Oldal 125 [125]
PINOCCHIO 109
boy as so many are; if I had been willing to
learn and to work; if I had remained at home
with my poor papa, I should not now be in the
midst of the fields and obliged to be the watch¬
dog to a peasant’s house. Oh, if I could be
born again! But now it is too late, and I must
have patience! ”
Relieved by this little outburst, which came
straight from his heart, he went into the dog¬
kennel and fell asleep,