Oldal 195 [195]
XXXI
AFTER FIVE MONTHS RESIDENCE IN THE LAND OF
COCAGNE, PINOCCHIO, TO HIS GREAT ASTON¬
ISHMENT, GROWS A BEAUTIFUL PAIR OF
DONKEYS EARS, AND HE BECOMES A LITTLE
DONKEY, TAIL AND ALL
\ last the coach arrived; and it arrived
without making the slightest noise, for
its wheels were bound round with tow
and rags.
It was drawn by twelve pairs of donkeys,
all the same size but of different colours.
Some were gray, some white, some brindled
like pepper and salt, and others had large
stripes of yellow and blue.
But the most extraordinary thing was this:
the twelve pairs, that is, the twenty-four don¬
keys, instead of being shod like other beasts
of burden, had on their feet men’s boots made
of white kid.
And the coachman?...
Picture to yourself a little man broader
than he was long, flabby and greasy like a lump
of butter, with a small round face like an
orange, a little mouth that was always laugh¬
ing, and a soft caressing voice like a cat’s when
she is trying to insinuate herself into the good
graces of the mistress of the house.
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