Stranica 97 [97]
XVII
PINOCCHIO EATS THE SUGAR, BUT WILL NOT
TAKE HIS MEDICINE: WHEN, HOWEVER, HE
SEES THE GRAVE-DIGGERS, WHO HAVE ARRIVED
TO CARRY HIM AWAY, HE TAKES IT. HE
THEN TELLS A LIE, AND AS A PUNISHMENT
HIS NOSE GROWS LONGER
kf soon as the three doctors had left the
room the Fairy approached Pinocchio,
and having touched his forehead she
perceived that he was in a high fever that was
not to be trifled with.
She therefore dissolved a certain white
powder in half a tumbler of water, and offering
it to the puppez she said to him lovingly:
" Drink it, and in a few days you will be
cured.”
Pinocchio looked at the tumbler, made a
wry face, and then asked in a plaintive voice:
“Is it sweet or bitter? ”
“ Tt is bitter, but it will do you good.”
“Tf it is bitter, I will not take it.”
" Listen to me: drink it.”
" I dont like anything bitter.”
“Drink it, and when you have drunk it I
will give you a lump of sugar to take away the
taste.”
“Where is the lump of sugar?”