CHAPTER 6 第六章 PINOCCHIO'S FEET BURN TO CINDERS 匹諾曹的腳燒成了灰燼 It was a wild and stormy night. The thunder was tremendous and the lightning so vivid that the sky seemed on fire. 那是一個狂風暴雨的夜晚。雷聲震耳欲聾，閃電耀眼奪目，天空仿佛著了火一般。 Pinocchio had a great fear of thunder, but hunger was stronger than fear. He therefore closed the house door and made a rush for the village, which he reached in a hundred bounds, with his tongue hanging out and panting for breath like a dog after game. 匹諾曹非常害怕打雷，但饑餓戰勝了恐懼。於是他關上房門，向村子衝去。他飛奔著，一百步就跑到了村子，舌頭伸在外面，氣喘籲籲，就像一只追捕獵物的狗。 But he found it all dark and deserted. The shops were closed, the windows shut, and there was not so much as a dog in the street. It seemed the land of the dead. 但他發現整個村子一片漆黑，空無一人。商店都關著門，窗戶也緊閉著，街上連一只狗都没有。這里就像一片死寂的亡靈之地。 Pinocchio, urged by desperation and hunger, took ho...