. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . eet. I am Pinocchio ! The Pigeon at this answer descended rapidlyto the ground. He was larger than a turkey. Do you also know Geppetto ? he asked. i( If I know him ! He is my poor papa ! Has heperhaps spoken to you of me ? Will you take meto him ? Is he still alive ? Answer me for pityssake : is he still alive ? I left him three days ago on the sea-shore. What was he doing? He was building a little boat for himself, tocross the ocean. For more than three months thatpoor man has been going all round the world lookingfor you. Not having succeeded in finding y
. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . eet. I am Pinocchio ! The Pigeon at this answer descended rapidlyto the ground. He was larger than a turkey. Do you also know Geppetto ? he asked. i( If I know him ! He is my poor papa ! Has heperhaps spoken to you of me ? Will you take meto him ? Is he still alive ? Answer me for pityssake : is he still alive ? I left him three days ago on the sea-shore. What was he doing? He was building a little boat for himself, tocross the ocean. For more than three months thatpoor man has been going all round the world lookingfor you. Not having succeeded in finding you hehas now taken it into his head to go to the distantcountries of the new world in search of you. How far is it from here to the shore ? askedPinocchio breathlessly. * More than six hundred miles. Six hundred miles ? Oh, beautiful Pigeon,what a fine thing it would be to have yourwings ! . . If you wish to go, I will carry you there. How? Astride on my back. Do you weigh much ? I weigh next to nothing. I am as light as The pigeon . . soared so high that they almost touched the clouds. THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO 137 And without waiting for more Pinocchio jumpedat once on the Pigeons back, and putting a leg oneach side of him as men do on horseback, heexclaimed joyfully: Gallop, gallop, my little horse, for I am anxiousto arrive quickly! ... The Pigeon took flight, and in a few minutes hadsoared so high that they almost touched the himself at such an immense height thepuppet had the curiosity to turn and look down;but his head spun round, and he became sofrightened, that to save himself from the dangerof falling he wound his arms tightly round the neckof his feathered steed. They flew all day. Towards evening the Pigeonsaid : I am very thirsty ! u And I am very hungry ! rejoined Pinocchio. Let us stop at that dovecot for a few minutes;and then we will continue our journey that we mayreach the seashore by dawn to-morrow. They went into a deserted dovec
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