. Pinocchio : the adventures of a marionette . re orless does not matter at all. And what will the teacher say ? Oh, he will have something more to talk aboutto-morrow. And my mamma ? Your mamma will never know, said thewicked boys. Do you know what I will do ? said Pinocchio. I want to see the dogfish very much, so I will goafter school. Poor stupid thing ! they said. Do you thinkthat a dogfish of that size will wait for your slow PINOCCHIO 127 actions ? Why, he will go away, and then youwill be sorry you did not go. How much time will it take to go there ? asked the marionette. In an hour we


. Pinocchio : the adventures of a marionette . re orless does not matter at all. And what will the teacher say ? Oh, he will have something more to talk aboutto-morrow. And my mamma ? Your mamma will never know, said thewicked boys. Do you know what I will do ? said Pinocchio. I want to see the dogfish very much, so I will goafter school. Poor stupid thing ! they said. Do you thinkthat a dogfish of that size will wait for your slow PINOCCHIO 127 actions ? Why, he will go away, and then youwill be sorry you did not go. How much time will it take to go there ? asked the marionette. In an hour we shall be back. Well, then, I will go. Come on ! The first onethere is the best, cried Pinocchio. With that signal to start they all began to was always the first in a race ; he ran asif he had wings on his feet. From time to time heturned to look at his companions, who were somedistance behind. Seeing them puffing and blowingand covered with dust, he laughed out loud. Thepoor boy did not know what misfortune was mstore for


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