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What was the surprise? I will tell you, my dear little reader. The surprise was that when Pinocchio awoke one morning and happened to scratch his head, he perceived—just imagine what he perceived! You know that when the marionette was born he had very little ears, so little that you could scarcely see them. Fancy, then, how surprised he was, when he put his hand to his head, to find that his ears had grown long! He went quickly in search of a mirror, but not finding any he emptied some water into a basin. Then, looking at his reflection, he saw something that he certainly did not expect to see,—two beautiful, long, donkey ears.