. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . XIX Pinocchio is robbed of his money, and as a punishmenthe is sent to prison for four months. THE puppet returned to the town and began tocount the minutes one by one; and when hethought that it must be time he took the roadleading to the Field of miracles. And as he walked along with hurried steps hisheart beat fast tic, tac, tic, tac, like a drawing-roomclock when it is really going well Meanwhile hewas thinking to himself: And if instead of a thousand gold pieces, I wasto find on the branches of the tree two thousand ?. . And instead of two thousand sup
. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . XIX Pinocchio is robbed of his money, and as a punishmenthe is sent to prison for four months. THE puppet returned to the town and began tocount the minutes one by one; and when hethought that it must be time he took the roadleading to the Field of miracles. And as he walked along with hurried steps hisheart beat fast tic, tac, tic, tac, like a drawing-roomclock when it is really going well Meanwhile hewas thinking to himself: And if instead of a thousand gold pieces, I wasto find on the branches of the tree two thousand ?. . And instead of two thousand supposing Ifound five thousand ? and instead of five thousandthat I found a hundred thousand ? Oh ! what afine gentleman I should then become ! . . I would 109 no THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO have a beautiful palace, a thousand little woodenhorses and a thousand stables to amuse myself with,a cellar full of currant-wine and sweet syrups, anda library quite full of candies, tarts, plum-cakes,macaroons, and biscuits with cream. Whilst
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