So Pinocchio told her the story of his adventure from the moment Fire Eater gave him the gold until he was rescued under the Big Oak.
"And where have you put the four pieces of gold?" asked the Fairy when he had finished.
"I have lost them," replied Pinocchio. But he told a lie, for he had them in his pocket all the time.
Scarcely had he said this than his nose, already long, grew two fingers' length longer.
"And where did you lose them?"
"In the forest.”
At this second lie his nose grew longer still.
"If you have lost them in the forest we will hunt for them there and find them too, because everything that is lost in my forest is always found again."
"Oh now I remember," replied Pinocchio, confused at that, "I didn't lose them, but I swallowed the four pieces of money when I took that medicine."
