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PINOCCHIO UNDER
THE SEA
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TRANSLATED from the ITALIAN
by CAROLYN M. DELLA CHIESA
EDITED by JOHN W. DAVIS
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
and DECORATIONS by
FLORENCE R. ABEL WILDE
THE
MACMILLAN COMPANY
NEW YORK
_As I have purchased the literary copyright for the translation into
and the publication in the English language of the volume “Il Segreto
di Pinocchio,” by Mongiardini-Rembadi, its reproduction in English is
hereby reserved._—CAROLYN M. DELLA-CHIESA.
COPYRIGHT, 1913,
BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped. Published September, 1913.
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Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CHAPTER PAGE
I. PINOCCHIO’S PAST 1
II. PINOCCHIO’S TALK WITH THE DOLPHIN 5
III. PINOCCHIO GETS A LESSON IN POLITENESS 14
IV. HE STARTS ON HIS JOURNEY 29
V. SOME ADVENTURES UNDER THE SEA 37
VI. SOME MORE ADVENTURES UNDER THE SEA 47
VII. PINOCCHIO GOES ASHORE 61
VIII. PINOCCHIO GOES BACK INTO THE SEA 71
IX. PINOCCHIO TAKES A HORSEBACK RIDE IN THE SEA 85
X. A VISIT TO BELUGA, THE WHALE 99
XI. HE HAS DINNER WITH THE WHITE WHALE 115
XII. HE MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THE GULF STREAM 129
XIII. HE REACHES THE ARCTIC 145
XIV. HE FINDS A TREASURE SHIP 153
XV. HE SECURES THE TREASURE; THE FIGHT BETWEEN
THE SEA WOLF AND THE WHALE 170
XVI. MARSOVINO DISOBEYS ORDERS AND NEARLY DIES;
PINOCCHIO FINDS HIS FATHER 184
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PINOCCHIO
UNDER THE SEA
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PINOCCHIO UNDER THE SEA
CHAPTER I
HAVE you ever read the Adventures of Pinocchio? What a famous fellow
he was! He could talk and walk and live as you do, children; and
still he was only a marionette! How sad the little fellow felt when
he saw his father disappear in his little boat over the sea!
Do you remember how Pinocchio then tried to swim across the ocean?
How he did his best to save his poor old father? How he jumped into
the water? How he swam and swam over those great, high waves? And
how at last he became so tired, that he could only lie still and let
the waves carry him?
If you remember this, you will also surely remember that on the next
day Pinocchio, almost lifeless, was thrown on an island. There he
found himself on a small stretch of ground. All around him was the
great ocean.
Where could he get news of his dear old father? As he looked about
him, he saw a large dark object in the water. It was a dolphin. It
had stuck its nose out of the water and seemed to be waiting for the
marionette. Of Pinocchio’s father, the dolphin knew nothing.
“But,” said he, “I am very much afraid the boat has been lost in the
night.”
My dear children, if you have a good memory, you cannot forget that
after saying this the dolphin turned and disappeared.
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This is not true. Indeed not. On the contrary, Pinocchio and the
dolphin had a long talk one with the other. At the end of it, they
decided to take a long journey together.
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