After the hare he sent for a made
dish of partridges, rabbits, frogs, lizards, and other delicacies;
he could not touch anything else. He had such a disgust for food, he
said, that he could put nothing to his lips.
The one who ate the least was Pinocchio. He asked for some walnuts
and a hunch of bread, and left everything on his plate. The poor boy,
whose thoughts were continually fixed on the Field of Miracles, had
got in anticipation an indigestion of gold pieces.
When they had supped the Fox said to the host:
"Give us two good rooms, one for Mr. Pinocchio, and the other for
me and my companion. We will snatch a little sleep before we leave.
Remember, however, that at midnight we wish to be called to continue
our journey."
"Yes, gentlemen," answered the host, and he winked at the Fox and the
Cat as much as to say: "I know what you are up to. We understand one
another!"
No sooner had Pinocchio got into bed than he fell asleep at once and
began to dream. And he dreamt that he was in the middle of a field,
and the field was filled with shrubs covered with clusters of gold
pieces, and as they swung in the wind they went zin, zin, zin, almost
as if they would say: "Let who will come and take us.
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