ve
you for all that is past. Boys who minister tenderly to their parents
and assist them in their misery and infirmities, are deserving of great
praise and affection, even if they cannot be cited as examples of
obedience and good behavior. Try and do better in the future and you
will be happy."

At this moment his dream ended and Pinocchio opened his eyes and awoke.

But imagine his astonishment when upon awakening he discovered that he
was no longer a wooden puppet, but that he had become instead a boy,
like all other boys. He gave a glance round and saw that the straw walls
of the hut had disappeared, and that he was in a pretty little room
furnished and arranged with a simplicity that was almost elegance.
Jumping out of bed he found a new suit of clothes ready for him, a new
cap, and a pair of new boots, that fitted him beautifully.

He was hardly dressed when he naturally put his hands in his pockets
and pulled out a little ivory purse on which these words were written:
"The Fairy with blue hair returns the five dollars to her dear
Pinocchio, and thanks him for his good heart." He opened the purse and
instead of five dollars he saw fifty shining gold pieces fresh from the
mint.

He then went and looked at himself in the glass, and he thought he was
some one else. For he no longer saw the usual reflection of a wooden
puppet; he was greeted instead by the image of a bright, intelligent boy
with chestnut hair, blue eyes, and looking as happy and joyful as if it
were the Easter holidays.

In the midst of all these wonders succeeding each other, Pinocchio felt
quite bewildered, and he could not tell if he was really awake or if he
was dreaming with his eyes open.

"Where can my papa be?" he exclaimed suddenly, and, going into the next
room, he found old Geppetto quite well, lively, and in good humor, just
as he had been formerly. He had already resumed his trade of
wood-carving, and he was designing a rich and beautiful frame of leaves,
flowers and the heads of animals.

"Satisfy my curiosity, dear papa," said Pinocchio, throwing his arms
around his neck and covering him with kisses; "how can this sudden
change be accounted for?"

"This sudden change in our home is all your doing," answered Geppetto.

"How my doing?"

"Because when boys who have behaved badly turn over a new leaf and
become good, they have the power of bringing contentment and happiness
to their families."

"And where has the old wooden Pi