Ma Pinocchio, quando si avvide da lontano del carabiniere, che barricava tutta la strada, s' ingegnò di passargli, per sorpresa, framezzo alle gambe, e invece fece fiasco.
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Pinocchio schemes to dash between the officer’s legs — and fails.