the steps and heavy breathing of his pursuers.
The same silence.

Seeing that the knocking did not have any effect,
he began to kick and beat the door in desperation.
Then there appeared at the door a beautiful Fairy
with blue hair. Her hands were crossed on her
breast. When she saw Pinocchio she said, "In
this house there is no one; they have all gone
away."

"Open the door at least for me, won't you?"
cried Pinocchio, weeping.

"I am also waiting to go away."

Scarcely had she said this when the Fairy disap-
peared and the window closed without making any
noise.

"Oh, beautiful Fairy with the Blue Hair," cried
Pinocchio, "open the door, for goodness' sake!
Have compassion on a poor boy followed by
assass--" But he could not finish the word be-
cause he felt himself seized by the neck. Then
he heard the voices of his captors scolding him
and crying, "Now you cannot run away from us
again."

The marionette, seeing death staring him in
the face, trembled so that all his joints made
a great noise and the four gold pieces jingled in
his mouth.

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