Oldal 45 [45]
VII
GEPPETTO RETURNS HOME, AND GIVES THE
PUPPET THE BREAKFAST THAT THE POOR
MAN HAD BROUGHT FOR HIMSELF
Pia Pinocchio, whose eyes were still half
shut from sleep, had not as yet discov¬
ered that his feet were burnt off. The
moment, therefore, that he heard his father’s
voice he slipped off his stool to run and open
the door; but after stumbling two or three times
he fell his whole length on the floor.
And the noise he made in falling was as
if a sack of wooden ladles had been thrown
from a fifth story.
. Open the door!” shouted Geppetto from
the street.
‘“ Dear papa, I cannot,” answered the pup¬
pet, crying and rolling about on the ground.
. Why cannot you? ”
" Because my feet have been eaten.”
. And who has eaten your feet? ”
" The cat,” said Pinocchio, seeing the cat,
who was amusing herself by making some shav¬
ings dance with her forepaws.
. Open the door, I tell you! ” repeated Gep¬
petto angrily. “If you do not, when I get
into the house you shall have the cat from
me!"
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