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PINOCCHIO 65
frogs, lizards, and other delicacies; he could
not touch anything else. He had such a dis¬
gust to food, he said, that he could put nothing
to his lips.
The one who ate the least was Pinocchio.
He asked for some walnuts and a hunch of
bread, and left everything on his plate. ‘The
poor boy, whose thoughts were continually
fixed on the Field of miracles, had got in antici¬
pation an indigestion of goid pieces.
When they had supped, the Fox said to the
host: Dees ee
“Give us two good rooms, one for Mr.
Pinocchio, and the other for me and my com¬
panion. We will snatch a little sleep before
we leave. Remember that at midnight we wish
to be called to continue our journey.”
" Yes, gentlemen,” answered the host, and
he winked at the Fox and the Cat, as much as
to say: “I know what you are up to. We
understand one another! ”
No sooner had Pinocchio got into bed than
he fell asleep at once and began to dream. And
he dreamt that he was in the middle of a field,
and the field was full of shrubs covered with
clusters of gold sovereigns, and as they swung
in the wind they went zin, zin, zin, almost as
if they would say: “ Let who will, come and
take us." But when Pinocchio was at the most
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