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CHAPTER XXIV
Animated by the hope of arriving in time to save his father, Pinocchio swam all night. And what a horrible swim that was! It rained, hailed, thundered, and lightened so hard that the night appeared like day.
In the morning he saw a shore line. It was an island in the middle of the sea. He tried to reach that sand bank, but it was useless. The waves tossed him about like a straw. At last, by good fortune, there came a tremendous wave that hurled
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