When we get home, then we'll settle this matter!" Pinocchio, on hearing this, threw himself on the ground and refused to take another step.

One person after another gathered around the two.
Some said one thing, some another.
"Poor Marionette," called out a man.

"I am not surprised he doesn't want to go home.

Geppetto, no doubt, will beat him unmercifully, he is so mean and cruel!" "Geppetto looks like a good man," added another, "but with boys he's a real tyrant.

If we leave that poor Marionette in his hands he may tear him to pieces!" They said so much that, finally, the Carabineer ended matters by setting Pinocchio at liberty and dragging Geppetto to prison.