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Pinocchio 3.10 · 3.10

The more he cut it

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Il povero Geppetto si affaticava a ritagliarlo; ma più lo ritagliava e lo scorciva, e più quel naso impertinente diventava lungo.

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Geppetto tries to trim the nose back — and the more he cuts, the longer it grows.

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