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CHAPTER XVI
While poor Pinocchio hung from the branch of the Grand Oak and appeared more dead than alive, the beautiful Baby with the Blue Hair came to the window. Pitying the poor unfortunate who was swinging backward and forward, she clapped her hands three times. At this signal the beating of wings was heard and a great Falcon came and placed himself on the window sill.
“What do you command, my gracious Fairy?” said the Falcon, lowering his beak in a bow of reverence. For you must know that the Baby with
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