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

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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty three, Pinocchio weeps upon learning that the lovely
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  Speaker 1: maiden with azure hair is dead. He meets a pigeon
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  Speaker 1: who carries him to the sea shore. He throws himself
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  Speaker 1: into the sea to go to the aid of his father.
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  Speaker 1: As soon as Pinocchio no longer felt the shameful weight
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  Speaker 1: of the dog collar around his neck, he started to
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  Speaker 1: run across the fields and meadows, and never stopped till
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  Speaker 1: he came to the main road that was to take
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  Speaker 1: him to the fairy's house. When he reached it, he
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  Speaker 1: looked into the valley far below him, and there he
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  Speaker 1: saw the wood where unluckily he had met the fox
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  Speaker 1: and the cat, and the tall oak tree where he
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  Speaker 1: had been hanged. And though he searched far and near,
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  Speaker 1: he could not see the house where the fairy with
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  Speaker 1: the azure hare lived. He became terribly frightened, and running
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  Speaker 1: as fast as he could, he finally came to the
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  Speaker 1: spot where it had once stood. The little house was
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  Speaker 1: no longer. There in its place lay a small marble
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  Speaker 1: slab which bore this sad inscription. Here lies the lovely
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  Speaker 1: fairy with azure hair, who died of grief when abandoned
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  Speaker 1: by her little brother Pinocchio. The poor Marionette was heart
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  Speaker 1: broken at reading these words. He fell to the ground, and,
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  Speaker 1: covering the cold marble with kisses, burst into bitter tears.
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  Speaker 1: He cried all night, and dawn found him still there,
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  Speaker 1: though his tears had dried, and only hard, dry sobs
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  Speaker 1: shook his wooden frame. But these were so loud that
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  Speaker 1: they could be heard by the far away hills. As
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  Speaker 1: he sobbed, he said to himself, Oh, my fairy, My
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  Speaker 1: dear dear fairy, why did you die? Why did I
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  Speaker 1: not die? Who am so bad instead of you? Who
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  Speaker 1: are so good? And my father where can he be? Please,
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  Speaker 1: dear fairy, tell me where he is, and I shall
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  Speaker 1: never never leave him again. You are not really dead,
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  Speaker 1: are you. If you love me, you will come back
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  Speaker 1: alive as before. Don't you feel sorry for me? I'm
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  Speaker 1: so lonely. If the two assassins come, they'll hang me
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  Speaker 1: again from the giant oak tree, and I will really
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  Speaker 1: die this time. What shall I do alone in the
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  Speaker 1: world now that you are dead and my father is lost?
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  Speaker 1: Where shall I eat? Where shall I sleep? Who will
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  Speaker 1: make my new clothes? Oh? I want to die? Yes,
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  Speaker 1: I want to die. Oh, oh, oh, poor Pinocchio. He
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  Speaker 1: even tried to tear his hair, but as it was
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  Speaker 1: only painted on his wooden head, he could not even
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  Speaker 1: pull it. Just then, a large pigeon flew far above him.
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  Speaker 1: Seeing the marionette, he cried to him. Tell me, little boy,
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  Speaker 1: what are you doing down there? Can't you see I'm crying?
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  Speaker 1: Cried Pinocchio, lifting his head toward the voice and rubbing
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  Speaker 1: his eyes with his sleeve. Tell me, asked the pigeon.
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  Speaker 1: Do you by chance know of a marionette Pinocchio by
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  Speaker 1: name Pinocchio? Did you say? Pinocchio replied the marionette, jumping
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  Speaker 1: to his feet, Why I am Pinocchio. At this answer,
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  Speaker 1: the pigeon flew swiftly down to the earth. He was
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  Speaker 1: much larger than a turkey. Then you know Geppetto also,
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  Speaker 1: Do I know him? He's my father, my poor dear father.
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  Speaker 1: Has he perhaps spoken to you of me? Will you
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  Speaker 1: take me to him? Is he still alive? Answer me, please?
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  Speaker 1: Is he still alive? I left him three days ago
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  Speaker 1: on the shore of a large sea. What was he doing?
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  Speaker 1: He was building a little boat with which to cross
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  Speaker 1: the ocean. For the last four months, that poor man
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  Speaker 1: has been wandering around Europe looking for you, not having
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  Speaker 1: found you yet, he has made up his mind to
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  Speaker 1: look for you in the New World, far across the ocean.
