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The speaker found this book very important because, as a wayward child, they related to Pinocchio's desire to explore and found hope in its redemptive story, aspiring to write a book as good as it.
Pinocchio was very important to me because I knew I was a wayward kid. I wasn't always doing what I was supposed to do. I wasn't evil, but I didn't always do what I was supposed to.
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The speaker found this book very important because, as a wayward child, they related to Pinocchio's desire to explore and found hope in its redemptive story, aspiring to write a book as good as it.
Pinocchio was very important to me because I knew I was a wayward kid. I wasn't always doing what I was supposed to do. I wasn't evil, but I didn't always do what I was supposed to.
So I'm still working on it [writing a book as good as Pinocchio].