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OLD FRIENDS
You may be certain the Fairy let the marionette cry and scream for a good half hour because he could not go through the door on account of the length of his nose. This she did because she wanted to teach him a lesson and show him how wicked he had been in telling lies. But when she saw how his poor eyes were swollen red from crying, she took pity on him, and clapped her hands together sharply. At the signal a thousand birds called woodpeckers flew into the room, and perching on Pinocchio's nose began to peck at it so furiously that in a few moments it was reduced to its usual size, whereupon the Fairy waved her hand, and all the birds flew away.
"How good you are, my Fairy," said the
