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XXV
PINOCCHIO PROMISES THE FAIRY TO BE GOOD AND
STUDIOUS, FOR HE IS QUITE SICK OF BEING A
PUPPET AND WISHES TO BECOME AN EXEM¬
PLARY BOY
T first the good little woman maintained
A that she was not the little Fairy with
blue hair; but seeing that she was
found out, and not wishing to continue the
comedy any longer, she ended by making her¬
self known, and she said to Pinocchio:
. You little rogue! how did you ever dis¬
cover who I was?”
" It was my great affection for you that
told me.”
" Do you remember? You left me a child,
and now that you have found me again I am
a woman—a woman almost old enough to be
your mamma. "
‘“T am delighted at that, for now, instead
of calling you little sister, I will call you
mamma. I have wished for such a long time to
have a mamma like other boys! . . . But how
did you manage to grow so fast?”
7 Ehag ea secret.’
c "Peach it to me, for I should also like to
grow. Don’t you see? I always remain no
bigger than a ninepin.”
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