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PINOCCHIO 149 he would have to pass under the windows of the good Fairys house between the carabineers. He would rather have died. They had already reached the village when a gust of wind blew Pinocchios cap off his head and carried it ten yards off. “Will you permit me,” said the puppet to the carabineers, "to go and get my cap?” “Go, then; but be quick about it.” The puppet went and picked up his cap... but instead of putting it on his head he took it between his teeth and began to run as hard as he could towards the seashore. The carabineers, thinking it would be difficult to overtake him, sent after him a large mastiff who had won the first prizes at all the dog-races. Pinocchio ran, but the dog ran faster. The people came to their windows and crowded into the street in their anxiety to see the end of the desperate race. But they could not satisfy their curiosity, for Pinocchio and the dog raised such clouds of dust that in a few minutes nothing could be seen of either of them.
