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PINOCCHIO MAKES SOME NEW ACQUAINTANCES

The next morning Fire Eater called Pinocchio aside and said to him, "What is your father's name?"

"Geppetto."

"And what is his business?"

"He is a woodcarver, but he is very poor, and must almost beg his bread."

"He doesn't earn much then?"

"He never has a cent in his pockets. Just think, in order to buy me an A B C book he had to sell his only coat. It was covered with patches, but they gave him enough so that he could buy me the book."