　　"Are we too heavy?" asked Pinocchio.

　　"Heavy? Not in the least. You are as light as sea-shells,"answered the Tunny, who was as large as a two-year-old horse.

　　As soon as they reached the shore, Pinocchio was thefirst to jump to the ground to help his old father.

　　Then he turned to the fish and said to him:

　　"Dear friend, you have saved my father, and I have notenough words with which to thank you! Allow me toembrace you as a sign of my eternalgratitude 5."The Tunny stuck his nose out of the water and Pinocchioknelt on the sand and kissed him most affectionatelyon his cheek. At this warm greeting, the poor Tunny,who was not used to such tenderness, wept like a child.

　　He felt so embarrassed and ashamed that he turned quickly,plunged into the sea, and disappeared.

　　In the meantime day had dawned.

　　Pinocchio offered his arm to Geppetto, who was soweak he could hardly stand, and said to him:

　　"Lean on my arm, dear Father, and let us go. We willwalk very, very slowly, and if we feel tired we can restby the wayside.""And where are we going?" asked Geppetto.

　　"To look for a house or a hut, where they will be kind enoughto give us a bite of bread and a bit of straw to sleep on."They had not taken a hundred steps when they saw tworough-looking individuals sitting on a stone begging for alms.

　　“我们太重吗？”皮诺乔问。
　　“重！一点不重。我只觉得身上不过有两个贝壳，”金枪鱼回答说。它身强力壮，像匹两岁的马似的。
　　到了岸边，皮诺乔第一个跳上岸，帮他爸爸也上了岸。然后他向金枪鱼转过身来，用感激的声音对它说：
　　“我的朋友，你救了我的爸爸！我都不知该说什么话来好好谢你！至少得让我亲亲你，表示我对你永世不忘的谢意！……”
　　金枪鱼全把嘴露出水面，皮诺乔跪在地上，无比亲热地亲了一下它的嘴。可怜的金枪鱼，它有生以来还没有人这样真心真意地热爱过它，它激动极了，又不好意思让人看见它像小娃娃似地哇哇哭，就把头重新钻到水底下，不见了。
　　这时天已经亮起来。
　　杰佩托都快站不住了，皮诺乔向他伸出手来对他说：
　　“靠在我的胳膊上吧，亲爱的爸爸，咱们走。咱们慢慢地，慢慢地走，慢得像蚂蚁似的。走累了就在路边歇一会。”
　　“咱们上哪儿去呢？”
　　“咱们去找一间房子或者一间茅屋，到了那里，人们会做好事，给咱们口面包吃，给咱们点干草睡一觉的。”
　　还没走上一百步，他们就看见两个丑八怪，正在路边乞讨。

5gratitude

adj.感激，感谢

参考例句：

I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。

She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。

木偶奇遇记 The Adventures of Pinocchio 133｜英语名著