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What was his disgust, however, when on tasting the food, he found the bread to be made of chalk, the chicken of cardboard, and the brilliant fruit of colored alabaster!
可等到他一吃，馬上就倒胃口，原來面包是粉筆做的，烤雞是板紙做的，鮮艷欲滴的水果是彩色石膏做的！
He wanted to cry, he wanted to give himself up to despair, he wanted to throw away the tray and all that was on it.
他絕望得想哭，想把托盤邊同上面的東西一起甩掉。
Instead, either from pain or weakness, he fell to the floor in a dead faint.
可不知是由于太傷心還是太虛弱，他一下子暈倒在了地板上。
When he regained his senses, he found himself stretched out on a sofa and the Fairy was seated near him.
等到他恢復意識，他發現自己直直地躺在一張沙發上，而仙女就坐在他身邊。
"This time also I forgive you," said the Fairy to him.
“這一回我也原諒你，”仙女對他說。
"But be careful not to get into mischief again."
“可你要小心，千萬別再惡作劇了！”
Pinocchio promised to study and to behave himself.
皮諾喬發誓，說他要用功讀書，做個好孩子。
And he kept his word for the remainder of the year.
并且這一年下來，他都守住他的諾言。
At the end of it, he passed first in all his examinations, and his report was so good that the Fairy said to him happily: "Tomorrow your wish will come true." "And what is it?"
最后，他大考光榮地得了全校第一名，成績報告十分好，因此仙女十分高興的對他說：“你的愿望明天終于要實現了！”“你說什么？”
"Tomorrow you will cease to be a Marionette and will become a real boy."
“到明天你就不再是一個木偶，而要變成一個真的孩子了。”
Pinocchio was beside himself with joy.
皮諾喬高興極了。
All his friends and schoolmates must be invited to celebrate the great event!
他所有的朋友和同學都必須被邀請來慶祝這件大事！
The Fairy promised to prepare two hundred cups of coffee-and-milk and four hundred slices of toast buttered on both sides.
仙女答應準備兩百杯牛奶咖啡和四百片兩面涂上黃油的烤面包。
The day promised to be a very gay and happy one, but...
承諾的這一天應該是極其美好的日子，可是……
Unluckily, in a Marionette's life there's always a BUT which is apt to spoil everything.
不幸的是，木偶一生中總有一個“可是”，這個“可是”輕易的毀了一切。
End of the chapter
本章完。
