long months, and would have been there much longer, if something fortunate had not happened. You see, little readers, the young ruler of the town called "Trap-for-block-heads" had just won a splendid victory over his enemies, and had ordered a grand festival, fireworks and all sorts of parades, and to celebrate his triumph further he ordered all the prisons opened, and the prisoners freed.
"If the other prisoners go out, I must go too," said Pinocchio to the guard.
"You?" replied the man, “No, because you are not a criminal.”
"Excuse me," said Pinocchio, “But I am as bad as any of them."
“In that case you shall go," said the guard, and raising his hat respectfully and saluting the marionette, he opened the door of his cell, and allowed him to escape.
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