. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . XXXI After Jive months residence in the land of Cocagne,Pinocchio, to his great astonishment, grows abeautiful pair of donkey s ears, and he becomes alittle donkey, tail and all. AT last the coach arrived ; and it arrived withoutmaking the slightest noise, for its wheels werebound round with tow and rags. It was drawn by twelve pairs of donkeys, all thesame size but of different colours. Some were gray, some white, some brindled likepepper and salt, and others had large stripes ofyellow and blue. But the most extraordinary thing was this: thetwelve pairs, t
. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . XXXI After Jive months residence in the land of Cocagne,Pinocchio, to his great astonishment, grows abeautiful pair of donkey s ears, and he becomes alittle donkey, tail and all. AT last the coach arrived ; and it arrived withoutmaking the slightest noise, for its wheels werebound round with tow and rags. It was drawn by twelve pairs of donkeys, all thesame size but of different colours. Some were gray, some white, some brindled likepepper and salt, and others had large stripes ofyellow and blue. But the most extraordinary thing was this: thetwelve pairs, that is, the twenty-four donkeys, insteadof being shod like other beasts of burden, had ontheir feet mens boots made of white kid. And the coachman ? . . Picture to yourself a little man broader than he aoj 204 THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO was long, flabby and greasy like a lump of butter,with a small round face like an orange, a little mouththat was always laughing, and a soft caressing yoke
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