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PINOCCHIO 153 appearance of an immense lizard standing on its hind-paws. When the fisherman had drawn his net out of the sea, he exclaimed with great satisfaction: “'Thank Heaven! Again to-day I shall have a splendid feast of fish!” “What a mercy that I am not a fish!” said Pinocchio to himself, regaining a little courage. The net full of fish was carried into the cave, which was dark and smoky. In the middle of the cave a large frying-pan full of oil was frying, and sending out a smell of mushrooms that was suffocating. " Now we will see what fish we have taken! ” said the green fisherman; and putting into the net an enormous hand, so out of all proportion that it looked like a baker’s shovel, he pulled out a handful of mullet. " "These mullet are good!” he said, looking at them and smelling them complacently. And he then threw them into a pan without water. He repeated the same operation many times; and as he drew out the fish, his mouth watered and he said, chuckling to himself: - What good whiting!.. .” “What exquisite sardines!... - These soles are delicious!... “* And these crabs excellent!... What dear little anchovies! . . .” 3? 29 29
