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10 - The Adventures of Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi · Adventure Books Library

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  Chapter ten, the marionettes recognize their brother Pinocchio and greet him with loud cheers,
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  But the director fire eater happens along and poor Pinocchio almost loses his life.
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  Quick as a flash, Pinocchio disappeared into the marionette theater, and then
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  something happened which almost caused a riot. The curtain was up and the performance
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  had started. Harlequin and Punchinella were reciting on the stage, and as usual,
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  they were threatening each other with sticks and blows. The theater was full
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  of people, enjoying the spectacle and laughing till they cried at the antics of
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  the two marionettes. The play continued for a few minutes, and suddenly,
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  without any warning, Harlequin stopped talking. Turning toward the audience, he pointed
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  to the rear of the orchestra, yelling wildly. At the same time,
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  Look, look, am I asleep or awake? Do I really see Pinocchio
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  there? Yes, yes, it is Pinocchio, screamed Pulchinella, it is
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  it is, shrieked Signora Rosaura, peeking from the side of the stage.
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  It is Pinocchio, It is Pinocchio, yelled all the marionettes pouring out of
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  the wings. It is Pinocchio, It is our brother, Pinocchio. Hurrah
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  for Pinocchio. Pinocchio, come up to me, shouted Harlequin. Come to
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  the arms of your wooden brothers. At such a loving invitation, Pinocchio,
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  with one leap from the back of the orchestra, found himself in the front
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  rows. With another leap, he was on the orchestra leader's head. With
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  a third he landed on the stage. It is impossible to describe the shrieks
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  of joy, the warm embraces, the knox, and the friendly greetings with
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  which that strange company of dramatic actors and actresses received Pinocchio. It was a
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  heartrending spectacle. But the audience, seeing that the play had stopped, became
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  angry and began to yell the play, the play, we want the play.
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  The yelling was of no use, for the marionettes, instead of going
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  on with their act, made twice as much racket as before, and lifting
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  up Pinocchio on their shoulders, carried him around the stage in triumph. At
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  that very moment, the director came out of his room. He had such
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  a fearful appearance that one look at him would fill you with horror. His
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  beard was black as pitch, and so long that it reached from his chin
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  down to his feet. His mouth was as wide as an oven, his
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  teeth like yellow fangs, and his eyes to glowing red coals. In his
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  huge, hairy hands, along whip made of green snakes, and black cat's
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  tails twisted together, switched through the air in a dangerous way. At the
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  unexpected apparition, no one even dared breathe. One could almost hear a fly
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  go by. Those poor men, Marionette's one, and all trembled like leaves
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  in a storm. Why have you brought such excitement into my theater? The
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  huge fellow asked Pinocchio, with the voice of an ogre suffering from a gold
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  Believe me, your honor, the fault was not mine enough. Be quiet,
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  I'll take care of you later. As soon as the play was over,
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  the director went to the kitchen, where a fine, big lamb was
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  slowly turning on the spit. More wood was needed to finish cooking it.
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  He called Harlequin and Pulchinella and said to them, bring that Marionette to me.
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  He looks as if he were made of well seasoned wood. He'd make
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  a fine fire for this spit. Harlequin and Pulchinella hesitated a bit, then,
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  frightened by a look from their master, they left the kitchen to obey
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  him. A few minutes later they returned, carrying poor Pinocchio, who was
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  wriggling and squirming like an eel and crying pitifully. Father, save me.
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  I don't want to die. I don't want to die. So ends chapter ten.