Oldal 96 [96]
OCR
82 PINOCCHIO with a fit of convulsive trembling that shook the whole bed. ‘That puppet there,” continued the Talking-cricket, “is a confirmed rogue... .” Pinocchio opened his eyes, but shut them again immediately. " He is a ragamuffin, a do-nothing, a vagaDOT a Pinocchio hid his face beneath the clothes. " That puppet there is a disobedient son who will make his poor father die of a broken heart..." At that instant a suffocated sound of sobs and crying was heard in the room. Imagine everybody s astonishment when, having raised the sheets a little, it was discovered that the sounds came Írom Pinocchio. " When the dead person cries, it is a sign that he is on the road to get well," said the Crow solemnly. " I grieve to contradict my illustrious friend and colleague,” added the Owl; “ but for me, when the dead person cries, it is a sign that he is sorry to die.”
