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Title: Pinocchio
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Collodi, Carlo, 1826-1890
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Publisher: J.B. Lippincott company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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walked,until at last, towards evening, theyarrived dead tired at the inn of TheRed Craw-fish. Let us stop here a little, said the Fox, that we may have something to eat and rest ourselves for an hour or two. We will start again at midnight, so as to arrive at the Field of miracles by dawn to-morrow morning. Having gone into the inn they all three satdown to table: but none of them had anyappetite. The Cat, who was suffering from indiges-tion and feeling seriously indisposed, couldonly eat thirty-five mullet with tomato sauce,and four portions of tripe with Parmesancheese; and because she thought the tripe wasnot seasoned enough, she asked three times forthe butter and grated cheese! The Fox would also willingly have pickeda little, but as his doctor had ordered him astrict diet, he was forced to content himselfsimply with a hare dressed with a sweet andsour sauce, and garnished lightly with fatchickens and early pullets. After the hare hesent for a made dish of partridges, rabbits, 64
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L Ilk, _N-h. WUU Alt. J rlh. LJ^Aol WAS 1JIN< M <- rl I< rm PUBLIC LIBRARY A*T*ft, LWMtt AND • PINOCCHIO 65 frogs, lizards, and other delicacies; he couldnot touch anything else. He had such a dis-gust to food, he said, that he could put nothingto his lips. The one who ate the least was Pinocchio.He asked for some walnuts and a hunch ofbread, and left everything on his plate. Thepoor boy, whose thoughts were continuallyfixed on the Field of miracles, had got in antici-pation an indigestion of gold pieces. When they had supped, the Fox said to thehost: Give us two good rooms, one for Mr.Pinocchio, and the other for me and my com-panion. We will snatch a- little sleep beforewe leave. Remember that at midnight we wishto be called to continue our journey. Yes, gentlemen, answered the host, andhe winked at the Fox and the Cat, as much asto say: I know what you are up to. Weunderstand one another! No sooner had Pinocchio got into bed thanhe fell asleep at once and began

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