The story of the walking and talking puppet Pinocchio is one of the best-loved children"s tales of all time.Carved by old Gepetto, Pinocchio has an enormous nose which grows even longer whenever he tells a lie. And Pinocchio is such a scamp that he gets into all sorts of mischief...

The story of the walking and talking puppet Pinocchio is one of the best-loved children"s tales of all time.

Carved by old Gepetto, Pinocchio has an enormous nose which grows even longer whenever he tells a lie. And Pinocchio is such a scamp that he gets into all sorts of mischief. He runs away to join a puppet show, he teams up with a rascally fox and wily cat, and plays truant from school which has dreadful consequences. Eventually the conscience of a talking cricket and Pinocchio's guardian fairy restore him to good behaviour, obedience and care for others.

How it came to pass that Master Cherry the carpenter found

a piece of wood that laughed and cried like a child.

Master Cherry makes a present of the piece of wood to his

friend Geppetto, who takes it to make for himself a

wonderful puppet, that shall know how to dance, and

to fence, and to leap like an acrobat.

Geppetto having returned home begins at once to make

a puppet, to which he gives the name of Pinocchio.

The first tricks played by the puppet.

The story of Pinocchio and the Talking-cricket, from

which we see that naughty boys cannot endure to be

corrected by those who know more than they do.

Pinocchio is hungry and searches for an egg to make himself

an omelette; but just at the most interesting moment the

omelette flies out of the window.

Pinocchio falls asleep with his fiet on the brazier, and wakes

in the morning to find them burnt off.

Geppetto returns home, makes the puppet now feet, and

gives him the breakfast that the poor man had brought

fir himself.

Geppetto makes Pinocchio new fiet, and sells his own coat

to buy him a spelling-book.

Pinocchio sells his spelling-book that he may go and see

a puppet-show.

The puppets recognise their brother Pinocchio, and

receive him with delight; but at that moment their master,

Fire-eater, makes his appearance and Pinocchio is in

danger of coming to a bad end.

Fire-eater sneezes and pardons Pinocchio, who then saves

the lift of his friend Harlequin.

The showman, Fire-eater, makes Pinocchio a present of

five gold pieces to take home to his father, Geppetto;

but Pinocchio instead allows himself to be taken in by

the Fox and the Cat, and goes with them.

The Inn of the Red Crawfish.

Pinocchio, because he would not heed the good counsels of

the Talking-cricket, falls amongst assassins.

The assassins pursue Pinocchio; and having over- taken

him hang him to a branch of the Big Oak.

The beautiful Child with blue hair has the puppet

taken down: has him put to bed and calls in three doctors

to know if he is alive or dead.

Pinocchio eats the sugar, but will not take his medicine:

when, however, he sees the grave-diggers, who have arrived

to carry him away, he takes it. He then tells a lie, and

as a punishment his nose grows longer.

Pinocchio meets again the Fox and the Cat, and goes

with them to bury his money in the Field of Miracles.

Pinocchio is robbed of his money, and as a punishment he

is sent to prison for four months.

Liberated from prison, he starts to return to the Fairy's

house; but on the road he meets with a horrible Serpent,

and afterwards he is caught in a trap.

Pinocchio is taken by a peasant, who obliges him to fill the

place of his watch-dog in the poultry-yard.

Pinocchio discovers the robbers, and as a reward for his

fidelity is set at liberty.

Pinocchio mourns the death of the beautiful Child with the

blue hair. He then meets with a Pigeon who flies with him

to the seashore, and there he throws himself into the

water to go to the assistance of his father Geppetto.

Pinocchio arrives at the island of the 'Industrious Bees',

and finds the Fairy again.

Pinocchio promises the Fairy to be good and studious,

for he is quite sick of being a puppet and wishes to

become an exemplary boy.

Pinocchio accompanies his schoolfellows to the seashore to

see the terrible Dogfish.

Great fight between Pinocchio and his companions. One.

of them is wounded, and Pinocchio is arrested by

the gendarmes..

Pinocchio is in danger of being fried in a frying-pan

like a fish.

He returns to the Fairy's house. She promises him that the

following day he shall cease to be a puppet and shall become

a boy. Grand breakfast of coffee and milk to celebrate this

great event.

Pinocchio, instead.of becoming a boy, starts secretly with

his friend Candlewick for the 'Land of Boobies'.

After five months' residence in the land of Cocagne, Pinocchio,

to his great astonishment, grows a beautiful pair of

donkey's ears, and he becomes a little donkey, tail and all.

Pinocchio gets donkey's ears; and then he becomes a real

little donkey and begins to bray.

Pinocchio having become a genuine little donkey, is taken to

be sold, and is bought by the director of a company of buffoons

to be taught to dance, and to jump through hoops: but one

evening he lames himself, and then he is bought by a

man who purposes to make a drum of his skin.

Pinocchio, having been thrown into the sea, is eaten by the

fish and becomes a puppet as he was before, Wbilst he is

swimming away to save his life he is swallowed by

the terrible Dogfish.

Pinocchio finds in the body of the Dogfish... whom does

he find? Read this chapter and you will know.

Pinocchio at last ceases to be a puppet and becomes a boy.