. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . n. On the medallion was paintedthe portrait of a puppet. That is my portrait! . that lady is theFairy! said Pinocchio to himself, recognising herimmediately; and overcome with delight he triedto cry: Oh, my little Fairy ! Oh, my little Fairy! But instead of these words a bray came fromhis throat, so sonorous and so prolonged that allthe spectators laughed, and more especially all thechildren who were in the theatre. Then the director, to give him a lesson, and tomake him understand that it is not good mannersto bray before the public, gave him a blow on his
. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . n. On the medallion was paintedthe portrait of a puppet. That is my portrait! . that lady is theFairy! said Pinocchio to himself, recognising herimmediately; and overcome with delight he triedto cry: Oh, my little Fairy ! Oh, my little Fairy! But instead of these words a bray came fromhis throat, so sonorous and so prolonged that allthe spectators laughed, and more especially all thechildren who were in the theatre. Then the director, to give him a lesson, and tomake him understand that it is not good mannersto bray before the public, gave him a blow on hisnose with the handle of his whip. The poor little donkey put his tongue out aninch, and licked his nose for at least five minutes,thinking perhaps that it would ease the pain he felt. 2 THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO But what was his despair when, looking up asecond time, he saw that the box was empty andthat the Fairy had disappeared ! . . He thought he was going to die: his eyes filledwith tears and he began to weep. Nobody, how-. Now let the audience see how gracefully you can jumpthrough the hoops. ever, noticed it, and least of all the director who,cracking his whip, shouted : Courage, Pinocchio! Now let the audiencesee how gracefully you can jump through thehoops. Pinocchio tried two or three times, but each THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO 233 time that he came in front of the hoopf insteadof going through it, he found it easier to gounder it. At last he made a leap and went throughit; but his right leg unfortunately caught in thehoop, and that caused him to fall to the grounddoubled up in a heap on the other side. When he got up he was lame, and it was onlywith great difficulty that he managed to return tothe stable. Bring out Pinocchio! We want the littledonkey ! Bring out the little donkey! shoutedall the boys in the theatre, touched and sorry forthe sad accident. But the little donkey was seen no more thatevening. The following morning the veterinary, that is,the doctor of a
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