Part 13 (1/2)
”Will you walk?”
”At on passes here that is to take us within the boundaries of that ht would strike!”
”Why?”
”To see you all set out together”
”Stay here a while longer and you will see us!”
”No, no I want to return home”
”Wait twoas it is The Fairy will be worried”
”Poor Fairy! Is she afraid the bats will eat you up?”
”Listen, Lamp-Wick,” said the Marionette, ”are you really sure that there are no schools in the Land of Toys?” ”Not even the shadow of one”
”Not even one teacher?”
”Not one”
”And one does not have to study?”
”Never, never, never!”
”What a great land!” said Pinocchio, feeling his mouth water ”What a beautiful land! I have never been there, but I can well iine it”
”Why don't you come, too?”
”It is useless for you to teood Fairy to behaveto keep raes if you meet them on the way”
”Good-by, Lamp-Wick Have a pleasant trip, enjoy yourself, and remember your friends once in a while”
With these words, the Marionette started on his way ho once more to his friend, he asked him: ”But are you sure that, in that country, each week is composed of six Saturdays and one Sunday?”
”Very sure!”
”And that vacation begins on the first of January and ends on the thirty-first of Decereat country!” repeated Pinocchio, puzzled as to what to do
Then, in sudden deterood luck”
”Good-by”
”How soon will you go?”
”Within two hours”
”What a pity! If it were only one hour, I ht wait for you”
”And the Fairy?”
”By this time I'm late, and one hour more or less makes very little difference”
”Poor Pinocchio! And if the Fairy scolds you?”
”Oh, I'll let her scold After she gets tired, she will stop”
In the ht becaht flickered A queer sound could be heard, soft as a little bell, and faint and muffled like the buzz of a far-awayto his feet
”What?” whispered Pinocchio
”The wagon which is co or not?”
”But is it really true that in that country boys never have to study?”
”Never, never, never!”
”What a wonderful, beautiful, marvelous country! Oh--h--h!!”
CHAPTER 31
After fiveand finds a great surprise awaiting hion arrived It s
It was drawn by twelve pair of donkeys, all of the saray, others white, and still others a mixture of brown and black Here and there were a feith large yellow and blue stripes
The strangest thing of all was that those twenty-four donkeys, instead of being iron-shod like any other beast of burden, had on their feet laced shoes made of leather, just like the ones boys wear
And the driver of the wagon?
Iine to yourselves a little, fat , round and shi+ny as a ball of butter, with a face bea like an apple, a littlelike that of a cat begging for food
No sooner did any boy see hi satisfied hion to that lovely place called the Land of Toys