Blue Fairy and Pinocchio
At this answer, Pinocchio's happiness was very great. He grasped the Fairy's
hands and kissed them so hard that it looked as if he had lost his head. Then
lifting his face, he looked at her lovingly and asked: "Tell me, little
Mother, it isn't true that you are dead, is it?" "It doesn't seem
so," answered the Fairy, smiling.