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He Fell Flat on the Floor

"Open the door, I tell you" repeated Geppetto, "If you don't, when I get into the house I shall whip you."

"But I cannot stand up, really I cannot. Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall have to walk on my knees all my life."

Geppetto, believing that all this crying was only another trick to fool him, discovered a way to put an end to the matter, and climbing up he entered the house through a window. He was very angry at first, but when he saw Pinocchio stretched out on the floor unable to walk, he was quite overcome, and taking the puppet in his arms he kissed him tenderly. As tears ran down his cheeks he cried, "My dear little Pinocchio, how did you burn your feet?"