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window a beautiful Fairy with blue hair. When she saw Pinocchio she said in a small faint voice that seemed to come from another world, "There is no one in the house. They have all gone away."

"Then won't you please open the door for me yourself," sobbed Pinocchio.

"I cannot. I too am going away," and having said this she closed the window quietly and went away from his sight.

“Oh beautiful Fairy with the blue hair," cried Pinocchio. "Open the door for pity's sake. Have mercy on a poor boy pursued by robb―” But he could not finish the word, because he was suddenly seized by the collar and heard the angry voices of his captors threatening him, and crying,

"Now you shall not escape us again."

The marionette, seeing no escape from his wicked captors, trembled so that all his joints cracked, and the four gold pieces jingled in his mouth.

"Now," said the robbers, "Will you open your mouth? Yes or no? Oh, you do not reply? Very well, this time we will open it