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The little old man wanted to pull Pinocchio's ears.
杰佩托這小老頭馬上想狠狠拉皮諾喬的耳朵。
Think how he felt when, upon searching for them, he discovered that he had forgotten to make them!
可諸位想象一下他是多么驚訝吧：他找來找去，發(fā)現(xiàn)自己竟忘了給他做一對耳朵。
All he could do was to seize Pinocchio by the back of the neck and take him home.
杰佩托就抓住木偶的頸背，他要把他帶回家。
As he was doing so, he shook him two or three times and said to him angrily:
在決定這么做的同時，他搖了他幾下，嚇唬他說：
"We're going home now. When we get home, then we'll settle this matter!"
“咱們現(xiàn)在回家，到了家，一定要算清咱們這筆賬！”
Pinocchio, on hearing this, threw himself on the ground and refused to take another step.
皮諾喬聽了這句嚇唬的話，馬上就倒在地上，賴在那里不肯再走了。
One person after another gathered around the two. Some said one thing, some another.
愛看熱鬧和無所事事的人一下子就過來，圍成了一大堆，大家七嘴八舌舌的。
"Poor Marionette," called out a man. "I am not surprised he doesn't want to go home.
“可憐的木偶！”有人說，“他不肯回家，我并不感到奇怪！
Geppetto, no doubt, will beat him unmercifully, he is so mean and cruel!"
毫無疑問，杰佩托會毫不留情地揍他呢！，他是那么的卑鄙殘忍……”
"Geppetto looks like a good man," added another, "but with boys he's a real tyrant.
又有人不懷好意地接上去說：“杰佩托這家伙，看著挺老實，對孩子可真兇！
If we leave that poor Marionette in his hands he may tear him to pieces!"
讓這個可憐木偶落到他手里，他準把木偶剁成碎木片！……”
They said so much that, finally, the Carabineer ended matters by setting Pinocchio at liberty and dragging Geppetto to prison.
一句話，他們這么東一錘西一棒的，那位馬槍騎兵竟把皮諾喬放開，反倒把杰佩托拖到監(jiān)獄里去了。
The poor old fellow did not know how to defend himself, but wept and wailed like a child and said between his sobs:
”這個可憐的老人不知如何為自己辯解，只是一路結(jié)結(jié)巴巴地哭著說：
"Ungrateful boy! To think I tried so hard to make you a well-behaved Marionette! I deserve it, however!
“忘恩負義的小鬼！我辛辛苦苦本想做出個好木偶！可結(jié)果是自討苦吃！
I should have given the matter more thought."
我本該先想到這一點！”
What happened after this is an almost unbelievable story, but you may read it, dear children, in the chapters that follow.
接下來發(fā)生的事情簡直叫人沒法相信，但是孩子們，你們將在在以下各章里看到。
