“Come on now, and stop your nonsense. Out with it!" the robbers cried threateningly, and at that the marionette made signs with his hands and head which meant “I have none."
"Hand over the money or you will die,” said the taller robber.
"You will die," repeated the smaller one.
"And after you are dead we will kill your father."
“We will kill your father," echoed the other.
"No, No! Not my or father!" cried Pinocchio despairingly, but in saying this the gold piece made a noise in his mouth.
"Oh, you story-teller! You have hidden the money in your mouth. Out with it, quick now!"
Poor Pinocchio remained silent.
"Oh, so you pretend to be deaf, do you? Just you wait, and we will show you how we will make you give up the gold."
One of them seized him by the end of the nose, and the other caught his chin. At once they fell upon him and began to handle the marionette very roughly, but after a hard
