Pinocchio

Chapter 11 Pinocchio's narrow escape
Seeing that there was a catastrophe, the troublemakers all slipped away, and in a blink of an eye there were only Pinocchio and the "brown candy" lying on the ground left on the beach.Pinocchio was also frightened by what happened before him, and thought: "It's broken, it's going to kill someone! What can I do? It was wrong for me to play truant today, and now I've got into big trouble again. How can I tell my mother and my mother?" What did the teacher explain?"

Pinocchio ran to "Nougat", held him in his arms, shook him vigorously, and called his name, hoping that he would wake up.However, "Craft Sugar" didn't respond at all.Pinocchio thought he was dead, so he burst into tears, half because he was afraid, and the other half was because he felt sorry for "nougat".

At this time, two policemen happened to pass by with a police dog, and when they heard Pinocchio's cry, they came over.

"What's the matter? Child," asked the policeman to Pinocchio.

When Pinocchio saw the police approaching, he was even more frightened, and he was too nervous to say a word.When the police saw that "Nughide Tang" had pale lips and livid face, lying motionless on the ground, he asked again:

"Who is he?"

"He... he is my classmate," replied Pinocchio.

"What happened to him?" the policeman continued to ask.

"He ... he was ... he was ... hit by the dictionary ... and he was hit on the head," Pinocchio stammered, which aroused the suspicion of the police.

"Whose dictionary is this?" the policeman asked, pointing to the dictionary.

"It's... it's me... mine."

"Okay," said the policeman, "that means you hit him with the dictionary, didn't you?"

"No... no, really... really not... I didn't do it."

"Don't say any more, come with us to the police station, and everything will be clear there." A policeman said, grabbing Pinocchio's arm, and wanted to take him back to the police station.Another policeman picked up the "beefhide candy" and rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment.

Pinocchio walked and walked with the police, he felt very wronged, because it was true that he did not hurt "Nougat", but the police didn't believe him.Pinocchio knew that if he went to the police station, he would have to go through the street and the door of the Fairy Mother, which made him very scared and very nervous, because he didn't want others to see him like this, and he didn't want the Fairy Mother even more. See him like this.His throat felt dry, and his legs didn't work, like he was having a bad dream.

When he was almost in the street, a strong wind suddenly blows up, and Pinocchio's hat is blown away.So Pinocchio said to the policeman: "May I go and get my hat?"

The policeman thought that Pinocchio could not escape, so he said: "Go, but don't play tricks on me."

Pinocchio went to pick up the hat, but when he picked it up, he didn't put it on his head, but put it in his mouth, bit it with his teeth, and ran away to the sea.Pinocchio ran as fast as lightning, and the police couldn't catch up with him, so he let the police dogs out to chase Pinocchio.The police dog was like an arrow leaving the string. It barked and rushed towards Pinocchio viciously.Pinocchio ran as fast as he could, but he was not as fast as the police dog. The dog was panting behind him and was about to overtake him.

At that critical moment, Pinocchio flew into the sea.The police dog was so busy chasing Pinocchio, it never thought that Pinocchio would jump into the sea, so it couldn't hold back its steps, and with a "plop", it also fell into the sea.Pinocchio is made of wood, so he can swim freely in the sea, it doesn't matter at all.But the police dog couldn't do it. In the sea, it sank like a heavy stone.The police dog was terrified, barking, paddling desperately in the water, rolling its eyes from being choked by the sea water, and it seemed to be dying.

When Pinocchio saw the miserable appearance of the police dog, he was very happy.However, he changed his mind again: "No, it will be drowned if it continues like this. It came to chase me after obeying the order. This matter has nothing to do with it. I can't just ignore it."

So Pinocchio swam to the police dog with all his strength, he supported its body, and sent it safely to the shore, then turned around and swam to the sea by himself.He didn't want the police to catch him.

The police dog stood on the bank, shook off the water droplets on his body, and said loudly to Pinocchio:
"Thank you, kind Pinocchio, my name is Luo, and I will definitely repay you for saving my life from now on!"

Pinocchio turned around, waved to Arlo, and said, "Goodbye, Arlo, and good luck!"

"Good luck to you too!" said Arrow, who watched Pinocchio swim farther into the sea, and did not leave until he was out of sight.

