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

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