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With this the little chicken spread its wings and flew out of the open window, and was soon out of sight. The poor marionette stood there stupefied with his eyes staring, and open mouthed, the egg shell still in his hand. He soon came to himself, however, and began to cry and scream, and stamp his feet on the floor in desperation. Between sobs he said, "Oh yes, the Talking Cricket was right. If I had not run away, my father would be here, and in that case I should not be starving to death. Oh what a dreadful thing it is."

And because he was more miserable than ever, and because he did not know what else to do, he thought he would leave the house and go to the neighboring town, in the hope of finding some charitable person who would help him, and give him a piece of bread.