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PINOCCHIO
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Pinocchio, pulling his ears so hard that it must have hurt him.
“My dear,” said the Dormouse, “what are you trying to do? You must know that it is a written decree that those boys who do not wish to study, who hate books and teachers, and who spend the whole day enjoying themselves, end by becoming little donkeys.”
“Is that really true?” asked the marionette.
“Of course it is. And now it is of no use to cry. You should always think first.”
“But the fault is not mine. The fault, believe me, is all Lamp Wick’s.”
“Who is Lamp Wick?”
“A friend of mine. I wished to go back to school and be an honor to the good Fairy; but
