Stranica 35 [35]
IV
THE STORY OF PINOCCHIO AND THE TALKING¬
CRICKET, FROM WHICH WE SEE THAT
NAUGHTY BOYS CANNOT ENDURE TO BE COR¬
RECTED 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.
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Pinocchio turned round and saw a big
cricket crawling slowly up the wall.
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