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PINOCCHIO
in the school, and the Fairy was so pleased that she said to him, "Tomorrow you shall have your wish."
"What do you really mean—' "
"Tomorrow you shall stop being a marionette and become a real boy."
One who never saw Pinocchio cannot imagine how happy he was at this announcement. All his friends and schoolmates were to be invited to a wonderful party at the Fairy's house the next day to celebrate the event, and for the occasion the Fairy had prepared two hundred cups of coffee and cream, and four hundred little sandwiches buttered inside and out. That day promised to be a great event in the life of Pinocchio, but―
Unfortunately in the life of a marionette there is always a BUT that spoils everything.
