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

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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty four, Pinocchio reaches the island of the busy
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  Speaker 1: Bees and finds the fairy once more. Pinocchio, spurred on
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  Speaker 1: by the hope of finding his father and of being
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  Speaker 1: in time to save him, swam all night long. And
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  Speaker 1: what a horrible night it was. It poured rain, it hailed,
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  Speaker 1: it thundered, and the lightning was so bright that it
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  Speaker 1: turned the night into day. At dawn, he saw not
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  Speaker 1: far away from him a long stretch of sand. It
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  Speaker 1: was an island in the middle of the sea. Pinocchio
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  Speaker 1: tried his best to get there, but he couldn't. The
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  Speaker 1: waves played with him and tossed him about as if
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  Speaker 1: he were a twig or a bit of straw. At last,
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  Speaker 1: and luckily for him, a tremendous wave tossed him to
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  Speaker 1: the very spot where he wanted to be. The blow
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  Speaker 1: from the wave was so strong that as he fell
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  Speaker 1: to the ground, his joints cracked and almost broke. But
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  Speaker 1: nothing daunted. He jumped to his feet and cried, once more,
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  Speaker 1: I have escaped with my life. Little by little, the
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  Speaker 1: sky cleared, the sun came out and full splendor, and
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  Speaker 1: the sea became as calm as a lake. Then the
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  Speaker 1: Marionette took off his clothes and laid them on the
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  Speaker 1: sand to dry. He looked over the waters to see
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  Speaker 1: whether he might catch sight of a boat with a
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  Speaker 1: little man in it. He searched, and he searched, but
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  Speaker 1: he saw nothing except sea and sky, and far away
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  Speaker 1: a few sails so small that they might have been birds.
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  Speaker 1: If only I knew the name of this island, he
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  Speaker 1: said to himself, if I even knew what kind of
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  Speaker 1: people I would find here? But whom shall I ask?
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  Speaker 1: There is no one here. The idea of finding himself
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  Speaker 1: in so lonesome a spot made him so sad that
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  Speaker 1: he was about to cry. But just then he saw
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  Speaker 1: a big fish swimming near by, with his head far
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  Speaker 1: out of the water. Not knowing what to call him,
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  Speaker 1: the Marionette said to him, Hey, there, mister fish, May
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  Speaker 1: I have a word with you? Even do if you want?
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  Speaker 1: Answered the fish, who happened to be a very polite dolphin.
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  Speaker 1: Will you please tell me if on this island there
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  Speaker 1: are places where one may eat without necessarily being eaten?
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  Speaker 1: Surely there are, answered the dolphin. In fact, you will
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  Speaker 1: find one not far from this spot. And how shall
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  Speaker 1: I get there? Take that path? On your left and
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  Speaker 1: follow your nose. You can't go wrong. Tell me another thing, you,
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  Speaker 1: who traveled day and night through the sea, did you
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  Speaker 1: not perhaps meet a little boat with my father in it?
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  Speaker 1: And who is your father? He is the best father
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  Speaker 1: in the world, even as I am the worst son
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  Speaker 1: that can be found In the storm of last night,
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  Speaker 1: answered the dolphin. The little boat must have been swamped,
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  Speaker 1: and my father by this time he must have been
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  Speaker 1: swallowed by the terrible shark, which, for the last few
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  Speaker 1: days has been bringing terror to these waters. Is this
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  Speaker 1: shark very big? Asked Pinocchio, who was beginning to tremble
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  Speaker 1: with fright. Is he big, replied the dolphin. Just to
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  Speaker 1: give you an idea of his size, let me tell
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  Speaker 1: you that he is larger than a five story building,
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  Speaker 1: and that he has a mouth so big, so deep,
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  Speaker 1: that a whole train and engine could easily get into it.
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  Speaker 1: Mother mine, cried the marionette, scared to death, and dressed
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  Speaker 1: himself as fast as he could. He turned to the
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  Speaker 1: dolphin and said, farewell, mister fish, pardon the bother, and
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  Speaker 1: many thanks for your kindnesses. This said. He took the
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  Speaker 1: path at so swift a gait that he seemed to fly,
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  Speaker 1: and at every small sound he heard, he turned in
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  Speaker 1: fear to see whether the terrible shark, five stories high
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  Speaker 1: and with a train in his mouth, was following him.
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  Speaker 1: After walking a half hour, he came to a small
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  Speaker 1: country called the Land of the Busy Bees. The streets
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  Speaker 1: were filled with people running to and fro about their tasks.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone worked, every one had something to do. Even if
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  Speaker 1: one were to search with a lantern, not one idle
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  Speaker 1: man or one tramp could have been found. I understand,
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  Speaker 1: said Pinocchio at once, wearily. This is no place for me.
