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116 PINOCCHIO marble stone, on which were engraved these sad words: HERE LIES THE CHILD WITH THE BLUE HAIR WHO DIED FROM SORROW BECAUSE SHE WAS ABANDONED BY HER LITTLE BROTHER PINOCCHIO. I leave you to imagine the puppet s feelings when he had with difficulty spelt out this epitaph. He fell with his face on the ground and, covering the tombstone with a thousand kisses, burst into an agony of tears. He cried all night, and when morning came he was still crying although he had no tears left, and his sobs and lamentations were so acute and heartbreaking that they roused the echoes in the surrounding hills. And as he wept he said: “ Oh, little Fairy, why did you die? Why did not I die instead of you, I who am so wicked, whilst you were so good?... And my papa! Where can he be? Oh, little Fairy, tell me where I can find him, for [ want to remain with him always and never to leave him again, never again! . . . Oh, little Fairy, tell me that it is not true that you are dead! ... If you really love me . . . If you really love your little brother, come to life again .. . come to life as you were
