And Pinocchio threw himself on the floor and clasped the knees of the
mysterious little woman.



CHAPTER 25

Pinocchio promises the Fairy to be good and to study, as he is growing
tired of being a Marionette, and wishes to become a real boy.


If Pinocchio cried much longer, the little woman thought he would melt
away, so she finally admitted that she was the little Fairy with Azure
Hair.

"You rascal of a Marionette! How did you know it was I?" she asked,
laughing.

"My love for you told me who you were."

"Do you remember? You left me when I was a little girl and now you find
me a grown woman. I am so old, I could almost be your mother!"

"I am very glad of that, for then I can call you mother instead of
sister. For a long time I have wanted a mother, just like other boys.
But how did you grow so quickly?"

"That's a secret!"