Pinocchio

Chapter 8 Pinocchio Becomes a Watchdog
After Pinocchio came out of the cell, he ran to the Fairy's house without stopping.

It was raining and the road was slippery, and Pinocchio nearly fell several times.But he didn't care at all, because he was anxious to see his father, and the fairy sister with the sky blue hair.He ran and ran, splashing mud all over him, but he didn't feel it.He said as he ran:

"Oh, how much I have suffered. All this is because of my disobedience. I have ignored the words of adults. From now on, I will never be so stubborn again. I must listen to my father's words and listen to my father's words." Fairy sister's words... I don't know if my dear father is still with Fairy sister, he must be very sad if he doesn't see me, this time I must repay him well... And Fairy sister, I don't know if she will Will not forgive me, she is so kind to me, but I did something sorry to her..."

Suddenly, Pinocchio stopped, his eyes showed terror. It turned out that he saw a big snake lying across the road ahead, blocking his way.Pinocchio was so frightened that he ran back to a cliff and waited for the snake to leave there.

However, an hour passed, and two hours passed, and the big snake still stayed there motionless, with no intention of leaving at all.As the sky gradually darkened, Pinocchio became a little anxious.

"What should I do? I can't just sit here and wait for the snake to crawl away. By the way, I'd better talk to him and see if he can let me go." Thinking about it, Pinocchio bravely walked towards the snake. The big snake went.

"Mr. Snake, hello! I would like to ask you a favor. Could you move me over?" Pinocchio asked politely.

However, the snake didn't seem to hear it at all, and lay there motionless.

"Mr. Snake, I'm sorry to trouble you, please make way for me? I'm going to see my poor old father and my kind fairy sister. They are waiting for me to go back!"

However, the snake still didn't respond.

"The snake must be dead, isn't it?" Pinocchio suddenly had this idea, and he was so happy that he raised his foot and was about to step over the snake.At this time, the big snake suddenly jumped up from the ground.Pinocchio was terrified, he quickly stepped back two steps, and sat down on the ground.

I saw the snake laughing wildly, his body kept twisting and turning, suddenly, he stopped laughing, and plunged into the mud.It turned out that the snake laughed so hard that it broke a vein, and now he was really dead.

Pinocchio hurriedly got up from the ground, stepped over the snake's body and ran forward carefully. He wanted to get to the fairy sister's house before dark.

Pinocchio ran and ran, and when he passed a vineyard, he felt hungry, so he jumped into the vineyard to pick two bunches of grapes to satisfy his hunger.

However, as soon as he jumped into the vineyard, he heard a "click", and his feet were caught by two pieces of iron. "Ouch!" cried Pinocchio in pain.It turned out that he was caught in a bear trap.

Pinocchio was caught in the trap and couldn't get out.So he sat in the vineyard and wept and made a scene.However, it was of no use at all, because no one passed there at all.

At this time, it was completely dark.A Firefly flew towards him, and Pinocchio called to stop the Firefly, and said, "Oh, good Firefly, please help me to get me out of this damned thing."

The firefly stopped, looked at Pinocchio, and asked strangely, "How did you get caught by this thing?"

"I had walked a lot and I was very hungry," said Pinocchio, "so I wanted to pick some grapes and eat them, but this thing caught me."

"Are these grapes yours?" Firefly asked.

"No...it's not..." Pinocchio faltered.

"Then how can you eat other people's food?" Firefly said seriously.

"I... I'm hungry..." Pinocchio was embarrassed.

"My child, although you are hungry, you can't eat other people's food, unless someone else promises to eat it for you." Firefly said.

"I will remember. I will never do this again next time. Please, let me go." Pinocchio begged.

At this time, there was a sound of light footsteps in the vineyard. It turned out that the owner of the vineyard came here to see if any weasels were caught by traps.He was amazed when he saw that it was not a weasel that was caught in the trap, but a child.

"Hey, boy, what's the matter?" asked the farmer.

"I was hungry and tried to pick some grapes, but I got caught," replied Pinocchio.

