Boom! Par-ap'ap'ap'pa!parap'ap'ap'pa!

One surprise seemed to follow another. Pinocchio longed to enjoy the
sights, but how was he to get out of the cage? At length, taking his
courage in both hands, he said politely, "Excuse me, gentlemen, but if
you have no commands to give me - "

"Not a command!" roughly answered the bearded man who played the
lion. "If you do not go away quickly, I will have you eaten up by that
large ape behind you."

"But I should be hard to digest," said the marionette.

"Boy, be careful how you talk," exclaimed the same voice.

"I said that your ape would have indigestion if he ate me," replied
Pinocchio. "Do you think that I am joking? No, I am in earnest. He
really would. I came in here by chance while returning from a walk,
and if you will permit me, I will go home to my father who is waiting
for me. As you have no orders to give me, many thanks, good-by, and
good luck to you."

"Listen, boy," said the large man who took the part of the elephant;
"I am very thirsty, and I will give you a fine new penny if you will
fill this bucket at the fountain and bring it to me."

"What!" replied Pinocchio, greatly offended; "I am no servant!
However this time, merely to please you, I will go." And crawling
through the hole by which he had entered, he went out to the fountain
and returned in a very short time with the bucket full of water.