"I must admit that a Marionette fish is, for me, an entirely new kind of fish.

So much the better.

I'll eat you with greater relish." "Eat me?
But can't you understand that I'm not a fish?
Can't you hear that I speak and think as you do ?" "It's true," answered the Fisherman; "but since I see that you are a fish, well able to talk and think as I do, I'll treat you with all due respect." "And that is--" "That, as a sign of my particular esteem, I'll leave to you the choice of the manner in which you are to be cooked.

Do you wish to be fried in a pan, or do you prefer to be cooked with tomato sauce ?" "To tell you the truth," answered Pinocchio, "if I must choose, I should much rather go free so I may return home!" "Are you fooling?
Do you think that I want to lose the opportunity to taste such a rare fish?
A Marionette fish does not come very often to these seas.

Leave it to me.