Pinocchio

Chapter 5 Pinocchio Gets Deceived

On the way home, Pinocchio met a Fox and a Cat. The Fox was lame in one leg, and the Cat was blind. They walked towards Pinocchio supporting each other.

"Good morning, Pinocchio!" The fox greeted Pinocchio warmly.

"How do you know me?" Pinocchio wondered.

"Oh, I'm an old friend of your father Geppetto, and I went to your house yesterday." The fox said with a smile.

"How is my father now? Is he all right?" asked Pinocchio anxiously.

"What's the matter, it's so cold, he's only wearing a shirt, and he's shivering from the cold." The fox pretended to be very sad.

"Poor dad! It's all because of me, but from today on, I won't let him suffer anymore..."

"Huh, that sounds nice, what do you use to support your father?" the fox said dismissively.

"Don't worry," said Pinocchio, patting his pocket, "I'm rich now."

The fox said: "Stop bragging, is this how you can be rich?"

"You see," said Pinocchio, taking five gold pieces from his pocket, "with which I will buy papa a nice and warm suit."

At the tinkling of the coins, the fox's lame leg jerked forward, and the cat's eyes opened, glowing blue, but closed again.

"What do you want to do with the money left after buying clothes?" the fox asked with concern.

"I'm going to buy myself new textbooks and study hard," said Pinocchio proudly.

"Don't be a fool, boy," said the fox, "I'm crippled from reading."

"Yes, I was also blinded by reading," the cat continued.

At this time, a bird on the tree said:

"Pinocchio, don't listen to them. Otherwise, you'll regret it..."

Before the bird finished speaking, the cat jumped up and ate the bird in one bite.

"Why do you treat the bird like this?" asked Pinocchio.

"This is a lesson for him, who made him talkative!" said the cat.

"Hey, I said Pinocchio, don't you want to turn these five gold coins into fifty or five hundred?" the fox asked again.

"Of course I want to, but where in the world can there be such a good thing?"

"The world is full of wonders. Pinocchio, just follow us, and we will make your dreams come true!" said the fox.

"Where are you taking me?" asked Pinocchio.

"Go 'Fools deserve it'."

Pinocchio thought for a while, and said: "I'm not going. I want to go home, and my father is waiting for me at home. I have already caused him a lot of trouble by being so disobedient. Come on, you go."

"Do you really want to go home? Then go home, but you will lose two thousand gold coins for this!" said the fox.

"What do you mean?" Pinocchio asked quickly.

"Let me tell you," said the fox, "in 'City of Fools', there is a very magical land, people call it 'Miracle Land'. If we dig a hole there, and put a Peanuts, the next day you will find a tree full of peanuts growing there. Of course, if what we put in is a gold coin, just sprinkle a handful of salt on it, then the next day it will not grow peanuts , but a tree full of golden coins!"

Pinocchio was dumbfounded, and said: "Well, if I plant all my five gold coins, how many gold coins will I grow the next morning?"

"Wait, let me do the math," said the fox, and then he closed his eyes and counted for a long time.

"Wow! That's a lot. If one gold coin can grow five hundred gold coins, then five gold coins can grow twenty-five hundred gold coins."

"Will there really be so many? Will there really be so many?" Pinocchio asked again and again.

"Of course, this is already a small amount. If we water more and sprinkle more salt, maybe we can grow more."

"That's great. When so many gold coins grow, I will give you half of them." Pinocchio said happily.

However, these words seemed to hurt the self-esteem of the fox and the cat, and they said angrily: "We didn't do this for ourselves, we just wanted to help you and your father!"

"Oh, how kind-hearted they are," thought Pinocchio.He completely believed what the fox and the cat said. At the same time, he also forgot his father's new coat and his new textbook.He said to the fox and the cat:

"Then let's go, I'll go with you to 'Fools deserve it'."

So Pinocchio, the Fox and the Cat went together to the "City That Is a Fool".They walked, walked, walked, and when the sun went down, they came to the "Red Shrimp Inn".

"After walking for so long, everyone is tired. Let's eat something at this hotel, rest for a while, and continue our journey in the middle of the night. What do you think?" the fox asked.

Pinocchio was really tired, and he and the cat agreed.So, the three of them walked into the hotel.

At dinner, the fox said that he was not in good health these days, and the doctor asked him to eat less, so he ordered a roasted hare, two tender chickens, and three smoked hams.After the food was served, in less than 3 minutes, everything went into the fox's stomach.However, the fox still felt that he was not full, so he added more than a dozen delicious dishes until he couldn't stand up.

The cat was also very polite at the beginning, and only ordered three fish, and he also said that his mother told him to eat more politely since he was a child.However, when he ate the fish, he was not very refined, he took one mouthful, and in a blink of an eye, all three fish went into his stomach, and there was not even a fishbone left.After eating, the cat asked for another thirty pieces of fish with strawberry jam, ketchup, etc., a steak, two glasses of wine, and five ice creams.

Pinocchio ate the least, for he was so preoccupied with the gold that he had no appetite.He just asked for a piece of bread and a glass of water.But he ate a few bites of bread, and he didn't want to eat any more.

After eating, the fox said to the boss:
"Prepare us two of the most luxurious rooms, one for Mr. Pinocchio and one for me and my friend Mr. Cat. Also, remember to wake us up at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, we have to continue Hurry up."

"Yes, sir." The boss said respectfully.

After the boss arranged the room, the fox, the cat, and Pinocchio went back to the room to rest.After walking for a day, Pinocchio felt very tired, and fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.In the dream, Pinocchio found himself in the "Treasure Land of Miracles", and the gold coins he planted grew into a golden coin tree in an instant.As long as it is shaken gently on the tree trunk, the gold coins on the tree will crackle and fall, and it is too late to pick them up.Just as Pinocchio was busy picking up gold coins, there was a knock on the door of the room.

