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

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  Speaker 1: Chapter thirteen, The Inn of the Red Lobster. Cat and
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  Speaker 1: Fox and Marionette walked and walked and walked. At last,
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  Speaker 1: toward evening, dead tired, they came to the Inn of
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  Speaker 1: the Red Lobster. Let us stop here for a while,
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  Speaker 1: said the fox. To eat it by and rest for
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  Speaker 1: a few hours. At midnight we'll start out again, for
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  Speaker 1: at dawn tomorrow we must be at the Field of Wonders.
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  Speaker 1: They went into the inn and all three sat down
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  Speaker 1: at the same table. However, not one of them was
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  Speaker 1: very hungry. The poor cat felt very weak, and he
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  Speaker 1: was able to eat only thirty five mullets with tomato
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  Speaker 1: sauce and four portions of tripe with cheese. Moreover, as
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  Speaker 1: he was so in need of strength, he had to
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  Speaker 1: have four more helpings of butter and cheese. The fox,
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  Speaker 1: after a great deal of coaxing, tried his best to
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  Speaker 1: eat a little. The doctor had put him on a diet,
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  Speaker 1: and he had to be satisfied with a small hair
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  Speaker 1: dressed with a dozen young and tender spring chickens. After
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  Speaker 1: the hare, he ordered some partridges, a few pheasants, a
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  Speaker 1: couple of rabbits, and a dozen frogs and lizards. That
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  Speaker 1: was all. He felt ill, he said, and could not
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  Speaker 1: eat another bite. Pinocchio ate least of all. He asked
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  Speaker 1: for a bite of bread and a few nuts, and
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  Speaker 1: then hardly touched them. The poor fellow, with his mind
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  Speaker 1: on the field of wonders, was suffering from a gold
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  Speaker 1: piece indigestion. Supper over, the fox said to the innkeeper,
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  Speaker 1: give us two rooms, one for mister Pinocchio and the
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  Speaker 1: other for me and my friend. Before starting out, we'll
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  Speaker 1: take a little nap. Remember to call us at midnight sharp,
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  Speaker 1: for we must continue on our journey. Yes, sir, answered
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  Speaker 1: the innkeeper, winking in a knowing way at the fox
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  Speaker 1: and the cat, as if to say, I understand. As
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  Speaker 1: soon as Pinocchio was in bed, he fell fast asleep
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  Speaker 1: and began to dream. He dreamed he was in the
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  Speaker 1: middle of the field. The field was full of vines,
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  Speaker 1: heavy with grapes. The grapes were no other than gold coins,
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  Speaker 1: which tinkled merrily as they swayed in the wind. They
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  Speaker 1: seemed to say, let him who wants us take us.
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  Speaker 1: Just as Pinocchio stretched out his hand to take a
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  Speaker 1: handful of them, he was awakened by three loud knocks,
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  Speaker 1: at the door. It was the innkeeper who had come
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  Speaker 1: to tell him that midnight had struck. Are my friends ready,
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  Speaker 1: the marionette asked him. Indeed, yes, they went two hours ago.
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  Speaker 1: Why in such a hurry? Unfortunately, the cat received a
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  Speaker 1: telegram which said that his first born was suffering from
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  Speaker 1: chilblains and was on the point of death. He could
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  Speaker 1: not even wait to say good bye to you. Did
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  Speaker 1: they pay for the supper? How could they do such
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  Speaker 1: a thing? Being people of great refinement, they did not
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  Speaker 1: want to offend you so deeply as not to allow
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  Speaker 1: you the honor of paying the bill. Too bad that
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  Speaker 1: offense would have been more than pleasing to me, said Pinocchio,
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  Speaker 1: scratching his head. Where did my good friends say they
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  Speaker 1: would wait for me? He added, At the Field of
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  Speaker 1: Wonders at sunrise tomorrow morning. Pinocchio paid a gold piece
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  Speaker 1: for the three suppers and started on his way toward
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  Speaker 1: the field that was to make him a rich man.
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  Speaker 1: He walked on, not knowing where he was going, for
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  Speaker 1: it was dark, so dark that not a thing was
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  Speaker 1: visible round about him. Not a leaf stirred, a few
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  Speaker 1: bats skimmed his nose now and again, and scared him
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  Speaker 1: half to death. Once or twice he shouted, who goes there?
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  Speaker 1: And the far away hills echoed back to him, who
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  Speaker 1: goes there? Who goes there? Who goes? As he walked,
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  Speaker 1: Pinocchio noticed a tiny insect glimmering on the trunk of
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  Speaker 1: a tree, A small being that glowed with a pale,
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  Speaker 1: soft light. Who are you, he asked, I am the
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  Speaker 1: ghost of the talking cricket, answered the little being, in
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  Speaker 1: a faint voice that sounded as if it came from
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  Speaker 1: a far away world. What do you want, asked the marionette.
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  Speaker 1: I want to give you a few words of good advice.
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  Speaker 1: Return home and give the four gold pieces you have
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  Speaker 1: left to your poor old father, who is weeping because
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  Speaker 1: he has not seen you for many a day. Tomorrow
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  Speaker 1: my father will be a rich man, for these four
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  Speaker 1: gold pieces will become two thousand. Don't listen to those
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  Speaker 1: who promise you wealth overnight, my boy. As a rule,
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  Speaker 1: they are either fools or swindlers. Listen to me and
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  Speaker 1: go home. But I want to go on. The hour
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  Speaker 1: is late. I want to go on. The night is
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  Speaker 1: very dark. I want to go on. The road is dangerous.
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  Speaker 1: I want to go on. Remember that, boys who insist
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  Speaker 1: on having their own way, Sooner or later come to
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  Speaker 1: grief the same nonsense. Goodbye cricket, good night Pinocchio, and
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  Speaker 1: may Heaven preserve you from the assassins. There was silence
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  Speaker 1: for a minute, and the light of the talking cricket
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  Speaker 1: Is disappeared suddenly, just as if someone had stuffed it out.
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  Speaker 1: Once again, the road was plunged in darkness. End of
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  Speaker 1: Chapter thirteen.