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It was a wild and stormy night. It thundered heavily, and the lightning seemed to set the heavens on fire, while a bitter wind whistled savagely and raised a great cloud of dust. Pinocchio was afraid of thunder and lightning, but his hunger was stronger than his fear, so he left the house and made a dash for the village, reaching it in a hundred leaps quite out of breath, and panting heavily. He was faint and weak with hunger and fright. But he found the town dark and deserted. The shops were closed, the doors of the houses were shut, and the windows bolted, and there was not even a dog to be seen in the streets. In desperation Pinocchio seized