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27 - The Adventures of Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi · Classic Adventure Books - Daily

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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty seven, the great battle between Pinocchio and his playmates.
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  Speaker 1: One is wounded, Pinocchio is arrested. Going like the wind,
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  Speaker 1: Pinocchio took but a very short time to reach the shore.
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  Speaker 1: He glanced all about him, but there was no sign
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  Speaker 1: of a shark. The sea was as smooth as glass. Hey, there, boys,
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  Speaker 1: where's that shark? He asked, turning to his playmates. He
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  Speaker 1: may have gone for his breakfast, said one of them, laughing.
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  Speaker 1: Or perhaps he went to bed for a little nap,
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  Speaker 1: said another, laughing. Also from the answers and the laughter
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  Speaker 1: which followed them, Pinocchio understood that the boys had played
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  Speaker 1: a trick on him. What now, he said angrily to them.
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  Speaker 1: What's the joke? Oh, the joke's on you, cried his tormentors,
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  Speaker 1: laughing more heartily than ever, and dancing gayly around the marionette.
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  Speaker 1: And that is that we have made you stay out
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  Speaker 1: of school to come with us. Aren't you ashamed of
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  Speaker 1: being such a goody goody? And if studying so hard
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  Speaker 1: you never have a bit of enjoyment? And what is
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  Speaker 1: it to you if I do study? What does the
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  Speaker 1: teacher think of us? You mean, why don't you see
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  Speaker 1: if you study and we don't. We pay for it.
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  Speaker 1: After all, it's only fair to look out for ourselves.
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  Speaker 1: What do you want me to do? Hate school and
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  Speaker 1: books and teachers, as we all do. They are your
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  Speaker 1: worst enemies, you know, and they like to make you
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  Speaker 1: as unhappy as they can. And if I go on studying,
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  Speaker 1: what will you do to me? You'll pay for it? Really,
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  Speaker 1: you amuse me, answered the marionette, nodding his head. Hey, Pinocchio,
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  Speaker 1: cried the tallest of them all. That will do. We
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  Speaker 1: are tired of hearing you bragging about yourself, you little
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  Speaker 1: turkey cock. You may not be afraid of us, but
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  Speaker 1: remember we are not afraid of you either. You are alone,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and we are seven like seven sins, said Pinocchio,
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  Speaker 1: still laughing. Did you hear that he has insulted us all?
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  Speaker 1: He called us sins? Pinocchio, apologize for that, or look out,
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  Speaker 1: cuck oo, said the marionette, mocking them with his thumb
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  Speaker 1: to his nose. You'll be sorry, cuck oo. We'll whip
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  Speaker 1: you soundly, cuck oo, you'll go home with a broken nose.
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  Speaker 1: Cuck Oo, very well, then take that and keep it
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  Speaker 1: for your supper, called out the boldest of his tormentors,
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  Speaker 1: and with the words he gave Pinocchio a terrible blow
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  Speaker 1: on the head. Pinocchio answered with another blow, and that
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  Speaker 1: was the signal for the beginning of the fray. In
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  Speaker 1: a few moments, the fight raged hot and heavy on
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  Speaker 1: both sides. Pinocchio, although alone, defended himself bravely with those
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  Speaker 1: two wooden feet of his. He worked so fast that
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  Speaker 1: his opponents kept at a respectful distance. Wherever they landed,
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  Speaker 1: they left their painful mark, and the boys could only
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  Speaker 1: run away and howl. Enraged at not being able to
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  Speaker 1: fight the marionette at close quarters, they started to throw
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  Speaker 1: all kinds of books at him. Readers, geographies, histories, grammars
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  Speaker 1: flew in all directions, but Pinocchio was of eye and
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  Speaker 1: swift of movement, and the books only passed over his head,
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  Speaker 1: landed in the sea and disappeared. The fish, thinking they
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  Speaker 1: might be good to eat, came to the top of
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  Speaker 1: the water in great numbers. Some took a nibble, some
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  Speaker 1: took a bite, but no sooner had they tasted a
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  Speaker 1: page or two than they spat them out with a
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  Speaker 1: wry face, as if to say, what a horrible taste
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  Speaker 1: our own food is so much better. Meanwhile, the battle
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  Speaker 1: waxed more and more furiously. At the noise, a large
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  Speaker 1: crab crawled slowly out of the water, and with a
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  Speaker 1: voice that sounded like a trombone. Suffering from a cold,
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  Speaker 1: he cried out, stop fighting, you rascals. These battles between
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  Speaker 1: you boys rarely end well. Trouble is sure to come
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  Speaker 1: to you, poor crab. He might as well have spoken
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  Speaker 1: to the wind instead of listening to his good advice.
