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

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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty. Freed from prison, Pinocchio sets out to return
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  Speaker 1: to the fairy, but on the way he meets a
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  Speaker 1: serpent and later is caught in a trap. Fancy the
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  Speaker 1: happiness of Pinocchio. On finding himself free, without saying yes
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  Speaker 1: or no, he fled from the city and set out
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  Speaker 1: on the road that was to take him back to
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  Speaker 1: the house of the lovely Fairy. It had rained for
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  Speaker 1: many days, and the road was so muddy that at
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  Speaker 1: times Pinocchio sank down almost to his knees, but he
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  Speaker 1: kept on bravely, tormented by the wish to see his
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  Speaker 1: father and his fairy sister with ozarre hair, he raced
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  Speaker 1: like a greyhound. As he ran, he was splashed with
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  Speaker 1: mud even up to his cap. How unhappy I have been,
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  Speaker 1: he said to himself. And yet I deserve everything, for
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  Speaker 1: I am certainly very stubborn and stupid. I will always
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  Speaker 1: have my own way. I won't listen to those who
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  Speaker 1: love me and who have more brains. But from now
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  Speaker 1: on I'll be different, and I'll try to become a
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  Speaker 1: most obedient boy. I have found out, beyond any doubt whatsoever,
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  Speaker 1: that disobedient boys are certainly far from happy and that
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  Speaker 1: in the long run they always lose out. I wonder
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  Speaker 1: if Father is waiting for me? Will I find him
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  Speaker 1: at the Fairy's house? It is so long, poor man,
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  Speaker 1: since I have seen him, and I do so want
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  Speaker 1: his love and his kisses. And will the Fairy ever
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  Speaker 1: forgive me for all I have done? She who has
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  Speaker 1: been so good to me, and to whom I owe
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  Speaker 1: my life? Can there be a worse or more heartless
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  Speaker 1: boy than I am? Anywhere As he spoke, he stopped,
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  Speaker 1: suddenly frozen with terror. What was the matter? An immense
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  Speaker 1: serpent lay stretched across the road, a serpent with bright
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  Speaker 1: green skin, fiery eyes which glowed and burned, and a
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  Speaker 1: pointed tail that smoked like a chimney. How frightened was
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  Speaker 1: poor Pinocchio. He ran back wildly for half a mile,
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  Speaker 1: and at last settled himself atop a heap of stones
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  Speaker 1: to wait for the serpent to go on his way
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  Speaker 1: and leave the road clear for him. He waited an hour,
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  Speaker 1: two hours, three hours, But the serpent was always there,
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  Speaker 1: and even from afar one could see the flash of
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  Speaker 1: his red eyes and the column of smoke which rose
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  Speaker 1: from his long, pointed tail. Pinocchio, trying to feel very brave,
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  Speaker 1: walked straight up to him and said, in a sweet,
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  Speaker 1: soothing voice, I beg your pardon, mister serpent, would you
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  Speaker 1: be so kind as to step aside to let me pass?
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  Speaker 1: He might as well have talked to a wall. The
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  Speaker 1: serpent never moved once more. In the same sweet voice,
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  Speaker 1: he spoke, you must know, mister serpent, that I am
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  Speaker 1: going home, where my father is waiting for me. It
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  Speaker 1: is so long since I have seen him. Would you
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  Speaker 1: mind very much if I passed? He waited for some
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  Speaker 1: sign of an answer to his questions, but the answer
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  Speaker 1: did not come. On the contrary, the green serpent, who
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  Speaker 1: had seemed until then wide awake and full of life,
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  Speaker 1: became suddenly very quiet and still, his eyes closed, and
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  Speaker 1: his tail stopped smoking. Is he dead, I wonder, said Pinocchio,
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  Speaker 1: rubbing his hands together happily, without a moment's hesitation. He
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  Speaker 1: started to step over him, but he had just raised
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  Speaker 1: one leg when the serpent shot up like a spring,
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  Speaker 1: and the marionette fell head over heels backward. He fell
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  Speaker 1: so awkwardly that his head stuck in the mud, and
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  Speaker 1: there he stood, with his legs straight up in the air.
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  Speaker 1: At the sight of the marionette, kicking and squirming like
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  Speaker 1: a young whirlwind. The serpent laughed so heartily and so long,
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  Speaker 1: that at last he burst an artery and died on
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  Speaker 1: the spot. Pinocchio freed himself from his awkward position and
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  Speaker 1: once more began to run in order to reach the
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  Speaker 1: fairy's house before dark. As he went, the pangs of
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  Speaker 1: hunger grew so strong that, unable to withstand them, he
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  Speaker 1: jumped into a field to pick a few grapes that
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  Speaker 1: tempted him. Woe to him. No sooner had he reached
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  Speaker 1: the grapevine, than crack went his legs. The poor marionette
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  Speaker 1: was caught in a trap set there by a farmer
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  Speaker 1: for some weasels which came every night to steal his chickens.
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  Speaker 1: End of Chapter twenty