. Pinocchio : the adventures of a marionette . h quickly, they startedon their journey. The next morning they arrivedon the seashore. The Dove placed Pinocchio on the ground,and, not wishing the annoyance of hearing him-self thanked for his good action, flew suddenlyaway and disappeared. The shore was crowded with people who werecrying and gesticulating, looking toward the sea. no PINOCCHIO What has happened? asked Pinocchio of anold woman. There is an old man, who, having lost his littleboy, ventured to go to sea to-day in search of him,and the water is so rough that we are afraid he willsink


. Pinocchio : the adventures of a marionette . h quickly, they startedon their journey. The next morning they arrivedon the seashore. The Dove placed Pinocchio on the ground,and, not wishing the annoyance of hearing him-self thanked for his good action, flew suddenlyaway and disappeared. The shore was crowded with people who werecrying and gesticulating, looking toward the sea. no PINOCCHIO What has happened? asked Pinocchio of anold woman. There is an old man, who, having lost his littleboy, ventured to go to sea to-day in search of him,and the water is so rough that we are afraid he willsink. Where is the boat ? There it is; follow my finger, said the oldlady, pointing to a little boat that from where theystood looked like a walnut shell with a very smallman inside. It is my papa ! It is my papa ! Meanwhile the little boat, tossed around by thewaves, now disappeared between the billows, nowfloated on top. Pinocchio, standing on a point ofa high reef, called his papa by name and mademany signals with his arms and finally with the. PINOCCHIO ni cap on his head. It appeared that Geppetto,although very far away from the shore, recognizedhim, because he also raised his cap and made itclearly understood that he would come to shorewere it not that he was prevented by the heavyseas. All of a sudden there came a terrible wave andthe boat disappeared. They waited on shore tosee it rise but it was never seen again. Poor man ! said the fishermen ; but they couldnot help him so they turned away. Then they heard a cry. Looking around, theysaw a little boy on the top of a reef throw himselfinto the water. I want to save my papa, he said. Pinocchio, being made of wood, floated easily,and he could swim like a fish. Now he was seento disappear under the water, carried by the cur-rent ; now he appeared again, striking out againstthe waves. The fishermen watched him until hewas so far from shore that they could not see himany longer. Poor boy ! they said ; and, as they could donothin


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