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  Speaker 1: How far is it from here to the shore, asked
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  Speaker 1: Pinocchio anxiously, more than fifty miles? Fifty miles, Oh, dear pigeon,
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  Speaker 1: How I wish I had your wings. If you want
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  Speaker 1: to come, I'll take you with me. How astride my back?
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  Speaker 1: Are you very heavy? Heavy? Not at all, I'm only
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  Speaker 1: a feather, very well. Saying nothing more, Pinocchio jumped on
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  Speaker 1: the pigeon's back, and as he settled himself, he cried out, gaily, gallupon, gallopon,
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  Speaker 1: my pretty steed. I am in a great hurry. The
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  Speaker 1: pigeon flew away, and in a few minutes he had
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  Speaker 1: reached the clouds. The marionette looked to see what was
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  Speaker 1: below him. His head swam, and he was so frightened
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  Speaker 1: that he clutched wildly at the pigeon's neck to keep
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  Speaker 1: himself from falling. They flew all day. Toward evening, the
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  Speaker 1: pigeon said, I'm very thirsty, and I'm very hungry, said Pinocchio.
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  Speaker 1: Let us stop a few minutes at that pigeon coop
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  Speaker 1: down there, then we can go on and be at
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  Speaker 1: the sea shore in the morning. They went into the
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  Speaker 1: empty coop, and there they found nothing but a bowl
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  Speaker 1: of water and a small basket filled with chickpeas. The
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  Speaker 1: marionette had always hated chickpeas. According to him, they had
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  Speaker 1: always made him sick, but that night he ate them
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  Speaker 1: with a relish. As he finished them, he turned to
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  Speaker 1: the pigeon and said, I never should have thought that
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  Speaker 1: chickpeas could be so good. You must remember, my boy,
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  Speaker 1: answered the pigeon that hunger is the best sauce. After
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  Speaker 1: resting a few minutes longer, they set out again. The
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  Speaker 1: next morning they were at the sea shore. Pinocchio jumped
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  Speaker 1: off the pigeon's back, and the pigeon, not wanting any
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  Speaker 1: thanks for a kind deed, flew away swiftly and disappeared.
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  Speaker 1: The shore was full of people shrieking and tearing their
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  Speaker 1: hair as they looked toward the sea. What has happened,
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  Speaker 1: asked Pinocchio of a little old woman. A poor old
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  Speaker 1: father lost his only son some time ago, and to
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  Speaker 1: day he built a tiny boat for himself in order
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  Speaker 1: to go in search of him across the ocean. The
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  Speaker 1: water is very rough, and we are afraid he will
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  Speaker 1: be drowned. Where is the little boat there? Straight down there,
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  Speaker 1: answered the little old woman, pointing to a tiny shadow,
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  Speaker 1: no bigger than a nutshell, floating on the sea. Pinocchio
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  Speaker 1: looked closely for a few minutes, and then gave a
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  Speaker 1: sharp cry, it's my father, it's my father. Meanwhile, the
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  Speaker 1: little boat, tossed about by the hungry waters, appeared and
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  Speaker 1: disappeared in the waves, and Pinocchio, standing on a high rock,
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  Speaker 1: tired out with searching, waved to him with hand and cap,
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  Speaker 1: and even with his nose. It looked as if Geppetto,
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  Speaker 1: though far away from the shore, recognized his son, for
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  Speaker 1: he took off his cap and waved also. He seemed
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  Speaker 1: to be trying to make everyone understand that he would
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  Speaker 1: come back if he were able, but the sea was
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  Speaker 1: so heavy that he could do nothing with his oars. Suddenly,
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  Speaker 1: a huge wave came and the boat disappeared. They waited
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  Speaker 1: and waited for it, but it was gone, poor man,
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  Speaker 1: said the fisherfolk on the shore, whispering a prayer as
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  Speaker 1: they turned to go home. Just then, a desperate cry
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  Speaker 1: was heard. Turning around. The fisherfolk saw Pinocchio dive into
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  Speaker 1: the sea and heard him cry out, I'll save him,
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  Speaker 1: I'll save my father. The marionette, being made of wood,
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  Speaker 1: floated easily along and swam like a fish in the
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  Speaker 1: rough water. Now and again he disappeared, only to reappear
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  Speaker 1: once more. In a twinkling. He was far away from land.
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  Speaker 1: At last he was completely lost to view. Poor boy,
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  Speaker 1: cried the fisherfolk on the shore, and again they mumbled
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  Speaker 1: a few prayers as they returned home. End of Chapter
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  Speaker 1: twenty three.