"And where is Father?" he cried suddenly. He ran into the next room, and
there stood Geppetto, grown years younger overnight, spick and span
in his new clothes and gay as a lark in the morning. He was once more
Mastro Geppetto, the wood carver, hard at work on a lovely picture
frame, decorating it with flowers and leaves, and heads of animals.
"Father, Father, what has happened? Tell me if you can," cried
Pinocchio, as he ran and jumped on his Father's neck.
"This sudden change in our house is all your doing, my dear Pinocchio,"
answered Geppetto.
"What have I to do with it?"
"Just this. When bad boys become good and kind, they have the power of
making their homes gay and new with happiness."
"I wonder where the old Pinocchio of wood has hidden himself?"
"There he is," answered Geppetto. And he pointed to a large Marionette
leaning against a chair, head turned to one side, arms hanging limp, and
legs twisted under him.
After a long, long look, Pinocchio said to himself with great content:
"How ridiculous I was as a Marionette! And how happy I am, now that I
have become a real boy!"
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