Pinocchio swims a long way before he intends to land, but when he is still a few meters away from the shore, he feels that he is entangled by something.At first, Pinocchio thought it was the water plants that entangled him.However, the strange thing is that Pinocchio suddenly left the sea and rose into the air, and there were all kinds of fish with him.Only then did Pinocchio realize that he had been caught in a big fishing net.

A fisherman is pulling in his net.The fisherman lived in a cave by the sea, and he was so ugly that he looked like a sea monster.The matted hair was like thatch, and the thick and black beard was thick and black, covering almost the whole face, except for a nose like a chimney.Moreover, he still smells like wine, and he likes to hum when he is working.

"I'm a brave old fisherman by the sea. I like to drink a lot of wine. I just pulled up a net of fresh fish and shrimp. I just came to drink..." the fisherman sang in a rough voice, and pulled up the net.Then, he said to himself: "Today's harvest is really good, I want to eat my fill!" As he said, he took the fish out of the net one by one.

When he took Pinocchio out of the net, his eyes widened and he said:

"Oh, what kind of fish is this? Why have I never seen it? Is it a big lobster?"

"No!" said Pinocchio.

"No? That's a big crab!" said the fisherman proudly.

Pinocchio felt very uncomfortable being held tightly by the fisherman's big hand, and he cried out:

"I am a puppet, my name is Pinocchio, let me go!"

"Oh, it turned out to be a puppet fish. I have never heard of this kind of fish in the world before, and I have never caught it. Today I want to try something new! Look, the puppet fish can also talk, it is really smart fish!"

Then, the fisherman threw Pinocchio into a big fish tank. In order to prevent Pinocchio from escaping, the fisherman specially built a cover on the fish tank and put a big stone on it.Then the fisherman went to light the fire and prepare to cook the fish.

The fisherman said: "It's the first time I eat puppet fish, and I really don't know what to do. Should I eat it grilled or fried?"

The fisherman thought for a while and decided to fry it.So, he quickly set up the pot and boiled the oil until it creaked.

"By the way, you should also put flour on the puppet fish, so that it will be more tender when fried." The fisherman caught Pinocchio and rolled it in the flour for a few times.Pinocchio choked on the flour and sneezed, tears streaming down his face.

Pinocchio thought to himself: "This is the end of it. I'll never have a chance to be a good boy after being fried in oil. I've become like this now... "The more Pinocchio thought about it, the more sad he became, he couldn't help crying loudly, and struggling hard, trying to escape.But it didn't work at all, the fisherman was too strong.

The fisherman thought it was very strange, because he had never seen a fish that could cry, and he said, "It's really strange, the puppet fish can still cry, but as long as I throw you into the oil pan, let's see how long you can cry." Said Then, he was going to put Pinocchio into the frying pan.

At this time, a black shadow flashed at the entrance of the cave, and a dog rushed in from outside.The fisherman was stunned for a moment, and the dog took the opportunity to snatch Pinocchio from the fisherman's hand, and then ran away like lightning.When the fisherman came back to his senses, he found that the puppet fish in his hand had disappeared. He chased it out angrily, but the dog had already disappeared without a trace.

The dog came to the beach with Pinocchio in its mouth, put Pinocchio in the sea, and let the sea wash away the flour on Pinocchio.Stirred by the cold water, Pinocchio regained consciousness and said:
"Where am I? Am I alive or dead?"

"Dear friend, you are still alive," said the dog.

Pinocchio took a closer look and it turned out to be Arrow.He threw his arms around Ah Ro's neck, kissed and kissed, and said:
"You saved me, you saved me, thank you so much dear Arlo."

Luo said: "Thanks to you for saving me last time, otherwise I would have been drowned. So I must repay you well."

"But how did you come here?" asked Pinocchio.

It turned out that Arrow returned to the police station after being rescued by Pinocchio.Seeing that Aro didn't catch Pinocchio, the police were very angry and criticized him severely.Ah Luo felt aggrieved, so he ran to the beach to relax.At this time, it heard Pinocchio's cry, so it rushed into the cave and rescued Pinocchio.

Pinocchio said, "Alo, I still want to thank you from the bottom of my heart!"

Ah Luo said, "Good people get rewarded, do you believe it?"

"I believe." Pinocchio nodded, and he took Aro's paw and gave him a friendly shake as farewell.

(End of this chapter)