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being a good boy Quotes

Four of the best book quotes about being a good boy
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″‘Why should I make you new feet? To enable you to escape again from home?’ ‘I promise you,’ said the puppet, sobbing, ‘that for the future I will be good.’ ‘All boys,’ replied Geppetto, ‘when they are bent upon obtaining something, say the same thing.’ ‘I promise you that I will go to school, and that I will study and earn a good character.‘”
Carlo Collodi
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Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet
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Pinocchio
Geppetto
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school
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escaping
running away
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″‘I must be good,’ he whispered urgently. ‘I must be good,’ and he rubbed a sore spot on his arm. He was such a bad boy. Mum said she was kinder to him than most mothers. She only gave him soft beatings.”
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″‘So be a good boy and don’t get into mischief.’ This was a silly thing to say to a small boy at any time. It immediately made him wonder what sort of mischief he might get into.”
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“Well done, Pinocchio! To reward you for your good heart I will forgive you for all that is past. Boys who minister tenderly to their parents and assist them in their misery and infirmities, are deserving of great praise and affection...”

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