. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . XXII Pinocchio discovers the robbers, and as a reward forhis fidelity is ret at liberty. HE had been sleeping heavily for about two hourswhen, towards midnight, he was roused by awhispering of strange voices that seemed to comefrom the courtyard. Putting the point of his noseout of the kennel he saw four little beasts withdark fur, that looked like cats, standing consultingtogether. But they were not cats; they werepolecats—carnivorous little animals, especially greedyfor eggs and young chickens. One of the pole-cats, leaving his companions, came to the ope
. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . XXII Pinocchio discovers the robbers, and as a reward forhis fidelity is ret at liberty. HE had been sleeping heavily for about two hourswhen, towards midnight, he was roused by awhispering of strange voices that seemed to comefrom the courtyard. Putting the point of his noseout of the kennel he saw four little beasts withdark fur, that looked like cats, standing consultingtogether. But they were not cats; they werepolecats—carnivorous little animals, especially greedyfor eggs and young chickens. One of the pole-cats, leaving his companions, came to the openingof the kennel and said in a low voice: Good evening, Melarapo. My name is not Melampo, answered the puppet. Oh ! then who are you ??: I am Pinocchio. And what are you doing here ? u I am acting as watch-dog. 7 128 THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO Then where is Melampo ? Where is the olddog who lived in this kennel ? He died this morning. Is he dead ? Poor beast! He was so judging you by your face I should say that youwere
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