PINOCCHIO MEETS THE PARROT,
WHO TAKES HIM TO THE SEA

Suddenly Pinocchio heard a voice:

“Stop crying, child! Tell me, why are you
here?”

Pinocchio saw the Parrot over his head.

“Don’t you know? I came to find the Beautiful Fairy and she is dead. I can’t stop crying,” said
Pinocchio.

“Tell me,” said the Parrot. “Do you know Pinocchio? He is a puppet.”

The puppet jumped to his feet. “I am Pinocchio!”

“Do you know Geppetto?” asked the Parrot.

“Do I know him? He’s my poor Papa! Will you
take me to him? Is he alive?”

“I saw him three days ago by the sea" answered the Parrot. “The poor man looked for you,
but could not find you. So he made a little boat to
go to another country to look for you.”

“How far is it from here to the sea?” asked Pinocchio.

“If you want to go, I can take you there.”

“ How?”

“Sit on my back!”

“Oh, thank you!” cried Pinocchio and jumped
on the Parrot’s back.

The next morning they got to the sea. There
were many people by the sea. “Oh, poor man! Poor
man!” Pinocchio heard.

"What’s the matter?” asked Pinocchio.

“A poor father can’t find his boy. He wants to
look for him on the other side of the sea. So he
made a little boat,” answered an old woman.

“Where is the little boat?”

“There it is!” said the old woman.

Pinocchio saw a little boat with a very little
man in it far out on the sea.

“It’s my Papa! It’s my Papa!” he cried.

Soon nobody could see the boat: it was too far
away.

“Poor man!” said the people, and they went
away.

Then they heard a cry. They looked round and
saw a little boy in the sea.

“I’ll save my Papa!” he cried.

“Poor boy!” said the people.