PINOCCHIO WALKED ABOUT THE TOWN

Pinocchio walked about the town all day. When
night came, it began to rain. Pinocchio was very
cold. He was very hungry, too. There was not a
man, a woman or a child in the street. There was
not even a dog.

At last Pinocchio went to a house in the street
and knocked at the door. "Somebody will open
it,” he thought.

A little old man looked out of the window and
cried out to him:

“What do you want at this late hour?”

“Oh, please, please!” said Pinocchio. “Give me
a little piece of bread!”

“Wait there, I’ll be back in a minute,” said the
little old man. He thought: “It is one of those boys
who like to knock at the doors of the houses and
then run away.”

Soon the window opened again and Pinocchio
heard the voice of the same little old man:

“Come up to the window and hold out your
cap.”

Pinocchio took off his cap and held it out. And
what do you think? A lot of water came down on
him from the window.