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CHAPTER VIII
The marionette had scarcely appeased his hunger when he began to grumble and cry because he wished a new pair of feet. Geppetto, in order to punish him for his bad actions, let him cry for half a day. Then he said: “And why should I make you a new pair of feet? Perhaps you would run away again.”
“I promise you,” said the marionette, sobbing, “that hereafter I will be a good boy.”
“All boys,” said Geppetto, “when they wish to obtain something, say that.”
“I promise you that I will go to school. I will study and I will be an honor—”
“All boys, when they wish to obtain something, tell the same story.”
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