. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . weeks consist of six Thursdays and oneSunday ? Most certain. But do you know for certain that the holidaysbegin on the ist of January and finish on the lastday of December ? Assuredly. What a delightful country! repeated Pinoc-chio, looking enchanted. Then, with a resolute air,he added in a great hurry: This time really good-bye, and a pleasant journeyto you. 1 Good-bye. When do you start ? Shortly. What a pity ! If really it wanted only an hourto the time of your start, I should be almost tempted to wait. « And the Fairy ? ult is already late. ... If I ret
. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . weeks consist of six Thursdays and oneSunday ? Most certain. But do you know for certain that the holidaysbegin on the ist of January and finish on the lastday of December ? Assuredly. What a delightful country! repeated Pinoc-chio, looking enchanted. Then, with a resolute air,he added in a great hurry: This time really good-bye, and a pleasant journeyto you. 1 Good-bye. When do you start ? Shortly. What a pity ! If really it wanted only an hourto the time of your start, I should be almost tempted to wait. « And the Fairy ? ult is already late. ... If I return home anhour sooner or an hour later it will be all the same. u Poor Pinocchio! And if the Fairy scolds you ? *I must have patience! I will let her scold. When she has scolded well she will hold her tongue. In the meantime night had come on and it was quite dark. Suddenly they saw in the distance a 200 THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO small light moving . . and they heard a noise oftalking, and the sound of a trumpet, but so small. What a delightful country ! . . What a delightful country ! and feeble that it resembled the hum of a mosquito. THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO 201 Here it is! shouted Candlewick, jumping tohis feet. What is it ? asked Pinocchio in a whisper. It is the coach coming to take me. Now willyou come, yes or no ? But is it really true, asked the puppet, thatin that country boys are never obliged to study ? Never, never, never ! What a delightful country ! . . What a delight-ful country! . . What a delightful country!
Size: 1075px × 2324px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookp, bookpublisherlondonjmdent
