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Pinocchio had a fever. The Fairy took a glass of water with medicine and said lovingly to Pinocchio, "Drink this, and you'll be up and well."
Pinocchio looked at the glass worriedly and said, "I'd rather die than drink that awful medicine."
At that moment the door of the room flew open and in came four Rabbits as black as ink, carrying a small black coffin(棺材) on their shoulders.
"What do you want?" asked Pinocchio.
"We have come for you," said the largest Rabbit.
"Oh, Fairy, my Fairy," the Pinocchio cried out. "Give me that glass! Quick, please! I don't want to die!" And holding the glass with his two hands he swallowed(吞下) the medicine quickly. Then the rabbits had to leave.
After that, the Fairy added, "Pinocchio, tell me how you were in the hands of the robbers last time."
"I had five gold pieces to give to my Father, but on the way I met two robbers. They tied my neck with a rope and hung me to a tree." said Pinocchio.
"Where are the gold pieces now?" the Fairy asked.
"I lost them," answered Pinocchio. As he spoke, his nose became at least two inches longer.
"And where did you lose them?"
"In the wood nearby." At this second lie his nose grew a few more inches.
"If you lost them in the nearby wood," said the Fairy, "we'll look for them and find them."
"Ah, now I remember," replied Pinocchio, "I did not lose the gold pieces, but I swallowed them."
At this third lie, his nose became longer than ever. The Fairy sat looking at him and laughing.
"Why do you laugh?" Pinocchio asked her, worried now at the sight of his growing nose.
"I am laughing at your lies."
"How do you know I am lying?"
"Lies, my boy, are known in a moment. There are two kinds of lies, lies with short legs and lies with long noses. Yours, just now, happen to have long noses."
（Adapted from The Adventures of Pinocchio）
