schoolmates! What a wonderful school you must have gone to!"
The marionette felt so mortified at these words that he took the glass of milk in silence and returned to the Cricket's house in haste.
But from that day for more than five months, Pinocchio continued to get up at daybreak to draw water for the farmer each morning, receiving only a little milk for his work. But he was not satisfied with doing that only. He learned to make straw mats and baskets and sold them to buy food for their daily needs. Among other things he made a little wheel chair, so that he could take his father out on fine days for a little fresh air. In the evenings he practiced reading and writing. Indeed he became so industrious that he was able to maintain himself and Geppetto in comfort and finally managed to save forty pennies to buy himself a new suit. One morning he said to Geppetto, "I am going to the market to buy a jacket, a cap, and a pair of shoes. When I come back I shall be dressed so fine you will take me for a real gentleman."