It turned out that the innkeeper woke him up and told him that it was already twelve o'clock at night.

"Are my friends ready?" asked Pinocchio.

"They said they had urgent matters at home, so they left first. But they asked you to meet at the 'Miracle Treasure Land' early in the morning." The boss said.

"Let's go? I have to catch up with them." Pinocchio grabbed his clothes and was about to run outside.The boss grabbed him and said, "Wait, you haven't paid yet! The food and accommodation expenses are a total of one gold coin."

In order to catch up with the fox and the cat, without thinking, Pinocchio took out a gold coin from his pocket, stuffed it into the innkeeper's hand, and ran away.Although one gold coin was missing, Pinocchio was still very happy. He thought: "It doesn't matter, I can still plant four gold coin trees. It is still right to invite friends to dinner."

It was pitch black outside, and night birds screamed from time to time, and wild beasts roared in the distance.Pinocchio's scalp was numb with fright, and he almost cried.But when he thought that the "miracle treasure land" could grow a gold coin tree, Pinocchio immediately summoned up his courage and moved forward boldly.

Suddenly, a small green dot of light flew towards Pinocchio, and he heard the little dot of light say: "Pinocchio, you can't go any further."

"Who are you?" Pinocchio was terrified.

"I'm the cricket you killed." Little Light said.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it that day." Pinocchio felt ashamed when he thought of the cricket he had killed.

"It's okay, I just want to tell you now, you are in trouble, go back quickly, don't go any further." Xiaoguangdian said.

"Trouble? Impossible! I'm getting lucky. Now I'm going to 'Miracle Treasure Land' to plant gold coins, and tomorrow there will be more than 2000 gold coins! By then I will be a rich man."

"Son, don't listen to what other people say about getting rich overnight. There is no such good thing in the world. You listen to me and go back immediately. There are robbers waiting for you in front of you!"

"You're still the same old man. You always like to teach others a lesson. Get out of here, or I won't be polite to you." Pinocchio was so focused on planting gold coins that he couldn't listen to anything.

"Child, remember, a disobedient child will regret it sooner or later." After Xiao Guangdian finished speaking, the light suddenly went out, and the road was darker than before.

As Pinocchio strode forward, he said to himself: "Oh, it's bad luck to be a child, and anyone can teach you a lesson. People think they are parents and teachers, and they don't even let the talking cricket go." Pass me. I didn’t listen to him and he threatened me that I would meet robbers! I don’t believe there are any robbers in this world. In my opinion, the so-called murder robbers are all made up by the father to deceive the children. Besides, even if I really met robbers, and I’m not afraid of them, I’m going to punch one of them. If I can’t beat them, it’s nothing, I just need to escape..."

However, before Pinocchio finished speaking, he heard a rustling sound behind him, which was soft for a while and heavy for a while.Pinocchio turned his head quickly, and saw two black shadows coming towards him from behind.The two black shadows were covered with pockets, only showing their eyes, like two ghosts.

"My God, it's really a robber!" Pinocchio was very frightened. He didn't know where to hide the four gold coins. He hid them in his sleeve for a while, stuffed them under his armpit for a while, and finally, He put them all in his mouth and tried to run.

However, as soon as he took a step, he felt that his arm was caught, and then he heard two fierce voices:

"Hand over the money, or you will die!"

With the gold coin in his mouth, Pinocchio could not speak.Then he grimaced and gesticulated to show the robbers that he had no money at all.

"We know you have money, take it out!" said the two robbers again.

Pinocchio still didn't take it.

"Are you going to take it or not? If you don't take it out, we will not only kill you, but also your father!"

"Don't! Don't! Don't kill my father!" cried Pinocchio anxiously, and the coin in his mouth jingled when he said that.

This made the robbers very happy. They said: "Haha, here is the gold coin! Spit it out!"

However, Pinocchio kept his mouth tightly shut, and said nothing to spit out the gold coin.

"Okay, if you don't vomit, we will make you vomit!" said the two robbers.Then the tall one of them grabbed Pinocchio's nose, and the short one began to pry Pinocchio's mouth, forcing Pinocchio to open it.But no matter how hard he tried, it was useless. Pinocchio's mouth seemed to be stuck together, and he would not open it no matter what.

The little robber was in a hurry. He drew a knife and tried to pry Pinocchio's mouth open.But Pinocchio was quicker than he was, and he bit off the little robber's hand with one bite, and spat it out.To Pinocchio's surprise, the little robber's hand turned out to be a cat's paw.

Then, with all his strength, Pinocchio broke free from the grasp of the tall robber and ran like a rabbit into the field.The two robbers waved their knives behind and chased frantically.

Gradually, Pinocchio lost his strength.But he didn't want to be caught by the two robbers, so he climbed up a pine tree.The two robbers also wanted to climb up, but just halfway through the climb, they fell to the ground with a "click".But they didn't give up. They picked up a lot of dry firewood in the woods, piled them under the pine tree, and set them on fire.The pine tree began to burn, and the fire was getting bigger and bigger. Pinocchio didn't want to be burned, so he jumped out of the tree and ran on.The two robbers followed closely behind.

By this time it was already daylight.Pinocchio ran to a ditch and jumped across it.The two robbers also jumped, but they didn't calculate the distance correctly, and they all fell into the ditch with a "plop plop".Pinocchio turned his head and laughed, and shouted as he ran: "Mr. Robbers, I wish you a good bath!"

However, the two robbers climbed up again from the ditch, and although they were all soaked, they continued to chase Pinocchio.

(End of this chapter)