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a spit. As he needed more wood to finish cooking it, he called Harlequin and Pulcinello, who had finished their performance, and said to them: “Bring me now the marionette that you will find tied to a nail. He appears to be made of good dry wood, and I am sure he will make a beautiful flame for a roast.”
Harlequin and Pulcinello at first hesitated, but a glance from their master’s eye scared them and they obeyed. Soon they returned to the kitchen carrying Pinocchio in their arms. Struggling like an eel out of water, he cried despairingly: “Oh, Papa, dear Papa, save me! I do not wish to die! No, I do not wish to die!”
