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29 - The Adventures of Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi · Classic Adventure Books - Daily

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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty nine, Pinocchio returns to the fairy's house, and
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  Speaker 1: she promises him that on the morrow he will cease
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  Speaker 1: to be a marionette and become a boy. A wonderful
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  Speaker 1: party of coffee and milk to celebrate the great event.
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  Speaker 1: Mindful of what the fisherman had said, Pinocchio knew that
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  Speaker 1: all hope of being saved had gone. He closed his
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  Speaker 1: eyes and waited for the final moment. Suddenly, a large dog,
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  Speaker 1: attracted by the odor of boiling oil, came running into
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  Speaker 1: the cave. Get out, cried the fisherman, threateningly, and still
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  Speaker 1: holding on to the marionette, who was all covered with flour.
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  Speaker 1: But the poor dog was very hungry and whining and
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  Speaker 1: wagging his tail. He tried to say, give me a
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  Speaker 1: bite of the fish. I'll go in peace. Get out,
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  Speaker 1: I say, repeated the fisherman, and he drew back his
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  Speaker 1: foot to give the dog a kick. Then the dog,
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  Speaker 1: who being really hungry, would take no refusal, turned in
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  Speaker 1: a rage toward the fisherman and bared his terrible things.
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  Speaker 1: At that moment, a pitiful little voice was heard saying,
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  Speaker 1: save me, Alidoro. If you don't, I'll fry the dog
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  Speaker 1: immediately recognized Pinocchio's voice. Great was his surprise to find
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  Speaker 1: that the voice came from the little flower covered bundle
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  Speaker 1: that the fisherman held in his hand. Then what did
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  Speaker 1: he do? With one great leap? He grasped that bundle
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  Speaker 1: in his mouth, and, holding it lightly between his teeth,
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  Speaker 1: ran through the door and disappeared like a flash. The fisherman,
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  Speaker 1: angry at seeing his meal snatched from under his nose,
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  Speaker 1: ran after the dog, but a bad fit of coughing
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  Speaker 1: made him stop and turn back. Meanwhile, Alidoro, as soon
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  Speaker 1: as he had found the road which led to the village,
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  Speaker 1: stopped and dropped Pinocchio softly to the ground. How much
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  Speaker 1: I do thank you, said the marionette. It's not necessary,
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  Speaker 1: answered the dog. You save me once, and what is
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  Speaker 1: given is always returned. We are in this world to
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  Speaker 1: help one another. But how did you get in that cave?
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  Speaker 1: I was lying here on the sand, more dead than alive,
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  Speaker 1: when an appetizing odor of frightfish came to me. That
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  Speaker 1: odor tickled my hunger, and I followed it. Oh, if
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  Speaker 1: I had come a moment later, don't speak about it,
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  Speaker 1: wailed Pinocchio, still trembling with fright don't say a word.
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  Speaker 1: If you had come a moment later, I would be fried, eaten,
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  Speaker 1: and digested by this time er I shiver at the
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  Speaker 1: mere thought of it. Alidoro laughingly held out his paw
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  Speaker 1: to the marionette, who shook it heartily, feeling that now
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  Speaker 1: he and the dog were good friends. Then they bid
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  Speaker 1: each other good bye, and the dog went home. Pinocchio,
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  Speaker 1: left alone, walked toward a little hut near by, where
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  Speaker 1: an old man sat at the door, sunning himself, and asked,
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  Speaker 1: tell me, good man, have you heard anything of a
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  Speaker 1: poor boy with a wounded head whose name was Eugene.
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  Speaker 1: The boy was brought to this hut, and now now
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  Speaker 1: he's dead, Pinocchio interrupted sorrowfully. No, he is now alive,
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  Speaker 1: and he has already returned home. Really really, cried the marionette,
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  Speaker 1: jumping around with joy. And the wound was not serious,
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  Speaker 1: but it might have been even Martle answered the old man.
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  Speaker 1: Far heavy book was thrown at his head, and who
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  Speaker 1: threw it? A schoolmate of his, a certain Pinocchio. And
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  Speaker 1: who is this, Pinocchio asked the marionette, feigning ignorance. They
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  Speaker 1: say he is a mischief maker, a tramp, a street
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  Speaker 1: urchin calumnies, all calumnies. Do you know this Pinocchio by sight,
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  Speaker 1: answered the marionette. And what do you think of him?
