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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 discovered 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 puppet, 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 shavings dance with her forepaws. . Open the door, I tell you! ” repeated Geppetto angrily. “If you do not, when I get into the house you shall have the cat from me!" 35
