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Chapter 22

           "Indeedhedid,andbecauseofthatwewerethebestoffriends. Sleepawaypeacefully,andrememberthatbeforewegoweshallleaveyouanicefatchickenallreadyforyourbreakfastinthemorning. Isthatunderstood?" 

           "Eventoowell,"answeredPinocchio.Andshakinghisheadinathreateningmanner,heseemedtosay,"We’lltalkthisoverinafewminutes,myfriends." 

           AssoonasthefourWeaselshadtalkedthingsover,theywentstraighttothechickencoopwhichstoodclosetothedoghouse.Diggingbusilywithteethandclaws,theyopenedthelittledoorandslippedin. Buttheywerenosoonerinthantheyheardthedoorclosewithasharpbang. 

           TheonewhohaddonethetrickwasPinocchio,who,notsatisfiedwiththat,draggedaheavystoneinfrontofit. Thatdone,hestartedtobark.Andhebarkedasifhewerearealwatchdog:"Bow,wow,wow!Bow,wow!" 

           TheFarmerheardtheloudbarksandjumpedoutofbed.Takinghisgun,heleapedtothewindowandshouted: "What’sthematter?" 

           "Thethievesarehere,"answeredPinocchio. 

           "Wherearethey?" 

           "Inthechickencoop." 

           "I’llcomedowninasecond." 

           And,infact,hewasdownintheyardinatwinklingandrunningtowardthechickencoop. 

           Heopenedthedoor,pulledouttheWeaselsonebyone,and,aftertyingtheminabag,saidtotheminahappyvoice: "You’reinmyhandsatlast!Icouldpunishyounow,butI’llwait!Inthemorningyoumaycomewithmetotheinnandthereyou’llmakeafinedinnerforsomehungrymortal. 

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