I didn't really want to kill him, but it was his own fault for being so mean to me and saying such things. And I was still hungry, so I put the pan on the coals, but the chick flew away, and my hunger only got worse, so I went out. And then the old man wearing a nightcap looked out of his window and threw water on me, and I came home and put my feet on the stove to dry them because I was still hungry, but I fell asleep and now my feet are gone, and I'm still so hungry. Oh! Oh! Oh!" And poor Pinocchio began to scream and cry so loudly that he could be heard for miles around.

Geppetto, who had understood nothing of all that jumbled talk, except that his little marionette was hungry, felt sorry for him, and pulling three pears out of his pocket, he offered them to the boy, saying:

"These three pears were for my breakfast, but I give them to you gladly. Eat them and stop crying."

Pinocchio quickly stopped crying and said, "If you want me to eat them, please peel them for me."