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PINOCCHIO
"Why I have no ABC book?"
"You are right, but how can I get one?"
"That is easy. Go to the book store and buy it."
"And the money?"
"Well I haven't any."
"Neither have I," answered the good old man very sadly. Pinocchio, although his was a merry nature looked sad too, because real poverty is understood by everybody, even by boys.
"Wait a minute," cried Geppetto, suddenly, getting to his feet. Taking off his old coat, all darned and patched, he ran out of the house, the coat under his arm. After a little while he returned with the A B C book in his hand, but his coat was gone. The poor man was in his shirt sleeves, and it was snowing outside too.
"Your coat, father?" cried Pinocchio.
"I have sold it."
"Why did you sell it?"
