. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . sgreen, his eyes were green, his long beard that camedown to the ground was also green. He had theappearance of an immense lizard standing on itshind-paws. When the fisherman had drawn his net out of thesea, he exclaimed with great satisfaction : Thank Heaven ! Again to-day I shall have asplendid feast of fish ! What a mercy that I am not a fish! saidPinocchio to himself, regaining a little courage. The net full of fish was carried into the cave,which was dark and smoky. In the middle of thecave a large frying-pan full of oil was frying, andsending out a sm
. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . sgreen, his eyes were green, his long beard that camedown to the ground was also green. He had theappearance of an immense lizard standing on itshind-paws. When the fisherman had drawn his net out of thesea, he exclaimed with great satisfaction : Thank Heaven ! Again to-day I shall have asplendid feast of fish ! What a mercy that I am not a fish! saidPinocchio to himself, regaining a little courage. The net full of fish was carried into the cave,which was dark and smoky. In the middle of thecave a large frying-pan full of oil was frying, andsending out a smell of mushrooms that wassuffocating. u Now we will see what fish we have taken!said the green fisherman; and putting into the netan enormous hand, so out of all proportion that itlooked like a bakers shovel, he pulled out a handfulof mullet. These mullet are good! he said, looking atthem and smelling them complacently. And afterhe had smelt them he threw them into a pan with-out water. He repeated the same operation many times; and. What species of fish is this ? 178 THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO as he drew out the fish, his mouth watered and hesaid, chuckling to himself: What good whiting! ... What exquisite sardines ! ... These soles are delicious! . And these crabs excellent! ... What dear little anchovies ! . . I need not tell you that the whiting, the sardines,the soles, the crabs, and the anchovies were allthrown promiscuously into the pan to keep companywith the mullet. The last to remain in the net was Pinocchio. No sooner had the fisherman taken him out thanhe opened his big green eyes with astonishment,and cried, half-frightened : What species of fish is this ? Fish of this kindI neyer remember to have eaten! And he looked at him again attentively, andhaving examined him well all over, he ended bysaying: u I know : he must be a craw-fish. Pinocchio, mortified at being mistaken for a craw-fish, said in an angry voice : A craw-fish indeed! do you take me for acraw-fish ?
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