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 actions? Why, he will go away, and then you will be sorry you did not go.”

“How much time will it take to go there?” asked the marionette.

“In an hour we shall be back.”

“Well, then, I will go. Come on! The first one there is the best,” cried Pinocchio.

With that signal to start they all began to run. Pinocchio was always the first in a race; he ran as if he had wings on his feet. From time to time he turned to look at his companions, who were some distance behind. Seeing them puffing and blowing and covered with dust, he laughed out loud. The poor boy did not know what misfortune was in store for him.