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  Speaker 1: Answered the old man. I think he is a very
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  Speaker 1: good boy, fond of study, obedient, kind to his father
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  Speaker 1: and to his whole family. As he was telling all
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  Speaker 1: these enormous lies about himself, Pinocchio touched his nose and
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  Speaker 1: found it twice as long as it should be. Scared
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  Speaker 1: out of his wits, he cried out, don't listen to me,
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  Speaker 1: good man. All the wonderful things I have said are
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  Speaker 1: not true at all. I know Pinocchio well, and he
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  Speaker 1: is indeed a very wicked fellow, zy and disobedient, who,
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  Speaker 1: instead of going to school, runs away with his playmates
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  Speaker 1: to have a good time. At this speech, his nose
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  Speaker 1: returned to its natural size. Why are you so pale,
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  Speaker 1: asked the old man. Suddenly, let me tell you, without
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  Speaker 1: knowing it, I've rubbed myself against a newly painted wall.
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  Speaker 1: He lied, ashamed to say that he had been made
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  Speaker 1: ready for the frying pan. What have you done with
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  Speaker 1: your coat and your hat and your breeches? I met
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  Speaker 1: thieves and they robbed me. Tell me, my good man,
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  Speaker 1: have you not perhaps a little suit to give me
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  Speaker 1: so that I may go home, my boy. As for clothes,
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  Speaker 1: I have only a bag in which I keep hops.
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  Speaker 1: If you want it, take it there it is. Pinocchio
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  Speaker 1: did not wait for him to repeat his words. He
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  Speaker 1: took the bag, which happened to be empty, and after
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  Speaker 1: cutting a big hole at the top and two at
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  Speaker 1: the sides, he slipped into it as if it were
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  Speaker 1: a shirt. Lightly clad as he was, he started out
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  Speaker 1: toward the village. Along the way, he felt very uneasy.
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  Speaker 1: In fact, he was so unhappy that he went along,
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  Speaker 1: taking two steps forward and one back. And as he
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  Speaker 1: went he said to himself, how shall I ever face
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  Speaker 1: my good little fairy? What will she say when she
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  Speaker 1: sees me? Will she forgive this last trick of mine?
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  Speaker 1: I am sure she won't. Oh no, she won't, and
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  Speaker 1: I deserve it, as usual, for I am a rascal,
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  Speaker 1: fine on promises which I never keep. He came to
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  Speaker 1: the village late at night. It was so dark he
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  Speaker 1: could see nothing, and it was raining pitchforks. Pinocchio went
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  Speaker 1: straight to the fairy's house, firmly resolved to knock at
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  Speaker 1: the door. When he found himself there, he lost courage
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  Speaker 1: and ran back a few steps. A second time, he
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  Speaker 1: came to the door, and again he ran back. The
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  Speaker 1: third time, he repeated his performance the fourth time, before
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  Speaker 1: he had time to lose his courage. He grasped the
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  Speaker 1: knocker and made a faint sound with it. He waited,
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  Speaker 1: and waited and waited. Finally, after a full half hour,
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  Speaker 1: a top floor window the house had four stories opened
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  Speaker 1: and Pinocchio saw a large snail look out. A tiny
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  Speaker 1: light glowed on top of her head. Who knocks at
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  Speaker 1: this late hour? She called? Is the fairy home? Asked
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  Speaker 1: the marionette. The fairy is asleep and does not wish
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  Speaker 1: to be disturbed. Who are you it is? I? Who's
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  Speaker 1: I Pinocchio? Who is Pinocchio? The marionette, the one who
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  Speaker 1: lives in the fairy's house? Oh, I understand, said the snail.
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  Speaker 1: Wait for me there. I will come down to open
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  Speaker 1: the door for you. Hurry, I beg of you, for
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  Speaker 1: I am dying of cold, my boy, I am a snail,
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  Speaker 1: and snails are never in a hurry. An hour passed,
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  Speaker 1: two hours the door was still closed. Pinocchio, who was
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  Speaker 1: trembling with fear and shivering from the cold rain, on
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  Speaker 1: his back knocked a second time, this time louder than before.
