Believe me, little Dormouse, the fault is all Lamp-Wick's." "And who is this Lamp-Wick ?" "A classmate of mine.

I wanted to return home.

I wanted to be obedient.
I wanted to study and to succeed in school, but Lamp-Wick said to me, 'Why do you want to waste your time studying?
Why do you want to go to school?
Come with me to the Land of Toys.

There we'll never study again.
There we can enjoy ourselves and be happy from morn till night.'" "And why did you follow the advice of that false friend ?" "Why?
Because, my dear little Dormouse, I am a heedless Marionette--heedless and heartless.

Oh! If I had only had a bit of heart, I should never have abandoned that good Fairy, who loved me so well and who has been so kind to me! And by this time, I should no longer be a Marionette.