_(page_27_crop).jpg)
Why Do You Glare At Me So?
onette. "What shall I call him?" he said to himself as he worked. "Well, I believe I will call him Pinocchio. That name should bring him good luck. I once knew a whole family called Pinocchio. There was Pinocchio the father, Pinocchio the mother, and several little Pinocchios, and all of them did well. They were a happy family. The richest of them was a beggar."
As soon as he had found a name for his marionette he began to work with a will. Quickly he made the forehead, then the hair, and next the eyes. When he had finished the eyes, imagine his surprise as he saw them look all around the room, and finally gaze at him fixedly! Geppetto, stared at by those two wooden eyes, said: "Why do you glare at me so, wicked wooden eyes?"
