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XVII PINOCCHIO EATS THE SUGAR, BUT WILL NOT TAKE HIS MEDICINE: WHEN, HOWEVER, HE SEES THE GRAVE-DIGGERS, WHO HAVE ARRIVED TO CARRY HIM AWAY, HE TAKES IT. HE THEN TELLS A LIE, AND AS A PUNISHMENT HIS NOSE GROWS LONGER kf soon as the three doctors had left the room the Fairy approached Pinocchio, and having touched his forehead she perceived that he was in a high fever that was not to be trifled with. She therefore dissolved a certain white powder in half a tumbler of water, and offering it to the puppez she said to him lovingly: " Drink it, and in a few days you will be cured.” Pinocchio looked at the tumbler, made a wry face, and then asked in a plaintive voice: “Is it sweet or bitter? ” “ Tt is bitter, but it will do you good.” “Tf it is bitter, I will not take it.” " Listen to me: drink it.” " I dont like anything bitter.” “Drink it, and when you have drunk it I will give you a lump of sugar to take away the taste.” “Where is the lump of sugar?”
