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

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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty two, Pinocchio discovers the thieves, and as a
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  Speaker 1: reward for faithfulness, he regains his liberty. Even though a
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  Speaker 1: boy may be very unhappy, he very seldom loses sleep
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  Speaker 1: over his worries. The Marionette, being no exception to this rule,
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  Speaker 1: slept on peacefully for a few hours till well along
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  Speaker 1: toward midnight, when he was awakened by strange whisperings and
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  Speaker 1: stealthy sounds coming from the yard. He stuck his nose
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  Speaker 1: out of the dog house and saw four slender, hairy animals.
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  Speaker 1: They were weasels, small animals, very fond of both eggs
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  Speaker 1: and chickens. One of them left her companions, and, going
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  Speaker 1: to the door of the dog house, said in the
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  Speaker 1: sweet voice, good evening. M Lampo. My name is not M. Lampo,
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  Speaker 1: answered Pinocchio. Who are you then? I am Pinocchio. What
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  Speaker 1: are you doing here? I'm the watch dog? But where
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  Speaker 1: is Melampo? Where is the old dog who used to
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  Speaker 1: live in this house? He died this morning, died, poor beast.
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  Speaker 1: He was so good still, judging by your face, I
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  Speaker 1: think you too are a good natured dog. I beg
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  Speaker 1: your pardon. I am not a dog. What are you then,
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  Speaker 1: I am a marionette. Are you taking the place of
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  Speaker 1: the watch dog? I'm sorry to say that I am.
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  Speaker 1: I'm being punished. Well, I shall make the same terms
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  Speaker 1: with you that we had with the dead Malampo. I'm
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  Speaker 1: sure you will be glad to hear them. And what
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  Speaker 1: are the terms? This is our plan, will come once
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  Speaker 1: in a while, as in the past, to pay a
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  Speaker 1: visit to this hen house, and we'll take away eight chickens.
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  Speaker 1: Of these seven are for us and one for you,
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  Speaker 1: provided of course, that you will make believe you are
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  Speaker 1: sleeping and will not guard for the farmer. Did Malampo
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  Speaker 1: really do that, asked Pinocchio. Indeed he did, and because
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  Speaker 1: that we were the best of friends. Sleep away peacefully,
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  Speaker 1: and remember that before we go, we shall leave you
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  Speaker 1: a nice fat chicken all ready for your breakfast in
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  Speaker 1: the morning. Is that understood even too well? Answered Pinocchio,
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  Speaker 1: and shaking his head in a threatening manner, he seemed
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  Speaker 1: to say, we'll talk this over in a few minutes,
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  Speaker 1: my friends. As soon as the four weasels had talked
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  Speaker 1: things over, they went straight to the chicken coop, which
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  Speaker 1: stood close to the dock house. Digging busily with teeth
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  Speaker 1: and claws, they opened the little door and slipped it.
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  Speaker 1: But they were no sooner in than they heard the
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  Speaker 1: door close with a sharp bay. The one who had
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  Speaker 1: done the trick was Pinocchio, who, not satisfied with that,
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  Speaker 1: dragged a heavy stone in front of it. That done,
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  Speaker 1: he started to bark, and he barked as if he
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  Speaker 1: were a real watch dog. Bow bow wow, bow wow.
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  Speaker 1: The farmer heard the loud barks and jumped out of bed,
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  Speaker 1: Taking his gun. He leaped to the window and shouted,
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  Speaker 1: what's the matter? The thieves are here, answered Pinocchio, where
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  Speaker 1: are they in the chicken coop? I'll come down in
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  Speaker 1: the second, And in fact he was down in the
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  Speaker 1: yard in a twinkling and running toward the chicken coop.
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  Speaker 1: He opened the door, pulled out the weasels one by one,
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  Speaker 1: and after tying them in a bag, said to them
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  Speaker 1: in a happy voice, you're in my hands at last.
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  Speaker 1: I could punish you now, but I'll wait in the morning.
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  Speaker 1: You may come with me to the inn, and there
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  Speaker 1: you'll make a fine dinner for some hungry mortal. It
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  Speaker 1: is really too great an honor for you. One you
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  Speaker 1: do not deserve. But as you see, I am really
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  Speaker 1: a very kind and generous man, and I am going
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  Speaker 1: to do this for you. Then he went up to
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  Speaker 1: Pinocchio and began to pet and caress him. How did
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  Speaker 1: you ever find them out so quickly? And to think
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  Speaker 1: that m Lampo, my faithful Malampo, never saw them in
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  Speaker 1: all these years the marionette could have told then and
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  Speaker 1: there all he knew about the shameful contract between the
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  Speaker 1: dog and the weasels. The thinking of the dead dog.
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  Speaker 1: He said to himself, Malampo is dead. What is the
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  Speaker 1: use of accusing him? The dead are gone, and they
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  Speaker 1: cannot defend themselves. The best thing to do is to
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  Speaker 1: leave them in peace. Were you awake or asleep when
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  Speaker 1: they came, continued the farmer. I was asleep, answered Pinocchio.
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  Speaker 1: But they awakened me with their whisperings. One of them
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  Speaker 1: even came to the door of the dog house and
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  Speaker 1: said to me, if you promise not to bark, we
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  Speaker 1: will make you a present of one of the chickens
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  Speaker 1: for your breakfast. Did you hear that they have the
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  Speaker 1: audacity to make such a proposition as that to me?
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  Speaker 1: For you must know that though I am a very
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  Speaker 1: wicked marionette, full of faults. Still I never have been,
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  Speaker 1: nor ever shall be bribed. Fine boy, cried the farmer,
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  Speaker 1: slapping him on the shoulder in a friendly way. You
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  Speaker 1: ought to be proud of yourself, and to show you
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  Speaker 1: what I think of you. You are free from this
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  Speaker 1: instant And he slipped the dog collar from his neck.
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  Speaker 1: End of Chapter twenty two.