Oldal 215 [215]
PINOCCHIO 193
And indeed buyers were not wanting.
Candlewick was bought by a peasant whose
donkey had died the previous day. Pinocchio
was sold to the director of a company of buf¬
foons and tight-rope dancers, who bought him
that he might teach him to leap and to dance
with the animals belonging to the company.
And now, my little readers, you will have
understood the fine trade that little man pur¬
sued. The wicked little monster, who had a
face all milk and honey, made frequent jour¬
neys round the world with his coach. As he
went along he collected, with promises and
flattery, all the idle boys who had taken an
aversion to books and school. As soon as his
coach was full he conducted them to the “ Land
of Boobies,” that they might pass their time
in games, In uproar, and in amusement. When
these poor deluded boys, from continual play
and no study, had become so many little don¬
keys, he took possession of them with great
delight and satisfaction, and carried them off
to the fairs and markets to be sold. And in
this way he had in a few years made heaps of
money and had become a millionaire.
What became of Candlewick I do not know;
but I do know that Pinocchio from the very
first day had tc endure a hard, laborious life.
When he was put into his stall his master
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