"
"How far off is the Field of Miracles?"
"Not two miles. Will you come with us? In half an hour you will be
there. You can bury your money at once, and in a few minutes you
will collect two thousand, and this evening you will return with your
pockets full. Will you come with us?"
Pinocchio thought of the good Fairy, old Geppetto, and the warning of
the Talking-cricket, and he hesitated a little before answering. He
ended however, by doing as all boys do who have not a grain of sense
and who have no heart--he ended by giving his head a little shake, and
saying to the Fox and Cat:
"Let us go: I will come with you."
And they went.
After having walked half the day they reached a town that was called
"Trap for Blockheads." As soon as Pinocchio entered this town, he saw
that the streets were crowded with dogs who had lost their coats and
who were yawning from hunger, shorn sheep trembling with cold, cocks
without combs or crests who were begging for a grain of Indian corn,
large butterflies who could no longer fly because they had sold their
beautiful colored wings, peacocks who had no tails and were ashamed to
be seen, and pheasants who went scratching about in a subdued fashion,
mourning for their brilliant gold and silver feathers gone for ever.
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