When he gets married, he will have time to laugh." "Have you perhaps taught him to speak ?" "No, he learned to mumble a few words when he lived for three years with a band of trained dogs." "Poor beast!" "Come, come," said the Little Man, "do not lose time over a donkey that can weep.

Mount quickly and let us go.

The night is cool and the road is long." Pinocchio obeyed without another word.

The wagon started again.

Toward dawn the next morning they finally reached that much-longed-for country, the Land of Toys.
This great land was entirely different from any other place in the world.