Stranica 83 [83]
PINOCCHIO 71
that he was a poor puppet, and that he had
not as much as a false farthing in his pocket.
" Come now! Less nonsense and out with
the money!” cried the two brigands threat¬
eningly.
And the puppet made a gesture with his
hands to signify: “ I have got none."
‘Deliver up your money or you are dead, "
said the tallest of the brigands.
“Dead!” repeated the other.
“And after we have killed you, we will
also kill your father.”
‘* Also your father! "
" No, no, no, not my poor papa!” cried
Pinocchio in a despairing tone; and as he said
it, the sovereigns clinked in his mouth.
‘Ah! you rascal! Then you have hidden
your money under your tongue! Spit it out
at once! "
But Pinocchio was obdurate.
" Ah! you pretend to be deaf, do you? Wait
a moment, leave 1t to us to find a means to make
you spit it out."
And one of them seized the puppet by the
end of his nose, and the other took him by the
chin, and began to pull them brutally, the one
up and the other down, to constrain him to
open his mouth. But it was all to no purpose.