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  Speaker 1: At that second knock, a window on the third floor opened,
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  Speaker 1: and the same snail looked out. Dear little snail, cried
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  Speaker 1: Pinocchio from the street. I have been waiting two hours
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  Speaker 1: for you, and two hours on a dreadful night like
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  Speaker 1: this are as long as two years. Hurry, please, my boy,
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  Speaker 1: answered the snail in a calm, peaceful voice. My dear boy,
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  Speaker 1: I am a snail, and snails are never in a hurry.
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  Speaker 1: And the window closed. A few minutes later, midnight struck,
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  Speaker 1: then one o'clock, two o'clock, and the door still remained closed.
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  Speaker 1: Then Pinocchio, losing all patience, grabbed the knocker with both hands,
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  Speaker 1: fully determined to wake the whole house in the street
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  Speaker 1: with it. As soon as he touched the knocker, however,
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  Speaker 1: it became an eel and wiggled away into the darkness. Really,
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  Speaker 1: cried Pinocchio, blind with rage. If the knocker is gone,
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  Speaker 1: I can still use my feet. He stepped back and
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  Speaker 1: gave the door a most solemn kick. He kicked so
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  Speaker 1: hard that his foot went straight through the door, and
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  Speaker 1: his leg followed almost to the knee. No matter how
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  Speaker 1: he pulled and tugged, he could not pull it out.
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  Speaker 1: There he stayed as if nailed to the door. Poor Pinocchio.
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  Speaker 1: The rest of the night he had to spend with
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  Speaker 1: one foot through the door and the other one in
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  Speaker 1: the air. As dawn was breaking, the door finally opened.
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  Speaker 1: That brave little animal, the snail had taken exactly nine
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  Speaker 1: hours to go from the fourth floor to the street.
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  Speaker 1: How she must have raced. What are you doing with
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  Speaker 1: your foot through the door, she asked the marionette, laughing
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  Speaker 1: it was a misfortune. Won't you try, pretty little snail,
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  Speaker 1: to free me from this terrible torture. My boy, we
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  Speaker 1: need a carpenter here, and I have never been one.
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  Speaker 1: Ask the fairy to help me. The fairy is asleep
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  Speaker 1: and does not want to be disturbed. But what do
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  Speaker 1: you want me to do nailed to the door like this?
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  Speaker 1: Enjoy yourself counting the ants which are passing by. Bring
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  Speaker 1: me something to eat at least, for I am faint
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  Speaker 1: with hunger. Immediately, in fact, after three and a half hours,
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  Speaker 1: Pinocchio saw her return with the silver tray on her head.
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  Speaker 1: On the tray there were bread, roast, chicken, fruit. Here
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  Speaker 1: is the breakfast, the fairy sends to you, said the snail.
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  Speaker 1: At the sight of all these good things, the marionette
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  Speaker 1: felt much better. What was his disgust? However, when, on
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  Speaker 1: tasting the food he found the bread to be made
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  Speaker 1: of chalk, the chicken of cardboard, and the brilliant fruit
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  Speaker 1: of colored alabaster, he wanted to cry. He wanted to
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  Speaker 1: give himself up to despair. He wanted to throw away
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  Speaker 1: the tray and all that was on it. Instead, either
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  Speaker 1: from pain or weakness, he fell to the floor in
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  Speaker 1: a dead faint. When he regained his senses, he found
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  Speaker 1: himself stretched out on a sofa, and the fairy was
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  Speaker 1: seated near him. This time I forgive you, said the
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  Speaker 1: fairy to him, but be careful not to get into
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  Speaker 1: mischief again. Pinocchio promised to study and to behave himself,
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  Speaker 1: and he kept his word for the remainder of the year.
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  Speaker 1: At the end of it he passed first in all
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  Speaker 1: his examinations, and his report was so good that the
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  Speaker 1: fairy said to him, Happily, tomorrow your wish will come true.
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  Speaker 1: And what is that Tomorrow you will cease to be
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  Speaker 1: a marionette and will become a real boy. Pinocchio was
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  Speaker 1: beside himself with joy. All his friends and schoolmates must
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  Speaker 1: be invited to celebrate the great event. The fairy promised
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  Speaker 1: to prepare two hundred cups of coffee and milk, and
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  Speaker 1: four hundred slices of toast, buttered on both sides. The
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  Speaker 1: day promised to be a very gay and happy one.
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  Speaker 1: But unluckily, in a marionette's life there's always a butt
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  Speaker 1: which is apt to spoil everything. And of chapter twenty nine,