To his great surprise, he found himself in a huge net, amid a crowd of fish of all kinds and sizes, who were fighting and struggling desperately to free themselves.

At the same time, he saw a Fisherman come out of the cave, a Fisherman so ugly that Pinocchio thought he was a sea monster.

In place of hair, his head was covered by a thick bush of green grass.

Green was the skin of his body, green were his eyes, green was the long, long beard that reached down to his feet.

He looked like a giant lizard with legs and arms.

When the Fisherman pulled the net out of the sea, he cried out joyfully: Blessed Providence! Once more I'll have a fine meal of fish!

Thank Heaven, I'm not a fish! said Pinocchio to himself, trying with these words to find a little courage.

The Fisherman took the net and the fish to the cave, a dark, gloomy, smoky place.

In the middle of it, a pan full of oil sizzled over a smoky fire, sending out a repelling odor of tallow that took away one's breath.

Now, let's see what kind of fish we have caught today, said the Green Fisherman.