Part 2 (1/2)
”Open the door for me!” Geppetto shouted from the street
”Father, dear Father, I can't,” answered the Marionette in despair, crying and rolling on the floor
”Why can't you?”
”Because someone has eaten my feet”
”And who has eaten the that little anis in the corner of the rooive you a sound whipping when I get in”
”Father, believe me, I can't stand up Oh, dear! Oh, dear! I shall have to walk onthat all these tears and cries were only other pranks of the Marionette, clih the
At first he was very angry, but on seeing Pinocchio stretched out on the floor and really without feet, he felt very sad and sorrowful Picking hi to him while the tears ran down his cheeks: ”My little Pinocchio, my dear little Pinocchio! How did you burn your feet?”
”I don't know, Father, but believe ht has been a terrible one and I shall re as I live The thunder was so noisy and the lightning so bright--and I was hungry And then the Talking Cricket said to me, 'You deserve it; you were bad;' and I said to him, 'Careful, Cricket;' and he said to me, 'You are a Marionette and you have a wooden head;' and I threw the hammer at him and killed him It was his own fault, for I didn't want to kill him And I put the pan on the coals, but the Chick fleay and said, 'I'll see you again! Rerew, and I went out, and the old htcap looked out of theand threater on me, and I came home and put ry, and I fell asleep and now er isn't! Oh!--Oh!--Oh!” And poor Pinocchio began to scream and cry so loudly that he could be heard forof all that jury, felt sorry for hi three pears out of his pocket, offered the: ”These three pears were for ladly Eat the”
”If you want me to eat them, please peel them for me”
”Peel them?” asked Geppetto, very ht, dear boy of mine, that you were so dainty and fussy about your food Bad, very bad! In this world, even as children, we , for we never knohat life ht,” answered Pinocchio, ”but I will not eat the pears if they are not peeled I don't like theood old Geppetto took out a knife, peeled the three pears, and put the skins in a row on the table
Pinocchio ate one pear in a twinkling and started to throw the core away, but Geppetto held his ar in this world may be of some use!”
”But the core I will not eat!” cried Pinocchio in an angry tone
”Who knows?” repeated Geppetto calmly
And later the three cores were placed on the table next to the skins
Pinocchio had eaten the three pears, or rather devoured thery”
”But I have no ?”
”I have only these three cores and these skins”
”Very well, then,” said Pinocchio, ”if there is nothing else I'll eat them”
At first he made a wry face, but, one after another, the skins and the cores disappeared
”Ah! Now I feel fine!” he said after eating the last one
”You see,” observed Geppetto, ”that I was right when I told you that one must not be too fussy and too dainty about food My dear, we never knohat life may have in store for us!”
CHAPTER 8
Geppetto makes Pinocchio a new pair of feet, and sells his coat to buy hier was appeased, started to grumble and cry that he wanted a new pair of feet
But Mastro Geppetto, in order to punish hi After dinner he said to hiain? To see you run away from home once , ”that froood--”
”Boys always pro,” said Geppetto
”I proo to school every day, to study, and to succeed--”
”Boys always sing that song when they want their oill”
”But I am not like other boys! I am better than all of them and I always tell the truth I promise you, Father, that I'll learn a trade, and I'll be the coh trying to look very stern, felt his eyes fill with tears and his heart soften when he saw Pinocchio so unhappy He said nohis tools and two pieces of wood, he set to work diligently
In less than an hour the feet were finished, two slender, ni and quick, modeled as if by an artist's hands
”Close your eyes and sleep!” Geppetto then said to the Marionette
Pinocchio closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep, while Geppetto stuck on the two feet with a bit of gluehis work so well that the joint could hardly be seen
As soon as the Marionette felt his new feet, he gave one leap from the table and started to skip and jump around, as if he had lost his head frorateful I ao to school I need a suit of clothes”
Geppetto did not have a penny in his pocket, so he made his son a little suit of flowered paper, a pair of shoes froh
Pinocchio ran to look at himself in a bowl of water, and he felt so happy that he said proudly: ”Now I look like a gentleman”
”Truly,” answered Geppetto ”But remember that fine clothes do not make the man unless they be neat and clean”
”Very true,” answered Pinocchio, ”but, in order to go to school, I still need so very important”