"What good people!" thought Pinocchio to himself, and, forgetting there
and then his papa, the new coat, the spelling-book, and all his good
resolutions, he said to the Fox and the Cat:

"Let us be off at once. I will go with you."

[Illustration: A LITTLE CHICKEN POPPED OUT, VERY GAY AND POLITE]




[Illustration]

CHAPTER XIII

THE INN OF THE RED CRAW-FISH


They walked, and walked, and walked, until at last, towards evening,
they arrived, all tired out, at the inn of The Red Craw-Fish.

"Let us stop here a little," said the Fox, "that we may have something
to eat, and rest ourselves for an hour or two. We will start again at
midnight, so as to arrive at the Field of Miracles by dawn tomorrow
morning."

Having gone into the inn they all three sat down to table, but none of
them had any appetite.

The Cat, who was suffering from indigestion and feeling seriously