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96 PINOCCHIO
‘Is there anything else to be done? ”
‘© Nothing else,” answered the Fox. “ We
can now go away. You can return in about
twenty minutes, and you will find a shrub
already pushing through the ground, with its
branches quite loaded with money.”
The poor puppet, beside himself with joy,
thanked the Fox and the Cat a thousand times,
and promised them a beautiful present.
‘We wish for no presents,” answered the
two rascals. "It is enough for us to have
taught you the way to enrich yourself without
undergoing hard work, and we are as happy
as folk out for a holiday.”
Thus saying they left Pinocchio, and, wishing
him a good harvest, went about their business.