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cat were.hiding by a bridge. "Look at the little wooden head," said the hungry cat. "He has a sack of food."
"Hello, my fine lad," said the fox. "You look just like the sort of boy who might want to see a puppet show." "A puppet show!" cried Pinocchio. "Oh, yes! I certainly would. How can I get in?" "I have a ticket," said the fox. "If you give us your food, I will give you my ticket. That is your sack of food, isn't it?" "Oh, yes!" said Pinocchio. Another lie! His nose grew longer yet. But he did not care. He had his ticket.
4. A line of people was waiting to get into the puppet show. They got mad at Pinocchio, when he bumped them with his long nose. "Better not tell any more lies," said Jiminy Cricket. "You already have too much of a nose for a puppet your size." "Step up! Step up!" called the man waiting at the ticket stand. Pinocchio stepped up. He gave the man his ticket. "This is no ticket," said the man. "It's just a piece of paper. Go away, little boy, and take your long nose with you!"
Poor Pinocchio! He had no money, no food, no ticket. He sat down on a box and began to cry. Just then a man peeped out of the tent. The man was Stromboli, the puppet master. "My, my!" said Stromboli. "A puppet without any strings! Can you do anything but cry, little puppet?" "I can dance and sing," said Pinocchio. "Show me," said Stromboli. Pinocchio danced, he sang, he turned cartwheels1. He even stood on his head.
Then Stromboli showed his puppets to Pinocchio. He pulled their strings and the puppets kicked their feet. "You don't need any strings," said Stromboli. "Come with us. You'll be the star of our show." "Don't listen, Pinocchio. Go home to Geppetto," said Jiminy. But Pinocchio didn't want to go home. He wanted to be a star.
5. The show started and Pinocchio began to dance. "Look, no string!" he called. Everybody cheered. But the other puppets had strings. Pinocchio's long nose got caught in those strings. He crashed to the floor. Everybody started to laugh. Suddenly Pinocchio was very unhappy. He didn't like to have people laugh at him."I'm not such a great star after all. I want to go home to Geppetto," he
'cartwheel /'ku:twi:l/ — перёверт «колесом» (гімнастика)
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