midnight
No sooner had Pinocchio got into bed than he fell asleep at once and began to dream . And he dreamed that he was in the middle of a field , and the field was full of shrubs covered with clusters of gold sovereigns , and as they swung in the wind they went zin , zin , zin , almost as if they would say : `` Let who will , come and take us . '' But just as Pinocchio was stretching out his hand to pick handfuls of those beautiful gold pieces and to put them in his pocket , he was suddenly awakened by three violent blows on the door of his room . It was the host who had come to tell him that midnight had struck . `` Are my companions ready ? '' asked the puppet . `` Ready !