Stranica 122 [122]
X.XI
PINOCCHIO IS TAKEN BY A PEASANT, WHO
OBLIGES HIM TO FILL THE PLACE OF HIS
WATCH-DOG IN THE POULTRY-YARD
INOCCHIO, as you can imagine, began
P to cry and scream: but his tears and
groans were useless, for there was not a
house to be seen, and not a living soul passed
down the road.
At last night came on.
Partly from the pain of the trap that cut
his legs, and a little from fear at finding him¬
self alone in the dark in the midst of the fields,
the puppet was on the point of fainting. Just
at that moment he saw a Firefly flitting over
his head. He called to it and said:
“Oh, little Firefly, will you have pity on
me and liberate me from this torture? ”
‘Poor boy!” said the Firefly, stopping and
iooking at him with compassion, “ but how
could your legs have been caught by those sharp
irons? ”
‘“T came into the field to pick two bunches
of these muscatel grapes, and...”
“But were the grapes yours?”
sh ca SEO
“'Then who taught you to carry off other
people’s property? ”
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