From now on, I'll be your own little mother." "Oh! How lovely!" cried Pinocchio, jumping with joy.
"You will obey me always and do as I wish ?" "Gladly, very gladly, more than gladly!" "Beginning tomorrow," said the Fairy, "you'll go to school every day." Pinocchio's face fell a little.
"Then you will choose the trade you like best." Pinocchio became more serious.
"What are you mumbling to yourself ?" asked the Fairy.
"I was just saying," whined the Marionette in a whisper, "that it seems too late for me to go to school now." "No, indeed.

Remember it is never too late to learn." "But I don't want either trade or profession." "Why ?" "Because work wearies me!" "My dear boy," said the Fairy, "people who speak as you do usually end their days either in a prison or in a hospital.

A man, remember, whether rich or poor, should do something in this world.

No one can find happiness without work.

Woe betide the lazy fellow! Laziness is a serious illness and one must cure it immediately; yes, even from early childhood.