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ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO
79
'I don't care. . . .'
'Are you not afraid of death?'
'I am not in the least afraid! . . . I would rather die than drink that bitter medicine.'
At that moment the door of the room flew open, and four rabbits as black as ink entered carrying on their shoulders a little bier.
'What do you want with me?' cried Pinocchio, sitting up in bed in a great fright.
'We are come to take you,' said the biggest rabbit.
'To take me? . . . But I am not yet dead! . . .'
'No, not yet: but you have only a few minutes to live, as you have refused the
