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“… for everything lost there is always found.”

“Where’s your coat, father?”
“I have sold it.”
“Why did you sell you coat?”
“It was too warm.”
Pinocchio understood the answer in a twinkling, and, unable to restrain his tears, he jumped on his fathers neck and kissed him over and over.

“I refuse to leave this spot,” answered the Cricket, “until I have told you a great truth.”
“Tell it then and hurry.”
“Woe to boys who refuse to obey their parents and run away from home! They will never be happy in this world, and when they are older they will be very sorry for it.”