PINOCCHIO
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"It is a secret."
"Teach me how to do it. I should like to grow too, don't you see? I am always the same height, no bigger than a ninepin."
"But you cannot grow."
"Why?"
"Because puppets never grow. They are born puppets, live puppets, and die puppets."
"Oh, I am sick and tired of always being a puppet,” cried Pinocchio, striking his own head, "I want to become a man." it."
"Then you shall become one if you deserve it."
"Really? And what can I do to deserve it?”
"That is easy. By learning to be a good boy."
"But I am one now."
"Indeed not! Good boys are obedient, and you"-
"And I never obey."
"Good boys like to study and work and you"—
"I like to play and run around, and am always idle."
"Good boys always tell the truth"--
