Stranica 225 [225]
PINOCCHIO 203
the seashore. He then put a stone round his
neck, and tying a rope, the end of which he
held in his hand, round his leg, he gave him a
sudden push and threw him into the water.
Pinocchio, weighed down by the stone, went
at once to the bottom; and his owner, keeping
tight hold of the cord, sat down quietly on a
piece of rock to wait until the little donkey was
drowned, intending then to skin him.