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134 PINOCCHIO . . . . Where is my poor papa at this moment? ” “TI do not know.” - Shall I ever have the happiness of seeing him again and kissing him? " “I think so; mdeed I am sure of it.” At this answer Pinocchio was so delighted that he took the Fairy’s hands and began to kiss them with such fervour that he seemed beside himself. Then raising his face and looking at her lovingly, he asked: "Tell me, little mamma: then it was not true that you were dead? ” ‘It seems not,” said the Fairy, smiling. " If you ony knew the sorrow I felt and the tightening of my throat when I read, ‘ here MESZ e A “TIT know it, and it is on that account that I have forgiven you. I saw from the sincerity of your grief that you had a good heart; and when boys have good hearts, even if they are scamps and have got bad habits, there is always something to hope for: that is, there is always hope that they will turn to better ways. That is why I came to look for you here. I will be 29 your mamma. . . . “Oh, how delightful!” shouted Pinocchio, jumping for joy. " You must obey me and do everything that I bid you.”
