Stranica 104 [104]
XVIII
PINOCCHIO MEETS AGAIN THE FOX AND THE CAT,
AND GOES WITH THEM TO BURY HIS MONEY
IN THE FIELD OF MIRACLES
r HE Fairy, as you can imagine, allowed
the puppet to cry and to roar for a good
half-hour over his nose, which could no
longer pass through the door of the room. This
she did to give him a severe lesson, and to cor¬
rect him of the disgraceful fault of telling hes—
the most disgraceful fault that a boy can have.
But when she saw him quite disfigured, and
his eyes swollen out of his head from weeping,
she felt full of compassion for him. She there¬
fore beat her hands together, and at that signal
a thousand large birds called Woodpeckers flew
in at the window. ‘They immediately perched
on Pinocchio’s nose, and began to peck at it
with such zeal that in a few minutes his
enormous and ridiculous nose was reduced to
its usual dimensions.
“What a good Fairy you are,” said the
puppet, drying his eyes, " and how much I love
you!”
“I love you also,” answered the Fairy;
“and if you will remain with me, you shall be
my little brother and [ will be your good little
sister. so 3”
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