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PINOCCHIO 189 ‘The doctor ordered me to wear it because I have hurt this knee. And you, dear puppet, why have you got on that cotton cap pulled down over your nose? ” " The doctor prescribed it because I have grazed my foot.” “Oh, poor Pinocchio! .. . “Oh, poor Candlewick! . . .” After these words a long silence followed, during which the two friends did nothing but look mockingly at each other. At last the puppet said in a soft mellifluous voice to his companion: “Satisfy my curiosity, my dear Candlewick: have you ever suffered from disease of the ears?” ““ Never!... And you? ” “Never! Only since this morning one of my ears aches.” ‘Mine is also paining me.” “You also? . . . And which of your ears hurts you?” " Both of them. And you?” ‘“ Both of them. Can we have got the same illness? " "I fear so." “Will you do me a kindness, Candlewick? ” “Willingly! With all my heart.” “Will you let me see your ears? ” 93
