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

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  Speaker 1: Chapter nineteen, Pinocchio is robbed of his gold pieces, and
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  Speaker 1: in punishment his sentence to four months in prison. If
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  Speaker 1: the marionette had been told to wait a day instead
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  Speaker 1: of twenty minutes, the time could not have seemed longer
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  Speaker 1: to him. He walked impatiently to and fro, and finally
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  Speaker 1: turned his nose toward the field of wonders. As he
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  Speaker 1: walked with hurried steps, his heart beat with an excited
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  Speaker 1: tic tac, just as if it were a wall clock,
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  Speaker 1: and his busy brain kept thinking, what if instead of
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  Speaker 1: a thousand, I should find two thousand, or instead of
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  Speaker 1: two thousand, I should find five thousand or one hundred thousand.
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  Speaker 1: I'll build myself a beautiful palace with a thousand stables
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  Speaker 1: filled with thousand wooden horses to play with, a cellar
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  Speaker 1: overflowing with lemonade and ice cream soda, and a library
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  Speaker 1: of candies and fruits and cakes and cookies. Thus amusing
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  Speaker 1: himself with fancies, he came to the field. There he
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  Speaker 1: stopped to see if, by chance a vine filled with
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  Speaker 1: gold coins was in sight, but he saw nothing. He
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  Speaker 1: took a few steps forward, and still nothing. He stepped
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  Speaker 1: onto the field. He went up to the place where
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  Speaker 1: he had dug the hole and buried the gold pieces.
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  Speaker 1: Again nothing. Pinocchiovi became very thoughtful, and forgetting his good
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  Speaker 1: manners altogether. He pulled a hand out of his pocket
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  Speaker 1: and gave his head a thorough scratching. As he did so,
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  Speaker 1: he heard a heart he burst of laughter close to his head.
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  Speaker 1: He turned sharply, and there just above him, on the
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  Speaker 1: branch of a tree sat a long, large parrot, busily
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  Speaker 1: preening his feathers. What are you laughing at, Pinocchio asked peevishly.
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  Speaker 1: I'm laughing because in preening my feathers I tickled myself
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  Speaker 1: under the wings. The marionette did not answer. He walked
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  Speaker 1: to the brook, filled his shoe with water, and once
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  Speaker 1: more sprinkled the ground, which covered the gold pieces. Again,
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  Speaker 1: another burst of laughter, even more impertinent than the first,
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  Speaker 1: was heard in a quiet field. Well, cried the marionette
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  Speaker 1: angrily this time. May I know, mister parrot, what amuses you? So?
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  Speaker 1: I'm laughing at those simpletons who believe everything they hear,
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  Speaker 1: and who allow themselves to be caught so easily in
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  Speaker 1: the trap set for them. Do you perhaps mean me?
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  Speaker 1: I certainly do mean, you, poor Pinocchio, You are such
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  Speaker 1: a little silly as to believe that gold can be
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  Speaker 1: sown in a field, just like beans and squash. I
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  Speaker 1: too believe that once, and today I'm very sorry for it. Today,
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  Speaker 1: but too late I have reached the conclusion that in
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  Speaker 1: order to come by money honestly, one must work and
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  Speaker 1: know how to earn it with hand or brain. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know what you're talking about, said the marionette, who
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  Speaker 1: was beginning to tremble with fear. Too bad, I'll explain
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  Speaker 1: myself better, said the parrot. While you are away in
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  Speaker 1: the city. The fox and the cat returned here in
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  Speaker 1: a great hurry. They took the four gold pieces which
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  Speaker 1: you had buried, and ran away as fast as the wind.
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  Speaker 1: If you can catch them, you're a brave one. Pinocchio's
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  Speaker 1: mouth opened wide. He would not believed the parrot's words,
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  Speaker 1: and began to dig furiously at the earth. He dug,
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  Speaker 1: and he dug it till the hole was as big
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  Speaker 1: as himself, but no money was there. Every benny was gone.
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  Speaker 1: In desperation, he ran to the city and went straight
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  Speaker 1: to the courthouse to report the robbery to the magistrate.
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  Speaker 1: The judge was a monkey, a large gorilla, venerable with age.
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  Speaker 1: A flowing white beard covered his chest, and he wore
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  Speaker 1: gold rimmed spectacles from which the glasses had dropped out.
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  Speaker 1: The reason for wearing these, he said, was that his
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  Speaker 1: eyes had been weakened by the work of many years. Pinocchio,
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  Speaker 1: standing before him, told his pitiful tale word by word.
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  Speaker 1: He gave the names and descriptions of the robbers, and
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  Speaker 1: baked for justice. The judge listened to him with great patience.
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  Speaker 1: A kind look shone in his eyes. He became very
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  Speaker 1: much interested to the stray. He felt moved. He almost wept.
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  Speaker 1: When the marionette had no more to say, the judge
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  Speaker 1: put out his hand and rang a bell. At the sound,
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  Speaker 1: two large mastiffs appeared, wearing Carboneer's uniforms. Then the magistrate,
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  Speaker 1: pointing to Pinocchio, said, in a solemn voice, this poor
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  Speaker 1: simpleton has been robbed of four gold pieces. Take him therefore,
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  Speaker 1: and throw him in prison. The marionette, on hearing this
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  Speaker 1: sentence passed on him, was thoroughly stunned. He tried to protest,
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  Speaker 1: but the two officers clapped their paws on his mouth
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  Speaker 1: and puzzled him away to jail. There he had to
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  Speaker 1: remain four long, weary months, and if it not been
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  Speaker 1: for a very lucky chance, he probably would have to
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  Speaker 1: stay there longer. For my dear child, it is you
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  Speaker 1: must know that it happened just as the young emperor
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  Speaker 1: who ruled over the city of simple Simons and gain
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  Speaker 1: to victory over his enemy. In celebration thereof, he ordered illuminations,
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  Speaker 1: fireworks shows of all kinds, and best of all, the
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  Speaker 1: opening of all prison doors. If the others go, I
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  Speaker 1: go too, said Pinocchio to the jailer, and not you,
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  Speaker 1: answered the jailer, you are one of those. I beg
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  Speaker 1: your pardon, interrupted Pinocchio. I do am a thief. In
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  Speaker 1: that case, you are free to go, said the jailer.
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  Speaker 1: Taking off his cap, he bowed low. He opened the
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  Speaker 1: door the prison, and Pinocchio ran out and away, with
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  Speaker 1: never a look backward. End of Chapter nineteen.