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第27章

Pinocchio reaches the Island of the Busy Bees and finds the Fairy once morePinocchio, spurred on by the hope of finding his father and of being in time to save him, swam all night long.

And what a horrible night it was! It poured rain, it hailed, it thundered, and the lightning was so bright that it turned the night into day.

At dawn, he saw, not far away from him, a long stretch of sand.It was an island in the middle of the sea.

Pinocchio tried his best to get there, but he couldn't.

The waves played with him and tossed him about as if he were a twig or a bit of straw.At last, and luckily for him, a tremendous wave tossed him to the very spot where he wanted to be.The blow from the wave was so strong that, as he fell to the ground, his joints cracked and almost broke.

But, nothing daunted, he jumped to his feet and cried:

"Once more I have escaped with my life!"

Little by little the sky cleared.The sun came out in full splendor and the sea became as calm as a lake.

Then the Marionette took off his clothes and laid them on the sand to dry.He looked over the waters to see whether he might catch sight of a boat with a little man in it.He searched and he searched, but he saw nothing except sea and sky and far away a few sails, so small that they might have been birds.

"If only I knew the name of this island!" he said to himself.

"If I even knew what kind of people I would find here!

But whom shall I ask? There is no one here."The idea of finding himself in so lonesome a spot made him so sad that he was about to cry, but just then he saw a big Fish swimming near-by, with his head far out of the water.

Not knowing what to call him, the Marionette said to him:

"Hey there, Mr.Fish, may I have a word with you?""Even two, if you want," answered the fish, who happened to be a very polite Dolphin.

"Will you please tell me if, on this island, there are places where one may eat without necessarily being eaten?""Surely, there are," answered the Dolphin."In fact you'll find one not far from this spot.""And how shall I get there?"

"Take that path on your left and follow your nose.You can't go wrong.""Tell me another thing.You who travel day and night through the sea, did you not perhaps meet a little boat with my father in it?""And who is you father?"

"He is the best father in the world, even as I am the worst son that can be found.""In the storm of last night," answered the Dolphin, "the little boat must have been swamped.""And my father?"

"By this time, he must have been swallowed by the Terrible Shark, which, for the last few days, has been bringing terror to these waters.""Is this Shark very big?" asked Pinocchio, who was beginning to tremble with fright.

"Is he big?" replied the Dolphin."Just to give you an idea of his size, let me tell you that he is larger than a five story building and that he has a mouth so big and so deep, that a whole train and engine could easily get into it.""Mother mine!" cried the Marionette, scared to death;and dressing himself as fast as he could, he turned to the Dolphin and said:

"Farewell, Mr.Fish.Pardon the bother, and many thanks for your kindness."This said, he took the path at so swift a gait that he seemed to fly, and at every small sound he heard, he turned in fear to see whether the Terrible Shark, five stories high and with a train in his mouth, was following him.

After walking a half hour, he came to a small country called the Land of the Busy Bees.The streets were filled with people running to and fro about their tasks.Everyone worked, everyone had something to do.Even if one were to search with a lantern, not one idle man or one tramp could have been found.

"I understand," said Pinocchio at once wearily, "this is no place for me! I was not born for work."But in the meantime, he began to feel hungry, for it was twenty-four hours since he had eaten.

What was to be done?

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