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

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