crust, a dog's bone, a bit of mush, a fish bone, a cherry pit, in fact anything at all to eat, but he found absolutely nothing.
And still his hunger grew and grew. Poor Pinocchio had no other relief than that of yawning, and he gaped so tremendously that sometimes the corners of his mouth almost touched his ears. He began to feel faint and dizzy. Crying desperately he sobbed; "The Talking Cricket was right. I have behaved badly in rebelling against my father and running away. If my father were only here now I should not be starving to death. Oh, what a horrible feeling it is."
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He Found an Egg in Some Rubbish in the Corner
Just then he thought he saw something very much resembling a hen's egg, lying on top of a rubbish heap. It needed only a second to jump to the spot, and there he really saw a nice big egg.
