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A MEETING AND AN ESCAPE
As soon as Pinocchio had said goodby to his friend the Tunny, he began to grope his way in the darkness through the body of the fish, advancing toward the little light that shone so far away. The farther he walked the clearer and brighter became the light, until finally he reached the end of the passage. And what did he find? I will give you a thousand guesses. He found a little table all nicely set, and lighted by a candle stuck into a green bottle. Seated at the table, he saw a little old man with snow-white beard and hair, eating fish. At the sight of the old man Pinocchio was so overjoyed that he nearly lost his senses. He wanted to laugh; he wanted to cry. He did not know what to
