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CHAPTER XII
The next morning Fire Eater called Pinocchio aside and said to him, “What is your papa’s name?”
“Geppetto.”
“What is his business?”
“He is poor.”
“Does he earn much?”
“He earns so much that he never has a cent in his pockets. Just imagine, in order to buy me an A B C card he had to sell his coat! It was covered with patches, but they gave him enough so that he could buy me that.”
“Poor man! I pity him very much. Here are five pieces of gold. Go quickly and carry them to him, and remember me kindly to him.”
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