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"I Will Be Good"

either in prison or else in the poorhouse. Every man, whether rich or poor, ought to work at something. Woe to the one who lives in idleness! Idleness is a very bad disease, and should be cured quickly in childhood, or else when you are old you will never get over it."

These words touched the heart of Pinocchio, and raising his head quickly he said to the Fairy, "I will study, I will work. I will do all that you ask, because I am tired of being a marionette, and I want to become a real boy. You promised me that I would, didn't you?”

"I did promise you, and now it depends entirely upon yourself."