"
"But I warn you, my little dear, there's no more room in the wagon. It
is full."
"Never mind," answered Lamp-Wick. "If there's no room inside, I can sit
on the top of the coach."
And with one leap, he perched himself there.
"What about you, my love?" asked the Little Man, turning politely to
Pinocchio. "What are you going to do? Will you come with us, or do you
stay here?"
"I stay here," answered Pinocchio. "I want to return home, as I prefer
to study and to succeed in life."
"May that bring you luck!"
"Pinocchio!" Lamp-Wick called out. "Listen to me. Come with us and we'll
always be happy."
"No, no, no!"
"Come with us and we'll always be happy," cried four other voices from
the wagon.
"Come with us and we'll always be happy," shouted the one hundred and
more boys in the wagon, all together. "And if I go with you, what will
my good Fairy say?" asked the Marionette, who was beginning to waver and
weaken in his good resolutions.
"Don't worry so much. Only think that we are going to a land where
we shall be allowed to make all the racket we like from morning till
night.
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