. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . XXXVI Pinocchio at last ceases to be a puppetand becomes a boy. WHILST Pinocchio was swimming quickly towardsthe shore he discovered that his father, who wason his shoulders with his legs in the water, wastrembling as violently as if the poor man had got anattack of ague fever. Was he trembling from cold or from fear ? . .Perhaps a little from both the one and the Pinocchio, thinking that it was from fear, saidto comfort him: u Courage, papa! In a few minutes we shall besafely on shore. But where is this blessed shore ? asked thelittle old man, be
. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . XXXVI Pinocchio at last ceases to be a puppetand becomes a boy. WHILST Pinocchio was swimming quickly towardsthe shore he discovered that his father, who wason his shoulders with his legs in the water, wastrembling as violently as if the poor man had got anattack of ague fever. Was he trembling from cold or from fear ? . .Perhaps a little from both the one and the Pinocchio, thinking that it was from fear, saidto comfort him: u Courage, papa! In a few minutes we shall besafely on shore. But where is this blessed shore ? asked thelittle old man, becoming still more frightened, andscrewing up his eyes as tailors do when they wishto thread a needle. u I have been looking in everydirection and I see nothing but the sky and the sea. But I see the shore as well, said the puppet. *ss 256 THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO You must know that I am like a cat: I see betterby night than by day. Poor Pinocchio was making a pretence of beingin good spirits, but in reality ... in reality hewas
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