“So long as you are satisfied, we are satisfied,” said the policemen. “If you wish to give away your food, that is your own affair;” and they went off without saying another word.
CHAPTER XIV
PINOCCHIO’S FATHER
Pinocchio blushed with shame.
“Then you are the marionette Pinocchio?”
Upon hearing himself addressed in this familiar way, Pinocchio felt a little annoyed, but recalling the unsettled account, he thought it best to answer politely that he was Pinocchio.
“I am pleased,” continued the man; “I am very much pleased, because I knew your father.”
“You knew my father?” exclaimed the marionette.