. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . takenonly nine hours to come down from the fourth storyto the house door. It is evident that her exertionsmust have been great. What are you doing with your foot stuck inthe door ? she asked the puppet, laughing. It was an accident. Do try, beautiful littleSnail, if you cannot release me from this torture. My boy, that is the work of a carpenter, and Ihave never been a carpenter. Beg the Fairy from me ! . . The Fairy is asleep and must not be wakened. But what do you suppose that I can do all daynailed to this door ? u Amuse yourself by counting the ants th
. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . takenonly nine hours to come down from the fourth storyto the house door. It is evident that her exertionsmust have been great. What are you doing with your foot stuck inthe door ? she asked the puppet, laughing. It was an accident. Do try, beautiful littleSnail, if you cannot release me from this torture. My boy, that is the work of a carpenter, and Ihave never been a carpenter. Beg the Fairy from me ! . . The Fairy is asleep and must not be wakened. But what do you suppose that I can do all daynailed to this door ? u Amuse yourself by counting the ants that passdown the street. Bring me at least something to eat, for I amquite exhausted. 41 At once, said the Snail. 19o THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO In fact, after three hours and a half she returnedto Pinocchio carrying a silver tray on her tray contained a loaf of bread, a roast chicken,and four ripe apricots. Here is the breakfast that the Fairy has sentyou, said the Snail. The puppet felt very much comforted at the sight. The Snail returned carrying a silver tray. of these good things. But when he began to eatthem, what was his disgust at making the discoverythat the bread was plaster, the chicken cardboard,and the four apricots painted alabaster. He wanted to cry. In his desperation he tried tothrow away the tray and all that was on it; butinstead, either from grief or exhaustion, he faintedaway. THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO 191 When he came to himself he found that he waslying on a sofa, and the Fairy was beside him. I will pardon you once more, the Fairy said, ubutwoe to you if you behave badly a third time ! . . Pinocchio promised, and swore that he wouldstudy, and that for the future he would alwaysconduct himself well. And he kept his word for the remainder of theyear. Indeed, at the examinations before theholidays, he had the honour of being the first inthe school, and his behaviour in general was sosatisfactory and praiseworthy that the Fairy wasvery much please
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