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ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO
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'I beg your pardon,' replied Pinocchio, 'I am also a criminal.'

'In that case you are perfectly right,' said the jailor; and taking off his hat and bowing to him respectfully he opened the prison doors and let him escape.