carving and was hard at work.
"What does it all mean, dear father?" asked Pinocchio.
"It means that you must try to deserve all this beautiful house," said Geppetto. "This sudden change in our fortunes is all your doings."
"But how can that be possible?"
"Because when bad boys become good, they cause everything to change for the better, and bring happiness to the whole family."
"And the old wooden Pinocchio—where is it?"
"There it is," replied Geppetto, and he pointed to a wooden marionette leaning against a chair with its head limply on one side, its arms dangling down, and its legs crossed, so that it was a wonder that it stood at all.
Pinocchio turned to look at his old self, and after he had regarded it for a while, he said with great satisfaction; "How naughty I was when I was a marionette! And how happy I am now that I have become a real, live boy!"