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  Speaker 1: I was not born for work. But in the meantime
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  Speaker 1: he began to feel hungry, for it was twenty four
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  Speaker 1: hours since he had eaten. What was to be done,
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  Speaker 1: There were only two means left to him. In order
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  Speaker 1: to get a bite to eat. He had either to
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  Speaker 1: work or to beg. He was ashamed to beg because
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  Speaker 1: his had always preached to him that begging should be
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  Speaker 1: done only by the sick or the old. He had
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  Speaker 1: said that the real poor in this world, deserving of
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  Speaker 1: our pity and help, were only those who, either through
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  Speaker 1: age or sickness, had lost the means of earning their
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  Speaker 1: bread with their own hands, all others should work, and
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  Speaker 1: if they didn't and went hungry, so much the worse
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  Speaker 1: for them. Just then, a man passed by, worn out
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  Speaker 1: and wet with perspiration, pulling with difficulty two heavy carts
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  Speaker 1: filled with coal. Pinocchio looked at him, and, judging him
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  Speaker 1: by his looks to be a kind man, said to him,
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  Speaker 1: with eyes downcast in shame, will you be so good
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  Speaker 1: as to give me a penny, for I'm faint with hunger?
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  Speaker 1: Not only one penny, answered the coal man. I'll give
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  Speaker 1: you four if you will help me pull these two wagons.
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  Speaker 1: I am surprised, answered the marionette, very much offended. I
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  Speaker 1: wish you to know that I have never been a donkey,
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  Speaker 1: nor have I ever pulled a wagon. So much the
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  Speaker 1: better for you, answered the coal man. Then, my boy,
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  Speaker 1: if you are really faint with hunger, eat two slices
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  Speaker 1: of your pride, and I hope they don't give you indigestion.
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  Speaker 1: A few minutes after, a bricklayer passed by, carrying a
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  Speaker 1: pail full of plaster on his shoulder. Good man, will
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  Speaker 1: you be kind enough to give a penny to a
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  Speaker 1: poor boy who is yawning from hunger? Gladly answered the bricklayer.
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  Speaker 1: Come with me and carry some plaster, and instead of
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  Speaker 1: one penny, I'll give you five. But the plaster is heavy,
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  Speaker 1: answered Pinocchio, And the work is too hard for me, milk,
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  Speaker 1: the work is too hard for you, my boy. Enjoy
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  Speaker 1: your yawns, and may they bring you luck. In less
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  Speaker 1: than half an hour, at least twenty people passed by,
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  Speaker 1: and Pinocchio begged of each one, but they all answered,
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  Speaker 1: aren't you ashamed? Instead of being a beggar in the streets,
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  Speaker 1: why don't you look for work and earn your own bread. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: a little woman went by carrying two jugs of water.
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  Speaker 1: Good woman, will you allow me to have a drink
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  Speaker 1: from one of your jugs, asked Pinocchio, who was burning
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  Speaker 1: up with thirst. With pleasure, my boy, she answered, setting
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  Speaker 1: the two jugs in the ground before him. When Pinocchio
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  Speaker 1: had had his fill, he grumbled as he wiped his mouth,
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  Speaker 1: my thirst is gone, if I could only as easily
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  Speaker 1: get rid of my hunger. On hearing these words, the
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  Speaker 1: good little woman immediately said, if you will help me
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  Speaker 1: carry these jugs home, I'll give you a slice of bread.
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  Speaker 1: Pinocchio looked at the jug and said neither yes nor no.
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  Speaker 1: And with the bread, I'll give you a nice dish
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  Speaker 1: of cauliflower with white sauce on it. Pinocchio gave the
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  Speaker 1: jug another look and said, neither yes nor no, and
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  Speaker 1: after the cauliflower, some cake and jam. At this last bribery,
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  Speaker 1: Pinocchio could no longer resist, and said, firmly, very well,
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  Speaker 1: I will take the jug home for you. The jug
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  Speaker 1: was very heavy, and the marionette, not being strong enough
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  Speaker 1: to carry it with his hands, had to put it
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  Speaker 1: on his head. When they arrived home, the little woman
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  Speaker 1: made Pinocchio sit down at a small table and placed
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  Speaker 1: before him the bread, the cauliflower, and the cake. Pinocchio
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  Speaker 1: did not eat. He devoured. His stomach seemed a bottomless bit.
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  Speaker 1: His hunger finally appeased. He raised his head to thank
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  Speaker 1: his kind benefactress. But he had not looked at her
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  Speaker 1: long when he gave a cry of surprise, and sat
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  Speaker 1: there with his eyes wide open, his fork in the air,
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  Speaker 1: and his mouth filled with bread and cauliflower. Why all
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  Speaker 1: this surprise, asked the good woman, laughing because, answered Pinocchio,
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  Speaker 1: stammering and stuttering. Because you look like you remind me
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  Speaker 1: of yes, yes, the same voice, the same eyes, the
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  Speaker 1: same hair, Yes, yes, yes, you have also the same
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  Speaker 1: asure hair she had. Oh, my little fairy, My little fairy,
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  Speaker 1: tell me that it is you. Don't make me cry
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  Speaker 1: any longer, if you only knew, I have cried so much,
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  Speaker 1: I have suffered so And Pinocchio threw himself on the
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  Speaker 1: floor and clasped the knees of the mysterious little woman.
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  Speaker 1: End of chapter twenty four.