"How far is it to the shore?" asked Pinocchio.
"A thousand miles."
"A thousand miles! Oh Dove! Oh, if only I had a pair of wings.”
"If you want to go, I will carry you there."
"How?"
"Astride my back. Are you heavy?"
"No indeed. I am as light as a feather."
And without further words Pinocchio jumped on the Dove's back, and put a leg over each side just like a man on horseback. Then he cried to the Dove: "All ready, go! Gallop, my little horse!"
The Dove spread his wings and in a few moments they had soared so high they almost touched the clouds. Finding himself at such a height the marionette had the curiosity to turn around and look down, but his head spun around so fast as he viewed the country far below that he had to put his arms around the Dove's neck and hold tight or he would have fallen. They flew all day long. Toward evening the Dove said "I am very thirsty."
“And I am very hungry," added Pinocchio.
