. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . o, jumping for Then, little Fairy, if you consent, I should liketo go and meet him. I am so anxious to give akiss to that poor old man, who has suffered so muchon my account, that I am counting the minutes. Go, then, but be careful not to lose the road through the wood and I am surethat you will meet him. Pinocchio set out; and as soon as he was in thewood he began to run like a kid. But when hehad reached a certain spot, almost in front of theBig Oak, he stopped, because he thought that heheard people amongst the bushes. In fact, twoper
. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . o, jumping for Then, little Fairy, if you consent, I should liketo go and meet him. I am so anxious to give akiss to that poor old man, who has suffered so muchon my account, that I am counting the minutes. Go, then, but be careful not to lose the road through the wood and I am surethat you will meet him. Pinocchio set out; and as soon as he was in thewood he began to run like a kid. But when hehad reached a certain spot, almost in front of theBig Oak, he stopped, because he thought that heheard people amongst the bushes. In fact, twopersons came out on to the road. Can you guesswho they were? . . His two travelling com-panions, the Fox and the Cat, with whom he hadsupped at the inn of the Red Craw-fish, THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO 103 uWhy, here is our dear Pinocchio! cried theFox, kissing and embracing him. How comeyou to be here ? How come you to be here ? repeated the Cat. It is a long story, answered the puppet, which I will tell you when I have time. But do. Why, here is our dear Pinocchio! cried the Fox. you know that the other night, when you left mealone at the inn, I met with assassins on theroad. ... Assassins! . . Oh, poor Pinocchio! Andwhat did they want ? They wanted to rob me of my gold pieces. Villains! . said the Fox. 104 THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO Infamous villains! repeated the Cat. But I ran away from them, continued thepuppet, and they followed me: and at last theyovertook me and hung me to a branch of thatoak-tree. ... And Pinocchio pointed to the Big Oak, whichwas two steps from them. Is it possible to hear of anything moredreadful ? said the Fox. In what a world weare condemned to live! Where can respectablepeople like us find a safe refuge ? Whilst they were thus talking Pinocchio observedthat the Cat was lame of her front right leg, forin fact she had lost her paw with all its claws. Hetherefore asked her : What have you done with your paw ? The Cat tried to answer but became confuse
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