. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . ter with you ? THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO 221 Alas, I cannot any longer stand upright. No more can I, exclaimed Pinocchio, totteringand beginning to cry. And whilst they were talking they both doubledup and began to run round the room on their handsand feet. And as they ran, their hands becamehoofs, their faces lengthened into muzzles, and theirbacks became covered with a light gray hairy coatsprinkled with black. But do you know what was the worst momentfor these two wretched boys ? The worst and themost humiliating moment was when their tails
. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . ter with you ? THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO 221 Alas, I cannot any longer stand upright. No more can I, exclaimed Pinocchio, totteringand beginning to cry. And whilst they were talking they both doubledup and began to run round the room on their handsand feet. And as they ran, their hands becamehoofs, their faces lengthened into muzzles, and theirbacks became covered with a light gray hairy coatsprinkled with black. But do you know what was the worst momentfor these two wretched boys ? The worst and themost humiliating moment was when their tails by shame and sorrow they wept andlamented their fate. Oh, if they had but been wiser! But insteadof sighs and lamentations they could only bray likeasses ; and they brayed loudly and said in chorus:j-a, j-a,j-a. Whilst this was going on some one knocked atthe door, and a yoice on the outside said: Open the door! I am the little man, I am thecoachman, who brought you to this country. Openat once, or it will be the worse for you!.
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