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 childhood. If not, when we are old it can never be cured.'

Pinocchio was touched by these words, and lifting his head quickly he said to the Fairy:

'I will study, I will work, I will do all that you tell me, for indeed I have become weary of being a puppet, and I wish at any price to become a boy. You promised me that I should, did you not?'

'I did promise you, and it now depends upon yourself.'