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PINOCCHIO
“I have thought of everything; your father has been told already and before night he will be here.”
“Truly?” cried Pinocchio, jumping with joy.
“Then, my Fairy, if you are willing, I should like to go to meet him. I cannot wait to kiss that good old man, who has suffered so much for me.”
“Go, but do not lose your way. Take the road to the forest and I am sure you will find him.”
Pinocchio departed. As soon as he entered the forest he began to run like a deer. But when he arrived at a certain point, nearly in front of the Grand Oak, he stopped because he thought he heard some one. Indeed, he saw on the road—whom, do you suppose?—the Fox and the Cat, that
