But there was no answer. After he had made the eyes he carved the nose, but no sooner was it done than it began to grow, and it grew and grew and grew, until in a few moments it had become a great big nose, and poor Geppetto thought it would never stop, for although he tried hard to shorten it, the more he cut it off the longer that impertinent nose became. Tired of trying, he began presently on the mouth. It was hardly finished when it commenced to laugh at him.
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It Commenced to Laugh at Him
"Stop laughing," cried Geppetto angrily, but he might as well have talked to the wall. "Stop laughing," he cried again, threateningly, and the mouth obeyed, only to begin grimacing at him. Geppetto pretended not to see this and went on working. After the mouth he made the chin, then the neck, and the shoulders, then the body, and finally the arms and hands. Scarcely had he finished the hands when he felt his wig snatched off. He turned
