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And, pretending to have observed nothing, he asked him, smiling: "How are you, my dear Candlewick?" "Very well; as well as a mouse in a Parmesan cheese." "Are you saying that seriously?" "Why should I tell you a lie?" "Excuse me; but why, then, do you keep that cotton cap on your head which covers up your ears?" "The doctor ordered me to wear it because I have hurt this knee.
And when by this process he had polished them till they shone like two mirrors, he put a halter round their necks and led them to the market-place, in hopes of selling them and making a good profit. And indeed buyers were not wanting. Candlewick was bought by a peasant whose donkey had died the previous day.
He looked for him in the streets, in the squares, in the little theaters, in every possible place, but he could not find him. He inquired for him of everybody he met, but no one had seen him. He then went to seek him at his house and, having reached the door, he knocked. "Who is there?" asked Candlewick from within. "It is I!" answered the puppet. "Wait a moment and I will let you in."
"Oh, poor Candlewick!" said Pinocchio in a low voice; and, taking a handful of straw, he dried a tear that was rolling down his face. "Do you grieve for a donkey that cost you nothing?" said the gardener. "What must it be to me, who bought him for ready money?" "I must tell you he was my friend!" "Your friend?" "One of my school-fellows!" "How?" shouted Giangio, laughing loudly.
In the midst of continual games and every variety of amusement, the hours, the days and the weeks passed like lightning. "Oh, what a delightful life!" said Pinocchio, whenever by chance he met Candlewick. "See, then, if I was not right?" replied the other. "And to think that you did not want to come!
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