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

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  Speaker 1: Chapter ten, the marionettes recognize their brother Pinocchio and greet
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  Speaker 1: him with loud cheers, But the director fire eater happens
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  Speaker 1: along and poor Pinocchio almost loses his life. Quick as
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  Speaker 1: a flash, Pinocchio disappeared into the marionette theater, and then
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  Speaker 1: something happened which almost caused a riot. The curtain was
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  Speaker 1: up and the performance had started. Harlequin and Punchinella were
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  Speaker 1: reciting on the stage, and as usual, they were threatening
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  Speaker 1: each other with sticks and blows. The theater was full
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  Speaker 1: of people, enjoying the spectacle and laughing till they cried
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  Speaker 1: at the antics of the two marionettes. The play continued
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  Speaker 1: for a few minutes, and suddenly, without any warning, Harlequin
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  Speaker 1: stopped talking. Turning toward the audience, he pointed to the
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  Speaker 1: rear of the orchestra, yelling wildly. At the same time, Look, look,
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  Speaker 1: am I asleep or awake? Do I really see Pinocchio there? Yes, yes,
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  Speaker 1: it is Pinocchio, screamed Pulchinella, it is it is, shrieked
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  Speaker 1: Signora Rosaura, peeking from the side of the stage. It
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  Speaker 1: is Pinocchio, It is Pinocchio, yelled all the marionettes pouring
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  Speaker 1: out of the wings. It is Pinocchio, It is our brother, Pinocchio.
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  Speaker 1: Hurrah for Pinocchio. Pinocchio, come up to me, shouted Harlequin.
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  Speaker 1: Come to the arms of your wooden brothers. At such
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  Speaker 1: a loving invitation, Pinocchio, with one leap from the back
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  Speaker 1: of the orchestra, found himself in the front rows. With
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  Speaker 1: another leap, he was on the orchestra leader's head. With
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  Speaker 1: a third he landed on the stage. It is impossible
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  Speaker 1: to describe the shrieks of joy, the warm embraces, the knox,
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  Speaker 1: and the friendly greetings with which that strange company of
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  Speaker 1: dramatic actors and actresses received Pinocchio. It was a heartrending spectacle.
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  Speaker 1: But the audience, seeing that the play had stopped, became
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  Speaker 1: angry and began to yell the play, the play, we
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  Speaker 1: want the play. The yelling was of no use, for
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  Speaker 1: the marionettes, instead of going on with their act, made
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  Speaker 1: twice as much racket as before, and lifting up Pinocchio
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  Speaker 1: on their shoulders, carried him around the stage in triumph.
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  Speaker 1: At that very moment, the director came out of his room.
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  Speaker 1: He had such a fearful appearance that one look at
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  Speaker 1: him would fill you with horror. His beard was black
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  Speaker 1: as pitch, and so long that it reached from his
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  Speaker 1: chin down to his feet. His mouth was as wide
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  Speaker 1: as an oven, his teeth like yellow fangs, and his
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  Speaker 1: eyes to glowing red coals. In his huge, hairy hands,
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  Speaker 1: along whip made of green snakes, and black cat's tails
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  Speaker 1: twisted together, switched through the air in a dangerous way.
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  Speaker 1: At the unexpected apparition, no one even dared breathe. One
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  Speaker 1: could almost hear a fly go by. Those poor men,
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  Speaker 1: Marionette's one, and all trembled like leaves in a storm.
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  Speaker 1: Why have you brought such excitement into my theater? The
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  Speaker 1: huge fellow asked Pinocchio, with the voice of an ogre
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  Speaker 1: suffering from a gold Believe me, your honor, the fault
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  Speaker 1: was not mine enough. Be quiet, I'll take care of
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  Speaker 1: you later. As soon as the play was over, the
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  Speaker 1: director went to the kitchen, where a fine, big lamb
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  Speaker 1: was slowly turning on the spit. More wood was needed
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  Speaker 1: to finish cooking it. He called Harlequin and Pulchinella and
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  Speaker 1: said to them, bring that Marionette to me. He looks
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  Speaker 1: as if he were made of well seasoned wood. He'd
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  Speaker 1: make a fine fire for this spit. Harlequin and Pulchinella
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  Speaker 1: hesitated a bit, then, frightened by a look from their master,
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  Speaker 1: they left the kitchen to obey him. A few minutes
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  Speaker 1: later they returned, carrying poor Pinocchio, who was wriggling and
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  Speaker 1: squirming like an eel and crying pitifully. Father, save me.
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to die. I don't want to die.
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  Speaker 1: So ends chapter ten.