. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . OCCHIO 119 And he fell so awkwardly that his head stuck inthe mud and his legs went into the air. At the sight of the puppet kicking violently withhis head in the mud the Serpent went into convul-sions of laughter, and he laughed, and laughed, andlaughed, until from the violence of his laughter hebroke a blood-vessel in his chest and died. Andthat time he was really dead. Pinocchio then set off running in hopes that heshould reach the Fairys house before dark. Butbefore long he began to suffer so dreadfully fromhunger that he could not bear it, and he jumpe
. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . OCCHIO 119 And he fell so awkwardly that his head stuck inthe mud and his legs went into the air. At the sight of the puppet kicking violently withhis head in the mud the Serpent went into convul-sions of laughter, and he laughed, and laughed, andlaughed, until from the violence of his laughter hebroke a blood-vessel in his chest and died. Andthat time he was really dead. Pinocchio then set off running in hopes that heshould reach the Fairys house before dark. Butbefore long he began to suffer so dreadfully fromhunger that he could not bear it, and he jumped in-to a field by the way-side intending to pick somebunches of muscatel grapes. Oh, that he had neverdone it! He had scarcely reached the vines when crac . .his legs were caught between two cutting iron bars,and he became so giddy with pain that stars of everycolour danced before his eyes. The poor puppet had been taken in a trap putthere to capture some big polecats who were thescourge of the poultry-yards in the
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