Pinocchio: The Tale of a Puppet

he had eaten nothing all day, began to feel a gnaw

e had become hunger and in no t

ke off the lid to see what was in it, but the saucepan was only painted on the wall. You can i

f bread. If it was only a bit of dry bread, a crust, a bone left by a dog, a little moldy pudding of Indian corn, a fish

n yawning, and his yawns were so tremendous that sometimes his mouth almost reached h

o cry desperate

papa and to run away from home. If my papa were here I should no

ound and white that looked like a hen's egg. To give a spring and

t must be a dream he kept turning the egg over in his hand

a saucer! Or would it not be more savory to fry it in the frying-pan? Or shall I simply boil

r he poured a little water; and when the water began to smoke, tac! he broke the egg-shell over it and let the contents drop in.

trouble of breaking the shell. Adieu until we meet aga

darted through the open window a

the egg-shell in his hand. Recovering, however, from his first stupefaction, he began to cry

n away from home, and if my papa were here, I should not no

t, he thought he would leave the house and make an excursion in the neighborhoo