"Who is it that is dying?"
"It is I, and my poor father!"
"I know that voice! You are Pinocchio!"
"Precisely; and you?"
"I am the Tunny, your prison companion in the body of the Dog-Fish."
"And how did you manage to escape?"
"I followed your example. You showed me the road, and I escaped after you."
"Tunny, you have arrived at the right moment! I implore you to help us or we are lost."
"Willingly and with all my heart. You must, both of you, take hold of my tail and leave it to me to guide you. I will take you on shore in four minutes."
Geppetto and Pinocchio, as I need not tell you, accepted the offer at once; but, instead of holding on by his tail, they thought it would be more comfortable to get on the Tunny's back.