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Man and Wife

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‘Tell a story, Harry. Not from a book. Tell a story from your head. A real one.’

‘A real one?’

‘Um.’

‘Okay, Peg.’ I thought about it for a minute. ‘Once upon a time, there was an old man called Geppetto.’

‘That’s a funny name.’

‘And Geppetto found a magical piece of wood that – guess what? – could laugh and cry.’

She gave me a dubious smile.

‘Really?’

‘Honestly.’

‘You’re making this up, Harry,’ she said, her smile growing.

‘I’m not, Peg,’ I said, smiling back at her. ‘Every single word is true. And from that piece of magic wood – guess what? – Geppetto made Pinocchio.’

‘Who was Pinocchio?’

‘He was a puppet, Peg. Just this piece of wood that could act like a human. He could laugh and cry and everything. But what he wanted, more than anything in the world, was to be a real dad.’

Did I say dad?

I meant boy.

Pinocchio wanted to be a real boy.

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‘Only twice in your life do they pronounce you anything,’ Eamon said. ‘The first is man and wife. The second is dead.’


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