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in glee. When they were ready to start the donkey again raised his hind feet and gave such a powerful kick that the marionette was thrown over on top of a heap of stones in the middle of the road. The boys roared with laughter, but the driver, instead of joining in the laugh, went over to the donkey, and seemed to be whispering something in his ear, but in reality he gave it a sharp nip with his teeth. Then he said to Pinocchio: "Mount him again, and don't be afraid. That donkey had a silly notion in his head, but I have spoken to him about it, and he will be more reasonable, now, I am sure."

So Pinocchio mounted and the coach started. As the donkeys galloped along, and the coach rattled along over the stony road the marionette fancied he heard a strange voice saying, "Poor simpleton! You insisted on having your own way, and you will be sorry."

Pinocchio, half frightened, looked from one side of the road to the other to see where the words came from, but he saw no one. The donkeys galloped, the coach rolled along,