If you can catch them, you're a brave one!" Pinocchio's mouth opened wide.

He would not believe the Parrot's words and began to dig away furiously at the earth.

He dug and he dug till the hole was as big as himself, but no money was there.

Every penny was gone.
In desperation, he ran to the city and went straight to the courthouse to report the robbery to the magistrate.

The Judge was a Monkey, a large Gorilla venerable with age.