. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . XXXII Pinocchio gets donkeys ears ; and then he becomes areal little donkey and begins to bray. WHAT was this surprise ? I will tell you, my dear little readers. The sur-prise was that Pinocchio when he awoke scratchedhis head ; and in scratching his head he Can you guess in the least what he discovered ? He discovered to his great astonishment that hisears had grown more than a hand. You know that the puppet from his birth hadalways had very small ears—so small that they werenot visible to the naked eye. You can imagine thenwhat he felt when h
. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . XXXII Pinocchio gets donkeys ears ; and then he becomes areal little donkey and begins to bray. WHAT was this surprise ? I will tell you, my dear little readers. The sur-prise was that Pinocchio when he awoke scratchedhis head ; and in scratching his head he Can you guess in the least what he discovered ? He discovered to his great astonishment that hisears had grown more than a hand. You know that the puppet from his birth hadalways had very small ears—so small that they werenot visible to the naked eye. You can imagine thenwhat he felt when he found that during the night ii4 THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO his ears had become so long that they seemed liketwo brooms. He went at once in search of a glass that he might. His head embellished with donkeys ears* look at himself, but not being able to find one hefilled the basin of his washing-stand with water, andhe saw reflected what he certainly would never have THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO 215 wished to see. He saw his head embellished with amagnificent pair of donkeys ears! Only think of poor Pinocchios sorrow, shame, anddespair! He began to cry and roar, and he beat his headagainst the wall; but the more he cried the longerhis ears grew: they grew, and grew, and becamehairy towards the points. At the sound of his loud outcries a beautiful littleMarmot that lived on the first floor came into theroom. Seeing the puppet in such grief she askedearnestly: What has happened to you, my dear fellow-lodger ? I am ill, my dear little Marmot, very ill ...and of an illness that frightens me. Do you under-stand counting a pulse ? A little. u Then feel and see if by chance I have got fever. The little Marmot raised her right fore-paw ; andafter having felt Pinocc
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