. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . l-seasoned wood heset to work with great diligence. In less than an hour the feet were finished : twolittle feet—swift, well-knit, and nervous. Theymight have been modelled by an artist of genius. Geppetto then said to the puppet: Shut your eyes and go to sleep ! And Pinocchio shut his eyes and pretended to beasleep. And whilst he pretended to sleep, Geppetto, witha little glue which he had melted in an egg-shell,fastened his feet in their place, and it was so welldone that not even a trace could be seen of wherethey were joined. No sooner had the puppet di
. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . l-seasoned wood heset to work with great diligence. In less than an hour the feet were finished : twolittle feet—swift, well-knit, and nervous. Theymight have been modelled by an artist of genius. Geppetto then said to the puppet: Shut your eyes and go to sleep ! And Pinocchio shut his eyes and pretended to beasleep. And whilst he pretended to sleep, Geppetto, witha little glue which he had melted in an egg-shell,fastened his feet in their place, and it was so welldone that not even a trace could be seen of wherethey were joined. No sooner had the puppet discovered that he hadfeet than he jumped down from the table on whichhe was lying, and began to spring and to cut athousand capers about the room, as if he had gonemad with the greatness of his delight. To reward you for what you have done forme, said Pinocchio to his father, I will go toschool at once. THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO 39 Good boy. But to go to school I shall want some clothes. Geppetto, who was poor, and who had not so. Ran to look at himself in a crock of water. much as a farthing in his pocket, then made him a little dress of flowered paper, a pair of shoes from the bark of a tree, and a cap of the crumb of bread. Pinocchio ran immediately to look at himself in a 40 THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO crock of water, and he was so pleased with hisappearance that he said, strutting about like apeacock: I look quite like a gentleman! Yes indeed, answered Geppetto, u for bear inmind that it is not fine clothes that make thegentleman, but rather clean clothes. By the bye, added the puppet, to go toschool I am still in want—indeed I am without thebest thing, and the most important. And what is it? I have no Spelling-book. You are right: but what shall we do to getone ? It is quite easy. We have only to go to thebooksellers and buy it. And the money ? I have got none. No more have I, added the good old man verysadly. And Pinocchio, although he was a very merryboy, became sa
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