. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . hishand. So what do you think he did ? He made a spring,seized the bundle in his mouth, and holding it gentlybetween his teeth he rushed out of the cave and wasgone like a flash of lightning. The fisherman, furious at seeing a fish he was soanxious to eat snatched from him, ran after the dog;but he had not gone many steps when he was takenwith a fit of coughing and had to give it up. Alidoro, when he had reached the path that ledto the village, stopped, and put his friend Pinocchiogently on the ground. How much I have to thank you for ! said thepuppet. Ther
. Pinocchio : the tale of a puppet . hishand. So what do you think he did ? He made a spring,seized the bundle in his mouth, and holding it gentlybetween his teeth he rushed out of the cave and wasgone like a flash of lightning. The fisherman, furious at seeing a fish he was soanxious to eat snatched from him, ran after the dog;but he had not gone many steps when he was takenwith a fit of coughing and had to give it up. Alidoro, when he had reached the path that ledto the village, stopped, and put his friend Pinocchiogently on the ground. How much I have to thank you for ! said thepuppet. There is no necessity, replied the dog, Yousaved me and I have now returned it. You knowthat we must all help each other in this world. But how came you to come to the cave ? u I was lying on the shore more dead than alive THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO 183 when the wind brought to me the smell of fried smell excited my appetite, and I followed it I had arrived a second later. . Do not mention it! groaned Pinocchio, who. Seized the bundle in his mouth. was still trembling with fright. Do not mentionit! If you had arrived a second later I should bythis time have been fried, eaten, and ! ... it makes me shudder only to think ofit1 i l • * • » Alidoro, laughing, extended his right paw to the 184 THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO puppet, who shook it heartily in token of greatfriendship, and they then separated. The dog took the road home ; and Pinocchio, leftalone, went to a cottage not far off, and said to alittle old man who was warming himself in the sun : Tell me, good man, do you know anything of apoor boy called Eugene who was wounded in thehead! . . The boy was brought by some fishermen to thiscottage, and now. . And now he is dead!... interrupted Pin-occhio with great sorrow. No, he is alive, and has returned to his home. u Not really ? not really ? cried the puppet,dancing with delight. Then the wound was notserious? ... It might have been very seriou
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