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Pinocchio at School

pertinent than the others, stretched out his arm and tried to seize Pinocchio by the nose. But he did not have a chance, for the puppet suddenly thrust his leg out from under his desk and kicked his tormentor.

“Oh, what hard feet he has!” cried the boy, rubbing the bruise that the marionette had made. "And what hard elbows!" said another, who for another attempted trick had received a poke in the ribs. The fact is that after a few punches and elbowings, Pinocchio won the respect of all the boys in the room, and they began to like him very much too. Even the schoolmaster praised him because he was so attentive, studious and in-