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PINOCCHIO
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After half an hour the door opened and Pinocchio saw his friend, also in a dunce cap which covered his ears.
At the sight of that cap Pinocchio felt somewhat consoled, and he thought to himself, “He has the same trouble and also suffers from donkey fever.”
Feigning not to see anything, he asked gayly, “How are you, my dear Lamp Wick?”
“Like a rat in a cake of cheese.”
“Are you telling me the truth?”
“Why should I tell a story?”
“Excuse me; but why do you wear that cap then?”
“A doctor ordered it because my knees hurt. And you, Pinocchio, why do you wear one?”
