I can find something to eat without running the risk of being eaten myself?"
"I am sure of it,” replied the Dolphin. "You will find some good people not far from here."
"And what road shall I take?”
"That little path to the left and follow your nose. You cannot miss it."
"Tell me please another thing. You travel about in the sea a great deal by day and by night and perhaps you have seen a little boat with my father in it?"
"And who is your father?"
"He is the best in the world, and I am the worst son that can possibly be."
"No, I haven't seen him, but with the terrible storm we had last night the boat must have sunk."
"And my father?"
"By this time he must have been swallowed by the dogfish who has been playing havoc in these waters for several days now."
"Is the dogfish very big?" asked Pinocchio, beginning to tremble with fear.
"Big?” replied the Dolphin, “Well you can get some idea of him when I tell you that he
