Among other things,he built a rolling chair,strong and comfortable,to take his old father out for an airing on bright,sunny days.
In the evening the Marionette studied by lamplight.With some of the money he had earned,he bought himself a secondhand volume that had a few pages missing,and with that he learned to read in a very short time.As far as writing was concerned,he used a long stick at one end of which he had whittled a long,fine point.Ink he had none,so he used the juice of blackberries or cherries.Little by little his diligence was rewarded.He succeeded,not only in his studies,but also in his work,and a day came when he put enough money together to keep his old father comfortable and happy.Besides this,he was able to save the great amount of fifty pennies.With it he wanted to buy himself a new suit.