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The puppet returned to the town and began to count the minutes one by one, and when he thought that it must be time he took the road leading to the Field of Miracles.
And as he walked along with hurried steps his heart beat fast -- tic, tac, tic, tac -- like a drawing-room clock when it is really going well. Meanwhile he was thinking to himself: