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CHAPTER XXVI
The next day Pinocchio went to the public school. Just imagine how the little scholars behaved when they saw a marionette in their school! They laughed out loud. Several played jokes on him. One took off his cap; another pulled his coat tails; another tried to make a mustache under his nose with ink; and another tied strings to his arms and legs in order to make him dance.
For a little while Pinocchio did not pay much attention to them, but finally, losing patience, he said: “Take care! I have not come here to be your buffoon. I respect others and I wish to be respected.”
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