PINOCCHIO
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"What are you doing here?" asked Pinocchio.
"I am waiting for midnight so that I can start."
"Why, where are you going?"
"Far, far away.'
"I have looked for you everywhere."
"What do you want with me?"
"Haven't you heard the news?"
"What is it?"
"Tomorrow I shall no longer be a marionette. I shall become a boy like you and the rest."
"Good luck to you!"
"But I want you to come to the party."
"I have told you that I am going away tonight."
"When?"
"Shortly."
"Where are you going?"
"I am going to live in a new country—the most beautiful place in the world. It is a real paradise."
"What is it called?"
"They call it the Country of Nothing-But-Play." Won't you come too?"
