"Consider carefully, Pinocchio, for you are throwing away a fortune."
"A fortune," repeated the cat.
"Your five pieces might be two thousand by tomorrow."
"Two thousand," repeated the cat.
"But how could they possibly become so many?" asked Pinocchio, with mouth wide open in astonishment.
"I will explain," said the fox. "In the Country of the Owls there is a magic field called the Field of Wonders. There you make a little hole in the ground, and put in it a piece of money, for example, one of your gold pieces. Then you fill in the hole with a little earth, water it with a few drops from the fountain nearby, put two pinches of salt on it, and go away and go to bed and to a quiet night's sleep. In the meantime, during the night, the gold piece begins to grow and blossom, and the next morning, when you return to the field, guess what you find? Why a big tree loaded with gold."
"If I bury five pieces," said Pinocchio, all excited, "How many shall I find in the morning?"
