As he stuck his head out once more, the poor fellow's eyes were bulging and he barked out wildly, "I drown! I drown!" "Drown!" answered Pinocchio from afar, happy at his escape.
"Help, Pinocchio, dear little Pinocchio! Save me from death!" At those cries of suffering, the Marionette, who after all had a very kind heart, was moved to compassion.

He turned toward the poor animal and said to him: "But if I help you, will you promise not to bother me again by running after me ?" "I promise! I promise! Only hurry, for if you wait another second, I'll be dead and gone!" Pinocchio hesitated still another minute.

Then, remembering how his father had often told him that a kind deed is never lost, he swam to Alidoro and, catching hold of his tail, dragged him to the shore.
The poor Dog was so weak he could not stand.

He had swallowed so much salt water that he was swollen like a balloon.

However, Pinocchio, not wishing to trust him too much, threw himself once again into the sea.