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NOTHING BUT TROUBLE
Just imagine how happy Pinocchio was when he found himself free once more! Without stopping a second he left the town and took the road that led to the house of the Fairy. The roads were all very soft because of recent rains, and at evey step he went in up to his knees in mud. But he did not let that stop him. Wild with longing to see again his dear father and his little sister with the blue hair, he leaped from one patch of dry ground to another, splashing mud all over his clothes as he went.
"How unfortunate I have been!" he thought. "But I deserve it all, because I am such a headstrong and nervous puppet. I always want to have my way, without paying any attention to those who love me and are a thousand times wiser than I. But from now on I will change my life and become a
