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Pinocchio promises the Fairy to be good and studious, for he is quite sick of being a puppet and wishes to become an exemplary boy.
At first the good little woman maintained 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 herself known, and she said to Pinocchio:
'You little rogue! how did you ever discover 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.'
'I 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!
