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PINOCCHIO 195 At last, finding nothing else in the manger, he resigned himself, and chewed a little hay; and after he had chewed it well, he shut his eyes and swallowed it. “This hay 1s not bad,” he said to himself; " but how much better it would have been if I had gone on with my studies! . . . Instead of hay I might now be eating a hunch of new bread and a fine slice of sausage! But I must have patience! .. .” ‘The next morning when he woke he looked in the manger for more hay; but he found none, for he had eaten it all during the night. Then he took a mouthful of chopped straw; but whilst he was chewing it he had to acknowledge that the taste of chopped straw did not in the least resemble a savoury dish of macaroni or rice. " But I must have patience!” he repeated as he went on chewing. " May my example serve at least as a warning to all disobedient boys who do not want to study. Patience! ” ‘Patience indeed!" shouted his master, coming at that moment into the stable. "Do you think, my little donkey, that I bought you only to give you food and drink? I bought you to make you work, and that you might earn money for me. Up, then, at once! you must come with me into the circus, and there
