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PINOCCHIO 227 ** "Tell me, little Cricket, where can I find a tumbler of milk for my poor papa? " ‘Three fields off from here there lives a gardener called Giangio who keeps cows. Go to him and you will get the milk you are in want of.” Pinocchio ran all the way to Giangio’s house; and the gardener asked him: “How much milk do you want?” “IT want a tumblerful.” " A tumbler of milk costs a halfpenny. Begin by giving me the halfpenny.” “T have not even a farthing,” replied Pinocchio, grieved and mortified. “That is bad, puppet,” answered the gardener. “If you have not even a farthing, 1 have not even a drop of milk.” “TI must have patience!” said Pinocchio, and he turned to go. “Wait a little,” said Giangio. " We can come to an arrangement together. Will you undertake to turn the pumping machine? ” ‘What is the pumping machine?” ‘It is a wooden pole which serves to draw up the water from the cistern to water the vegetables.” A You can try me... “Well, then, if you will draw a hundred 299
