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Pinocchio 2.3 · 2.3

Enter Geppetto — alias Polendina

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Allora entrò in bottega un vecchietto tutto arzillo, il quale aveva nome Geppetto; ma i ragazzi del vicinato, quando lo volevano far montare su tutte le furie, lo chiamavano col soprannome di Polendina, a motivo della sua parrucca gialla, che somigliava moltissimo alla polendina di granturco.

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A brisk little old man comes in, named Geppetto, whom the local boys tease with the nickname ‘Polendina’.

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