Pinocchio

Chapter 7 Pinocchio is imprisoned
Pinocchio felt sad and embarrassed, so he squatted on the ground and cried.In order to let him remember this lesson and correct his lying problem, the fairy let him cry.Half an hour passed, and Pinocchio's face became more and more ugly.The fairy couldn't stand it anymore, so she clapped her hands.Only a "hoo" sound was heard, and many woodpeckers flew in from the window. They landed on Pinocchio's long nose one after another, and began to peck at him.After a while, Pinocchio's nose returned to its original shape.

Pinocchio was very grateful to the fairy, and he said: "Sister fairy, you are such a good person, I will always remember your kindness to me."

"You're welcome, I like you very much, can you be my younger brother?" the fairy asked.

"I would like to be your brother very much, but my father is still at home waiting for me!" replied Pinocchio.

"Don't worry, I have sent someone to pick up your father, and he will be here before dark."

"Oh, that's great!" Pinocchio jumped up for joy. "Sister Fairy, if you will allow me, I would like to fetch my father, because I want to see him so badly."

"Then you go, but you have to be careful, don't get lost." The fairy ordered.

Pinocchio said "goodbye" to the fairy, and walked happily to the woods.When he passed the big tree that had hung him, he heard someone talking there. Pinocchio stopped and listened carefully. It turned out that it was his friends the cat and the fox.

"Hey, isn't this our good friend Pinocchio?" The fox cried out when he saw Pinocchio, and then ran to hug Pinocchio and kissed him again and again. "Why are you here?"

"Well, after breaking up with you that time, I met two murderous robbers..."

"The robber? What's going on?" The fox and the cat pretended to be surprised.

"They want to steal my gold coins."

"Damn it!" said the fox and the cat indignantly.

"They also hung me from this big tree later. I almost died, but fortunately a kind fairy saved me."

"Oh, Pinocchio, you are very unfortunate." The Cat pretended to wipe tears with his hands.

"Yes, yes," said the Fox, "but a good man is rewarded, and we must be glad that Pinocchio is alive."

At this time, Pinocchio noticed that one of the cat's hands was wounded and bandaged, so he asked, "Mr. Cat, what's the matter with your hand?"

Before the cat opened his mouth, the fox immediately said: "It's a long story. Last night, we had some urgent matters at home, so we left before we could say hello to you. Unexpectedly, on the way, we also ran into a robber. If we don’t have any money, the robbers will kill us. Although we tried our best to escape, Mr. Mao still had one of his hands cut off. It’s just too horrible, too hateful, too hateful!”

Pinocchio said to the cat sympathetically, "Compared with you, I am very lucky."

The Fox asked Pinocchio with concern: "Those gold coins were not taken by robbers, were they?"

Pinocchio patted his pocket and said, "I gave a gold coin to the owner of the 'Red Shrimp Inn', and the other four are here."

"That's great, let's go to the 'Miracle Treasure Land' to plant gold coins." The fox said.

"Not today, I'm going to wait for my father in the woods. Let's do it tomorrow," said Pinocchio.

"I'm afraid it won't work tomorrow, because a rich man bought the 'Miracle Treasure Land'. From tomorrow on, no one is allowed to plant gold coins there."

"Really? Is the 'Treasure of Miracles' far from here?" Hearing what the fox said, Pinocchio was a little tempted again.

"It will take half an hour, how about it? Do you want to go with us? Think about it, if you plant four gold coins, you can get two thousand gold coins in a few minutes. Then you can use these gold coins to give Your father bought an expensive coat," said the fox again.

Pinocchio couldn't stand the fox's persuasion, so he followed them away.

They walked for a long time and came to the "city where fools deserve it".As soon as he entered the city, Pinocchio saw that the streets were full of hungry, skinny and mangy dogs, butterflies that could no longer fly without their beautiful wings, and peacocks that were shy to see people without their colorful feathers.They all have strange eyes, dodging like thieves, but animals such as tigers, lions, and foxes walk around there with their heads held high.

"Where is the 'Land of Miracles'?" Pinocchio asked the Fox anxiously.

"Just a few more steps." The fox replied impatiently.

They went on, through the city, and into a secluded field.

"Here it is," said the Fox to Pinocchio. "First you dig a hole in the field, put the gold coins in it, and cover it with soil."

Pinocchio did as the Fox said.Then the fox said: "Now go to the river and get some water, and pour it on the place where the gold coins are planted."

