Meanwhile the night was coming on, and Pinocchio remembering that he had eaten nothing all day, felt a gnawing in his stomach that strongly resembled appetite. Now the appetite of boys increases very quickly, and so after a few minutes the appetite became real hunger, and in no time he was as hungry as a wolf. Poor Pinocchio ran quickly to the fireplace where there was the saucepan still boiling away, and tried to see what was in it, but found to his surprise that it was only a painting. His nose, already long, began to grow longer as he went about poking it into things. He ran around the room, rummaging through all the drawers and boxes and all sorts of hiding places in search of a piece of bread, just a little dry
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