"Because puppets never grow. They are born puppets, live puppets, and die puppets."
"Oh, I am sick of being a puppet!" cried Pinocchio, giving himself a slap. "It is time that I became a man."
"And you will become one, if you know how to deserve it."
"Not really? And what can I do to deserve it?"
"A very easy thing: by learning to be a good boy."
"And you think I am not?"
"You are quite the contrary. Good boys are obedient, and you—"
"And I never obey."
"Good boys like to learn and to work, and you—"
"And I instead lead an idle, vagabond life the year through."