last, "and tomorrow I will go to school. There is always time to go to school."
No sooner said than done. He turned down the street and ran as hard as he could. The more he ran, the more distinct became the sound of the fife and drum, pi-pi-pi, pi-pi-pi, pi-pi-pi, zum, zum, zum. Soon he found himself in the middle of an open square filled with people, all crowding around a little wooden building with a sign painted in many bright colors.
"What is that house?" asked Pinocchio, turning to a boy standing near.
"Read the sign and you will know" the boy answered.
"I wish I could, but it so happens that today I do not know how to read. Tomorrow I could read it."
"Blockhead! I will read it for you. On that sign with letters of fire is written, 'Grand Puppet Theater'."
"How soon does the show begin?"
"It is beginning just now."
