profit. Purchasers soon made their appearance. Candlewick was sold to a farmer whose donkey had died from overwork the day before, and Pinocchio was bought by the director of a company of clowns and circus performers, to be taught to do tricks and capers.
And now, my little readers, do you understand what trade the coachman followed? That wicked creature, who had a face as sweet as milk and honey, made frequent journeys around the world with his coach, and by fine promises gathered to him all the naughty boys that were tired of school and study. As soon as he had filled his coach he took them to the Country of Nothing-But-Play, where they could pass all their time in playing and having fun. When these poor foolish boys had played for a certain length of time without any study between times, they became donkeys, which he led away, and sold in the town, and in this way he had become very rich, with heaps and heaps of money.
How Candlewick fared, is not known. We do know, however, that Pinocchio led a very
