Oldal 104 [104]
OCR
XVIII PINOCCHIO MEETS AGAIN THE FOX AND THE CAT, AND GOES WITH THEM TO BURY HIS MONEY IN THE FIELD OF MIRACLES r HE Fairy, as you can imagine, allowed the puppet to cry and to roar for a good half-hour over his nose, which could no longer pass through the door of the room. This she did to give him a severe lesson, and to correct him of the disgraceful fault of telling hes— the most disgraceful fault that a boy can have. But when she saw him quite disfigured, and his eyes swollen out of his head from weeping, she felt full of compassion for him. She therefore beat her hands together, and at that signal a thousand large birds called Woodpeckers flew in at the window. ‘They immediately perched on Pinocchio’s nose, and began to peck at it with such zeal that in a few minutes his enormous and ridiculous nose was reduced to its usual dimensions. “What a good Fairy you are,” said the puppet, drying his eyes, " and how much I love you!” “I love you also,” answered the Fairy; “and if you will remain with me, you shall be my little brother and [ will be your good little sister. so 3” 90
