If you remember this, you will also surely remember that on the next day Pinocchio, almost lifeless, was thrown on an island. There he found himself on a small stretch of ground. All around him was the great ocean.
Where could he get news of his dear old father? As he looked about him, he saw a large dark object in the water. It was a dolphin. It had stuck its nose out of the water and seemed to be waiting for the marionette. Of Pinocchio’s father, the dolphin knew nothing.
“But,” said he, “I am very much afraid the boat has been lost in the night.”
My dear children, if you have a good memory, you cannot forget that after saying this the dolphin turned and disappeared.
“All around him was the Great Ocean.”
This is not true. Indeed not. On the contrary, Pinocchio and the dolphin had a long talk one with the other. At the end of it, they decided to take a long journey together.
CHAPTER II
While the two were talking, Pinocchio kept thinking and thinking of his dear father. He looked so sad that the dolphin finally said to him: