THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO - 17

by C. Collodi in English Children Stories

CHAPTER 17 Pinocchio eats sugar, but refuses to take medicine. When the undertakers come for him, he drinks the medicine and feels better. Afterwards he tells a lie and, in punishment, his nose grows longer and longer. As soon ...Read Morethe three doctors had left the room, the Fairy went to Pinocchio’s bed and, touching him on the forehead, noticed that he was burning with fever. She took a glass of water, put a white powder into it, and, handing it to the Marionette, said lovingly to him: “Drink this, and in a few days you’ll be up and well.” Read Less