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Geppetto did not have a penny in his pocket, so he made his son a little suit of flowered paper, a pair of shoes from the bark of a tree, and a tiny cap from a bit of dough.
杰佩托口袋里連一個子兒也沒有，于是用花紙給他的孩子做了一套衣服，用樹皮給他做了一雙鞋，用生面團給他做了一頂小帽子。
Pinocchio ran to look at himself in a bowl of water, and he felt so happy that he said proudly:
皮諾喬馬上跑到一臉盆水那里去照，對自己的模樣滿意極了，神氣活現(xiàn)地說：
"Now I look like a gentleman."
“我真像一位體面的先生！”
"Truly," answered Geppetto. "But remember that fine clothes do not make the man unless they be neat and clean."
“不錯，”杰佩托回答說，“可是你要記住，使人成為體面先生的不是好衣服，而主要是整潔的衣服。”
"Very true," answered Pinocchio, "but, in order to go to school, I still need something very important."
“確實如此”，木偶又說了，“我上學還少一樣東西，一樣最要緊的東西。”
"What is it?"
“什么東西？”
"An A-B-C book."
“一本識字課本。”
"To be sure! But how shall we get it?"
“你說得對，可怎么弄到它呢。”
"That's easy. We'll go to a bookstore and buy it."
“那還不方便，到書店里買就是了。”
"And the money?"
“錢呢？……”
"I have none."
“我沒有。”
"Neither have I," said the old man sadly.
“我也沒錢，”老頭說，心里很難過。
Pinocchio, although a happy boy always, became sad and downcast at these words.
皮諾喬盡管是個快活透頂?shù)暮⒆樱牭竭@局呼也開始垂頭喪氣。
When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means.
因為即便是淘氣的孩子也懂得貧窮意味著什么。
"What does it matter, after all?" cried Geppetto all at once, as he jumped up from his chair.
“沒法子，只好這么辦！”杰佩托叫了一聲，從他的椅子上忽然猛地站起來。
Putting on his old coat, full of darns and patches, he ran out of the house without another word.
穿上他那打滿補丁的粗布舊上衣，一言不發(fā)地跑出門去了。
After a while he returned. In his hands he had the A-B-C book for his son, but the old coat was gone.
一會兒工夫他就回來。他手里拿著給他孩子買的識字課本，可短上衣沒有了。
The poor fellow was in his shirt sleeves and the day was cold.
這個可憐人只穿著襯衫，而天氣異常寒冷。
"Where's your coat, Father?"
“上衣呢，爸爸？”
"I have sold it."
“我給賣了。”
"Why did you sell your coat?"
“為什么賣了？”
"It was too warm."
“因為我熱。”
Pinocchio understood the answer in a twinkling, and, unable to restrain his tears, he jumped on his father's neck and kissed him over and over.
他回答的這句話是什么意思，皮諾喬一下子就明白了，眼淚止不住就流了下來，就撲上去抱住杰佩托的脖子，不停地親吻他。