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  Speaker 1: Pinocchio turned to him and said, as roughly as he
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  Speaker 1: knew how, keep quiet, ugly crab, It would be better
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  Speaker 1: for you to chew a few cough drops to get
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  Speaker 1: rid of that cold you have. Go to bed and
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  Speaker 1: slip deep. You will feel better in the morning. In
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  Speaker 1: the meantime, the boys, having used all their books, looked
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  Speaker 1: around for new ammunition. Seeing Pinocchio's bundle lying idly near by,
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  Speaker 1: they somehow managed to get hold of it. One of
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  Speaker 1: the books with a very large volume, an arithmetic text,
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  Speaker 1: heavily bound in leather. It was Pinocchio's pride among all
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  Speaker 1: his books. He liked that one the best, thinking it
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  Speaker 1: would make a fine missile. One of the boys took
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  Speaker 1: hold of it and threw it with all his strength
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  Speaker 1: at Pinocchio's head, But instead of hitting the marionette, the
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  Speaker 1: book struck one of the other boys, who, as pale
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  Speaker 1: as a ghost, cried out faintly, Oh mother, help, I'm dying,
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  Speaker 1: and fell senseless to the ground. At the sight of
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  Speaker 1: that little, pale corpse, the boys were so frightened that
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  Speaker 1: they turned tail and ran. In a few moments all
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  Speaker 1: had disappeared, all except Pinocchio. Although scared to death by
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  Speaker 1: the horror of what had been done, he ran to
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  Speaker 1: the sea and soaked his handkerchief in the cool water,
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  Speaker 1: and with it bathed the head of his poor little schoolmate.
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  Speaker 1: Sobbing bitterly, he cried to him, saying, Eugene, poor Eugene,
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  Speaker 1: open your eyes and look at me. Why don't you answer?
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  Speaker 1: I was not the one who hit you. You know,
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  Speaker 1: believe me, I didn't do it. Open your eyes, Eugene.
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  Speaker 1: If you keep them shut, I'll die too. Oh dear me,
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  Speaker 1: How shall I ever go home? Now? How shall I
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  Speaker 1: ever look at my little mother again? What will happen
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  Speaker 1: to me? Where shall I go? Where shall I hide? Oh?
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  Speaker 1: How much better it would have been a thousand times better?
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  Speaker 1: If only I had gone to school. Why did I
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  Speaker 1: listen to those boys? They always were a bad influence.
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  Speaker 1: And to think that the teacher had told me and
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  Speaker 1: my mother too, beware of bad company, That's what she said.
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  Speaker 1: But I'm stubborn and proud. I listen, but always I
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  Speaker 1: do as I wish, and then I pay. I've never
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  Speaker 1: had a moment's piece since I've been born. Oh dear,
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  Speaker 1: what will become of me? What will become of me?
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  Speaker 1: Pinocchio went on crying and moaning and beating his head.
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  Speaker 1: Again and again he called to his little friend, when
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  Speaker 1: suddenly he heard heavy steps approaching. He looked up and saw
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  Speaker 1: two tall carabineers near him. What are you doing? Stretched
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  Speaker 1: out on the ground, they asked Pinocchio. I am helping
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  Speaker 1: this little schoolfellow of mine. Has he fainted? I should
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  Speaker 1: say so, said one of the carabineers, bending to look
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  Speaker 1: at Eugene. This boy has been wounded on the temple.
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  Speaker 1: Who has hurt him? N Not? I stammered the marionette,
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  Speaker 1: who had hardly a breath left in his whole body.
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  Speaker 1: If it wasn't you, who was it? Then? Not? I
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  Speaker 1: repeated Pinocchio, And with what was he wounded with his book,
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  Speaker 1: and the marionette picked up the arithmetic text to show
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  Speaker 1: it to the officer. And whose book is this mine? Enough?
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  Speaker 1: Not another word? Get up as quickly as you can,
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  Speaker 1: and come along with us. But but I come with us,
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  Speaker 1: but I am innocent, Come with us. Before starting out,
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  Speaker 1: the officers called out to several fishermen passing by in
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  Speaker 1: a boat and said to them, take care of this
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  Speaker 1: little fellow who has been hurt. Take him home and
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  Speaker 1: bind his wounds. Tomorrow we will come after him. Then
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  Speaker 1: they took hold of Pinocchio, and putting him between them,
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  Speaker 1: said to him, in a rough voice, march and go quickly,
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  Speaker 1: or it will be the worse for you. They did
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  Speaker 1: not have to repeat their words. The marionette walked swiftly
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  Speaker 1: along the road to the village. But the poor fellow
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  Speaker 1: hardly knew what he was about. He thought he had
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  Speaker 1: a nightmare. He felt ill, his eye saw everything double,
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  Speaker 1: his legs trembled, his tongue was dry, and try as
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  Speaker 1: he might, he could not utter a single word. Yet,
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  Speaker 1: in spite of this numbness of feeling, he suffered keenly
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  Speaker 1: at the thought of passing under the windows of his
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  Speaker 1: good little Fairy's house. What would she say on seeing him?
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  Speaker 1: Between two carabineers. They had just reached the village when
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  Speaker 1: a sudden gust of wind blew off Pinocchio's cap and
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  Speaker 1: made it go sailing far down the street. Would you
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  Speaker 1: allow me, the marionette asked the carabineers to run after
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  Speaker 1: my cap. Very well, go, but hurry. The marionette went
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  Speaker 1: picked up his cap, but instead of putting it on
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  Speaker 1: his head, he stuck it between his teeth, and then
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  Speaker 1: raced toward the sea. He went like a bullet out
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  Speaker 1: of a gun. The carabineers, judging that it would be
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  Speaker 1: very difficult to catch him, sent a large mastiff after him,
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  Speaker 1: one that had won first prize in all the dog races.
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  Speaker 1: Pinocchio ran fast, and the dog ran faster at so
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  Speaker 1: much noise. People hung out of the windows were gathered
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  Speaker 1: in the street, anxious to see the end of the contest,
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  Speaker 1: but they were disappointed, for the dog and Pinocchio raised
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  Speaker 1: so much dust on the road that after a few
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  Speaker 1: moments it was impossible to see them. End of Chapter
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  Speaker 1: twenty seven.