. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . e another step. Inthe meanwhile a crowd of idlers and inquisitivepeople began to assemble and to make a ring roundthem. Some of them said one thing, some another. Poor puppet! said several, he is right not towish to return home! Who knows how Geppetto,that bad old man, will beat him! . . And the others added maliciously: Geppetto seems a good man! but with boys heis a regular tyrant! If that poor puppet is left inhis hands he is quite capable of tearing him inpieces! . . It ended in so much being said and done that thecarabineer at last set Pinocchio at lib
. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . e another step. Inthe meanwhile a crowd of idlers and inquisitivepeople began to assemble and to make a ring roundthem. Some of them said one thing, some another. Poor puppet! said several, he is right not towish to return home! Who knows how Geppetto,that bad old man, will beat him! . . And the others added maliciously: Geppetto seems a good man! but with boys heis a regular tyrant! If that poor puppet is left inhis hands he is quite capable of tearing him inpieces! . . It ended in so much being said and done that thecarabineer at last set Pinocchio at liberty and con-ducted Geppetto to prison. The poor man, notbeing ready with words to defend himself, cried likea calf, and as he was being led away to prisonsobbed out: Wretched boy! And to think how I havelaboured to make him a well-conducted puppet!But it serves me right! I should have thought ofit sooner! . What happened afterwards is a story that reallyis past all belief, but I will relate it to you in thefollowing IV The story of Pinocchio and the Talking-cricket, fromwhich we see that naughty boys cannot endure tobe corrected by those who know more than they do. WELL then, children, I must tell you that whilstpoor Geppetto was being taken to prison for no faultof his, that imp Pinocchio, finding himself free fromthe clutches of the carabineer, ran off as fast as hislegs could carry him. That he might reach homethe quicker he rushed across the fields, and in hismad hurry he jumped high banks, thorn hedges, andditches full of water, exactly as a kid or a leveretwould have done if pursued by hunters. Having arrived at the house he found the streetdoor ajar. He pushed it open, went in, and havingsecured the latch threw himself seated on theground and gave a great sigh of satisfaction. But his satisfaction did not last long, for heheard some one in the room who was saying : Cri-cri-cri! Who calls me ? said Pinocchio in a fright. 44 It is I! 18 THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCC
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