me. Indeed I have known him for some time."
Pinocchio, who until then had been as motionless as any piece of wood, began to tremble so violently that he shook the bed.
"That marionette there," continued the Talking Cricket, "is a good for nothing."
Pinocchio opened his eyes and then closed them immediately.
"He is a scamp, a rogue, a vagabond, a do nothing, a ragamuffin."
Pinocchio hid his face under the covers.
"That marionette is a disobedient child, who is breaking his poor father's heart."
At this, smothered crying and sobbing were heard in the room. Imagine how surprised everybody was when the covers were pulled down and the crying and sobbing were found to come from Pinocchio!
"When the dead cry," said the Crow, "It is a sign that they are on the road to recovery."
"It grieves me to contradict my illustrious friend and colleague," added the Owl, "but to my mind, when the dead cry it is a sign they do not want to die."
