL KNOW HOW TO DANCE, AND TO FENCE, AND TO LEAP LIKE AN ACROBAT door. A " Come in,” said the carpenter, without having the strength to rise to his feet. A lively little old man immediately walked into the shop. His name was Geppetto, but when the boys of the neighbourhood wished to put him in a passion they called him by the nickname of Polendina,* because his yellow wig resembled a pudding made of Indian corn. Geppetto was very fiery. Woe to him who called him Polendina! He became furious, and there was no holding him. “Good day, Master Antonio,” said Geppetto; " what are you doing there on the floor?” “IT am teaching the alphabet to the ants.” “Much good may that do you.” “What has brought you to me, neighbour Geppetto? ” that moment some one knocked at the a 1Polendina. In Italian, pudding of Indian corn 15
