Page:Collodi - The Story of a Puppet, translation Murray, 1892.djvu/88



As soon as the three doctors had left the room the Fairy approached Pinocchio, and having touched his forehead she perceived that he was in a high fever that was not to be trifled with.

She therefore dissolved a certain white powder in half a tumbler of water, and offering it to the puppet she said to him lovingly:

'Drink it, and in a few days you will be cured.'