What was the matter? An immense Serpent lay stretched across the road--a Serpent with a bright green skin, fiery eyes which glowed and burned, and a pointed tail that smoked like a chimney. How frightened was poor Pinocchio! He ran back wildly for half a mile, and at last settled himself atop a heap of stones to wait for the Serpent to go on his way and leave the road clear for him. He waited an hour; two hours; three hours; but the Serpent was always there, and even from afar one could see the flash of his red eyes and the column of smoke which rose from his long, pointed tail. 怎么回事？ 一條巨大的蛇橫亙在道路上--這條蛇的皮膚又綠又亮，眼睛閃著紅光像火一樣熊熊燃燒著，一條尖尖的尾巴冒著煙跟煙囪一樣。我們可憐的匹諾曹得嚇成什么樣子??！他瘋狂地往回跑了半英里，最后站在一堆石頭上，等待著這條蛇走開然后把路清出來給他。他等了一個鐘頭，兩個鐘頭，三個鐘頭，但這條蛇就是待在那，哪怕隔了老遠(yuǎn)也能看到他一對火紅眼睛的閃光以及他又長又尖的尾巴冒出的煙柱。