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IV THE STORY OF PINOCCHIO AND THE TALKINGCRICKET, FROM WHICH WE SEE THAT NAUGHTY BOYS CANNOT ENDURE TO BE CORRECTED BY THOSE WHO KNOW MORE THAN THEY DO f A 7 ELL then, children, I must tell you that whilst poor Geppetto was being taken to prison for no fault of his, that imp Pinocchio, finding himself free from the clutches of the carabineer, ran off as fast as his legs could carry him. That he might reach home the quicker, he rushed across the fields, and in his mad hurry he jumped high banks, thorn hedges, and ditches full of water, exactly as a kid or a leveret would have done if pursued by hunters. Having arrived at the house he found the street door ajar. He pulled it open, went in, and having secured the latch seated himself on the ground and gave a sigh of satisfaction. But his satisfaction did not last long, for he heard some one in the room who was saying: * Cri-eri-cri!” " Who calls me? ” said Pinocchio in a fright. sül 6 an ah tas Pinocchio turned round and saw a big cricket crawling slowly up the wall. 25