Pinocchio went to the river, filled a shoe full of water, and then returned to the place where the gold coins were planted, and poured water carefully on them.Then he asked the fox, "Is there anything else that needs to be done?"

"No, now we can go to other places first and come back later, because gold coins grow fastest when people can't see them."

And so they came to the street "Fools deserve it," when the Fox said to Pinocchio, "My dear friend, we have to say goodbye to you, because we have other things to do. Gong Xi Fa Cai!"

Pinocchio was very reluctant to let them go, and said: "You are really the most kind people in the world. When the gold coins grow out, I will definitely thank you very much."

"We just want to help you sincerely and teach you to get something for nothing. You have money, which is the best gift for us." The fox and the cat said, bowed to Pinocchio, turned around and left.

After the fox and the cat had left, Pinocchio walked up and down the streets alone, hoping that the time would pass quickly.When Pinocchio walked the street for the tenth time, he thought it was almost time, so he ran to the place where the gold coins were planted.

Along the way, Pinocchio blushed with excitement, his chest was thumping, and he thought:
"What if there were not two thousand gold coins hanging on the tree but five thousand? What if instead of five thousand there were ten thousand? God, if I had ten thousand gold coins, I'd be a respectable gentleman so that dad wouldn't have to suffer anymore. I could have a room just for toys and another room for sweets, cakes, macaroons, pralines... oh, then I He must be the happiest person in the world.”

Thinking so, Pinocchio came to the "Treasure Land of Miracles".He stopped and looked, but saw no tree full of gold coins.He walked a little further, but still saw nothing.So Pinocchio simply went to the small hole where the gold coins were planted, but there was still nothing.

"Maybe it will take a while for the gold coins to grow." Pinocchio thought to himself.

So he squatted there and waited, but an hour later, the ground was still empty.

At this moment, a crow flew over and yelled at Pinocchio: "It's what the fool deserves! It's what the fool deserves!"

"Stop arguing, you are a big fool!" Pinocchio was in a bad mood, so he was very angry.

But the crow didn't care at all. It said, "You are the stupidest fool in the world. You actually believe that gold coins can be sown and grown like beans. I was once cheated by others. Since then, I will never believe these liars again." You have to remember that if you want to make money, you must get it through your own hard work."

"I don't understand what you're talking about?" Although Pinocchio said so, he was already trembling with fright.

"Since you don't understand, I have to explain it more clearly." The crow said, "I mean, you don't have to wait for the gold coin tree here, the fox and the cat have dug up your four gold coins long ago. "

"Impossible! When did they come to take it?" Pinocchio was almost crying.

"Haha, when you were still wandering around the city, they sneaked back and took all the gold coins. Now they don't know where they went, and it's impossible for you to find them." After the crow finished speaking , flapped its wings and flew away.

Pinocchio still didn't want to believe what the crow said, so he began to dig the soil with his hands.Digging, digging, digging a deep, deep pit, still did not see his gold coins.Now Pinocchio finally believed that the Fox and the Cat had stolen his gold.So, he patted the dirt on his body, and decided to report the crime to "the city that deserves it."

The judge of "Fools Deserve the City" was a gorilla who was very old, wearing gold-rimmed spectacles, and looked very learned, and the people in the city respected him very much.Pinocchio told the judge exactly what happened to him, and also told the names and characteristics of the fox and the cat, and asked the judge to solve the case for him.

Before Pinocchio had finished speaking, the Gorilla Judge took the wooden hammer which was on the table, gave it a hard blow, and said:
"Well, I see! Poor fool, you deserve it! Somebody, put this fool in prison for me."

Two dogs in police uniforms came in, barked at Pinocchio, grabbed Pinocchio by the arm, and put him in jail.

Pinocchio was completely confused. He didn't know that in "Fools deserve it", the law protects bad guys and liars, but those who are bullied by bad guys are considered fools and will be arrested and imprisoned.Because who called him a "fool", he deserved it!
So Pinocchio sat in prison for four months without knowing why, and he felt very uncomfortable. He missed his father very much, and he also missed the fairy sister very much, and he regretted that he had not listened to her.The days in the cell are really long. Pinocchio feels that every day is getting longer than a year, and he doesn't know when he will be able to go home.

One day, the king of "Fools Deserve the City" won a big battle. He was very proud and wanted to celebrate.In order to show that he was not only brave but also kind, the king ordered all the prisoners in the cell to be released.

In this way, Pinocchio finally came out of the cell.

(End of this chapter)