"Oh, it turned out to be a thief. So, you stole all the chickens in my house?"

"No, I didn't steal your chicken, I just wanted to eat some grapes..." cried Pinocchio.

"Hmph! If you can steal grapes, you can steal chickens. You still quibble! It seems that I have to teach you a lesson, so that you will never forget it." The farmer said, opened the trap, and grabbed Pinocchio. Grab him, take him to the yard, and throw him on the ground.

Pinocchio's eyes were filled with pain, and he looked around nervously, and found that there were several chicken coops in the yard, and many chickens were raised in them.The farmer stepped on Pinocchio's body, took out the iron chain used to tie the dog, locked Pinocchio's neck tightly, and tied him to the kennel.Then he said to Pinocchio:

"My watchdog just died today, so you can replace it first. Don't sleep at night, keep your eyes open for me, and take good care of the home. If there are thieves, you have to bark like a dog. If there is a chicken missing , See if I don't break your leg!"

After the farmer finished speaking, he went into the house.Pinocchio was alone in the empty yard, feeling cold, hungry and afraid.

At this time, it began to rain.Although Pinocchio was very reluctant to enter the kennel, there was nothing he could do.He went into the kennel and lay there thinking:

"All this is caused by myself. If I had listened to my father, if I had listened to the fairy sister, I would not be what I am today. Who told me to take other people's things? If I didn't want to eat grapes, You won't be locked in a kennel anymore..."

Thinking of this, Pinocchio slowly fell asleep.

In the middle of the night, Pinocchio was woken up by a strange noise. When he opened his eyes, he found four black shadows squatting in the yard discussing something.It turned out to be weasels, they like to steal chickens to eat.

At this time, a weasel came to the kennel and cried softly:
"Hey, Maple, are you asleep?"

"I am not Maple," said Pinocchio.

"Then who are you?" asked the weasel.

"I am Pinocchio."

"Where did Maple go?"

"It is said that he is dead."

"Oh, it's unfortunate. But it's okay, we can cooperate with you now, under the same conditions as Maple."

"What cooperation?" Pinocchio did not understand what the Weasel was talking about.

"Listen to me, we come here once a week to steal chickens. We steal eight chickens each time. We eat seven and leave one for you. But you have to pretend you don't know anything."

"Is that what Mapo did?" Pinocchio couldn't believe his ears.

"Yeah, we've been working together really well, never had a problem."

"Oh, well, it's settled." Pinocchio pretended to agree.

Seeing that Pinocchio agreed, the weasel went into the chicken coop to steal the chicken.When the weasels had all gone in, Pinocchio slammed the door of the chicken coop and put a big stone in front of it.Then Pinocchio barked like a watchdog.

Hearing Pinocchio's cry, the peasant came out of the house immediately, and asked loudly, "What is it?"

"There are thieves."

"Where is it?" the farmer asked quickly.

"In the chicken coop."

The farmer turned around and took a shotgun and a cloth bag from the house, went to the chicken coop, caught all the weasels, stuffed them into his pocket, and beat them hard.

Then, hugging Pinocchio tightly, he said: "Well done! Pinocchio! How did you find out about these chicken thieves?"

"I heard them as soon as they came into the yard," said Pinocchio. "And then they made a deal with me, saying that as long as I didn't care about anything, I would give me a chicken. I wouldn't do it! I didn't want to be Bad guys like them!"

"Oh, you're a good boy. But how come Maple never found these chicken thieves before?" wondered the farmer.Although Pinocchio knew the reason, he thought it better not to say it, because Maple was dead after all.

"My child, it seems that I have wronged you. I should not have regarded you as a thief!" said the farmer.

Pinocchio said embarrassedly: "Actually, I am also wrong. I shouldn't take other people's things casually. I will never do this again."

"Okay, it's all over, come on, come into the house. Eat something first, then have a good night's sleep, and you can go home at dawn." said the farmer, and quickly put Pinocchio He took off the dog's leash, took out milk and bread, and let Pinocchio eat his fill.

(End of this chapter)