"What is the trouble?""It is I and my poor father.""I know the voice. You are Pinocchio.""Exactly. And you?""I am the Tunny, your companion in the Shark's stomach.""And how did you escape?""I imitated your example. You are the one who showedme the way and after you went, I followed.""Tunny, you arrived at the right moment! I implore4 you,for the love you bear your children, the little Tunnies,to help us, or we are lost!""With great pleasure indeed. Hang onto my tail, bothof you, and let me lead you. In a twinkling you will besafe on land."Geppetto and Pinocchio, as you can easily imagine, did notrefuse the invitation; indeed, instead of hanging ontothe tail, they thought it better to climb on the Tunny's back.

　　"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 eternal gratitude5."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.

　　“谁快死啦？”
　　“是我和我可怜的爸爸！”
　　“这嗓子我很熟！你是皮诺乔吧！……”
　　“一点不错。你是谁，”
　　“我是金枪鱼，鲨鱼肚子里的患难朋友。”
　　“你怎么逃出来的？”
　　“我学你的样子逃出来了。是你给我开了窍，我也跟着逃出来了。”
　　“我的金枪鱼，你来得正好！我求求你，你像爱你那些小金枪鱼那样救救我们吧，要不我们就完蛋了。”
　　“我很愿意，衷心愿意。你们俩快抓住我的尾巴，让我带你们走。只要四分钟我就可以把你们送到岸上。”
　　诸位可以想象得到，杰佩托和皮诺乔马上接受邀请，而不是抓住金枪鱼的尾巴，而是骑在它背上，觉得这样更舒服些。
　　“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。

3tune

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。

The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

4implore

vt.乞求，恳求，哀求

参考例句：

I implore you to write. At least tell me you're alive.请给我音讯，让我知道你还活着。

Please implore someone else's help in a crisis.危险时请向别人求助。

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。