CHAPTER 19(1/5)

CHAPTER 19

Pinocchio is robbed of his gold pieces and,in punishment,is sentenced to four months in prison If the Marionette had been told to wait a day instead of twenty minutes,the time could not have seemed longer to him.He walked impatiently to and fro and finally turned his nose toward the Field of Wonders.

And as he walked with hurried steps,his heart beat with an excited tic,tac,tic,tac,just as if it were a wall clock,and his busy brain kept thinking:

"What if,instead of a thousand,I should find two thousand?Or if,instead of two thousand,I should find five thousand-or one hundred thousand?I''ll build myself a beautiful palace,with a thousand stables filled with a thousand wooden horses to play with,a cellar overflowing with lemonade and ice cream soda,and a library of candies and fruits,cakes and cookies."

Thus amusing himself with fancies,he came to the field.There he stopped to see if,by any chance,a vine filled with gold coins was in sight.But he saw nothing! He took a few steps forward,and still not

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