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PINOCCHIO 121 said the old woman, pointing to a little boat which, seen at that distance, looked like a nutshell with a very little man in it. Pinocchio fixed his eyes on it, and after looking attentively he gave a piercing scream, crying: “It is my papa! it is my papa!” The boat meanwhile, beaten by the fury of the waves, at one moment disappeared in the trough of the sea, and the next came again to the surface. Pinocchio, standing on the top of a high rock, kept calling to his father by name, and making every kind of signal to him with his hands, his handkerchief, and his cap. And although he was so far off, Geppetto appeared to recognise his son, for he also took off his cap and waved it, and tried by gestures to make him understand that he would have returned if it had been possible, but that the sea was so tempestuous that he could not use his oars or approach the shore. Suddenly a tremendous wave rose and the boat disappeared. ‘They waited, hoping it would come again to the surface, but it was seen no more. " Poor man!” said the fishermen who were assembled on the shore, and murmuring a prayer they turned to go home. Just then they heard a desperate cry, and
