Chapter63
"Then you know Geppetto also? “Do Iknow him? He's my father, my poor, dear father!
Has he, perhaps, spoken to you of me?Will you take me to him? Is he still alive? Answer me, please! Is he still alive?“I left him three days ago on the shore of a large sea. “What was he doing? “Hewas building a little boat with which to cross the ocean.
For the last four months, that poor manhas been wandering around Europe, looking for you. Not having found you yet, hehas made up his mind to look for you in the New World, far across the ocean.“How far is it from here to the shore?" asked Pinocchio anxiously.
"More than fifty miles. “Fiftymiles? Oh, dear Pigeon, how I wish I had your wings! “If you want to come, I'lltake you with me.""How?""Astride my back. Are you very heavy?“Heavy? Not at all. I'm only a feather. “Very well. “Saying nothing more,Pinocchio jumped on the Pigeon’s back and, as he settled himself, he cried outgayly:
"Gallop10 on, gallop on, my pretty steed! I'm in a great hurry. “The Pigeonflew away, and in a few minutes, he had reached the clouds. The Marionettelooked to see what was below them. His head swam and he was so frightened thathe clutched11 wildly at the Pigeon's neck to keep himself from falling.
They flew all day. Toward evening thePigeon said:
"I'm very thirsty! “And I'm veryhungry!" said Pinocchio.
"Let us stop a few minutes at thatpigeon coop down there.
Then we can go on and be at the seashorein the morning. “They went into the empty coop and there they found nothing buta bowl of water and a small basket filled with chick-peas.
“那你认识杰佩托？”它问木偶。
“认识杰佩托！他是我可怜的爸爸！他跟你说起我了，你带我上他那儿去好吗？可他还活着不？谢谢你告诉我，他还活着不？”
“三天以前我在海边跟他分手的。”
“他在那里干什么，”
“他在造一只小船要飘洋过海。这可怜人到处找你，整整找了四个多月。可他哪儿也找不到你，现在想到新大陆那些遥远的国家去找。”
“从这里到海边有多远？”皮诺乔焦急不安地问道，
“一千多公里。”
“一千多公里？噢，我的鸽子，你有翅膀真是太美了！……”
“你要去，我带你去，”
“怎么带法呢？”
“你坐在我背上。你重吗？”
“重，没的事！我轻得像张树叶子。”
皮诺乔二话不说，就跳上鸽子的背，一只脚放在这边，一只脚放在那边，就像骑马似的，然后兴高采烈地大叫：
“快跑，快跑，小马，让我快点到！……”
鸽子飞起来，几分钟就飞得高入云霄。木偶到了这么高的地方，十分好奇，就低头朝下看。可他一看，登时吓得要命，头都晕了。为了别摔下去，他紧紧抱住他那匹长羽毛的飞马的脖子。
他们飞了一整天。天黑了，鸽子说：
“我很渴！”
“我很饿！”皮诺乔跟着说。
“咱们下去，到那鸽子窠呆上几分钟。然后咱们再飞，赶明儿天亮前到海边。”
他们落到一个空了的鸽子窠里。那儿只有一盆水和一篮野豌豆。
10gallop
v./n.(马或骑马等)飞奔；飞速发展
参考例句：
They are coming at a gallop towards us.他们正朝着我们飞跑过来。
The horse slowed to a walk after its long gallop.那匹马跑了一大阵后慢下来缓步而行。
11clutched
抓住，紧紧抓住( clutch的过去式和过去分词 )； （因害怕或痛苦）突然抓住
参考例句：
He clutched the child to him. 他紧紧地抱住小孩。
He clutched at the rope we threw to him. 他紧紧抓住我们扔给他的绳子。
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